pollution

The Ralph H. Metcalfe Federal Building houses the EPA Region 5 office in Chicago. All 18 environmental justice employees at the regional Environmental Protection Agency at that office have received layoff notices.

Trump administration gives layoff notices to environmental justice staff at regional EPA

Rebecca Thiele

All 18 environmental justice employees at the regional Environmental Protection Agency office in Chicago have received layoff notices. It’s part of the Trump administration’s efforts to close EPA environmental justice offices around the country.

Fulcrum Energy's plant in Reno, Nevada. The plant laid off much of its staff in May.

Waste-to-jet fuel company likely won’t place plant in Gary, after years of plans

Violet Comber-Wilen

A bioenergy company aiming to turn household waste into jet fuel will likely not be placing a plant in Gary.

The Indianapolis metro area has decreased its rates of particle pollution only slightly since last year, according to a recent report from the American Lung Association.

Report: Indianapolis metro air still ranks high in particle pollution amounts

Violet Comber-Wilen

The Indianapolis metro area has decreased its rates of particle pollution only slightly since last year, according to a recent report from the American Lung Association.

Monroe County stormwater coordinator Kelsey Thetonia said there are streams on the west side of Bloomington that sink and reappear in places like Leonard Springs Nature Park.

Bill aims to increase cheaper housing in Monroe County. Experts say it won't, raise water concerns

Rebecca Thiele

Monroe County doesn’t allow home builders to build on a slope steeper than 15 percent. Rep. Dave Hall (R-Norman) said that’s too strict — his bill would increase the allowed slope to 25 percent.

The groups say the Alcoa Warrick plant has had more than a hundred water violations in the past five years — including releasing more mercury than allowed at least 30 times. Mercury is a toxic heavy metal that can build up in fish in the river — poisoning birds and people that eat them.

Environmental groups say either this Indiana aluminum plant cleans up its act or they'll sue

Rebecca Thiele

The notice gives Alcoa Warrick 60 days to stop putting more pollution in the Ohio River than its permit allows.

Under the proposed rule, coal plants that don't have a planned retirement date, like Duke Energy's Gibson coal plant seen here, would have to either store their carbon emissions underground or run at a lower capacity — possibly possibly using hydrogen made with renewable energy.

Indiana regulators concerned about technology, speed needed to comply with power plant rule

Rebecca Thiele

The rule would require coal and natural gas plants to store 90 percent of their carbon dioxide emissions underground in about a decade.

CountryMark Refining and Logistics in Mount Vernon – east of Evansville – had high benzene emissions for about four weeks after the point at which the federal government requires companies to take action.

Report: EPA needs to ensure CountryMark, other oil refineries control cancer-causing pollution

Rebecca Thiele

The Environmental Protection Agency isn’t doing enough to protect people who live near oil refineries from pollution. That’s according to a new report by the agency’s internal watchdog group, the Office of Inspector General.

Gary Advocates for Responsible Development has asked Cleveland Cliffs and U.S. Steel to follow the Biden-era standards, regardless of what the federal government decides to do.

Report: Indiana steel, aluminum makers could lose auto businesses if they don't get greener

Rebecca Thiele

According to data from the Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Steel Gary Works emits the most greenhouse gases of any industrial facility in the state.

Canadian wildfires are polluting the air in Indiana

Sara Wittmeyer

IDEM is forecasting high levels of fine particles (PM2.5) in the air Tuesday and Wednesday across much of the state.

Waste management sites in Indiana, Ohio, Michigan and Texas are all receiving waste from the East Palestine derailment.

Holcomb opposes East Palestine waste coming to Indiana landfill

Ethan Sandweiss

Putnam County Commissioner David Berry said shipments like this come to Roachdale all the time. The only thing that’s different is the high-profile situation.