The Hoosier Environmental Council is now supporting the West Indianapolis Neighborhood Congress in its fight against the wastewater treatment facility the Ben Davis Conservancy District wants to build at 900 S. Tibbs Ave.
Ray’s, based in the Hendricks County town of Clayton, was founded in 1965 and offers waste-management and recycling services in 17 central Indiana counties, including Marion and all surrounding counties.
Patrick De Haan, head petroleum analyst at GasBuddy, which tracks gas prices nationally, called the Whiting facility closure a “temporary setback.”
The waiver lifts a Clear Air Act requirement that lower-volatility gasoline be sold in the states during summer months to limit ozone pollution. The refinery provides about 20% to 25% of the gasoline, jet fuel and diesel used by Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin and Illinois.
Duke Energy Indiana is planning to expand transmission lines, but residents are worried that some routes being considering would spoil the trail and tree-lined neighborhoods.
The chemicals can accumulate and persist in the human body for long periods of time, and evidence from animal and human studies indicates that exposure to might lead to cancer or other health problems.
The move by the California is likely to reshape the U.S. auto market, which gets 10% of its sales from the nation’s most populous state.
ZrO Waste Group is in the process of developing a technology that will help customers convert waste into usable energy in the forms of heating, cooling, refrigeration, hot water and electricity, said Kegahn Hopwood, executive vice president.
While the Inflation Reduction Act concentrates on clean energy incentives that could drastically reduce overall U.S. emissions, it also buoys oil and gas interests by mandating leasing of vast areas of public lands and off the nation’s coasts.
The measure is expected to be paid for by new taxes on large companies and stepped-up IRS enforcement of wealthy individuals and entities, with additional funds going to reduce the federal deficit.
A major economic bill headed to the president has “game-changing” incentives for the nuclear energy industry, experts say, and those tax credits are even more substantial if a facility is sited in a community where a coal plant is closing.
It is a growing conundrum for climate activists: meeting the Biden administration’s ambitious goals for cutting car emissions hinges on the quick approval of large, invasive mining projects environmentalists are predisposed to resist.
Major changes to the Affordable Care Act. The nation’s biggest-ever climate bill. The largest tax hike on corporations in decades. And dozens of lesser-known provisions.
The estimated $740 billion package—passed Sunday by the Senate and heading to the House—is full of party priorities.
The company formerly known as Chrysler Group was placed on probation for three years Monday for deceiving regulators about diesel emission systems on 101,000 Jeep Grand Cherokees and Ram 1500 trucks.
Cummins is investing in VoltStorage, a Munich, Germany-based company that develops and produces batteries based on redox flow technology, a more environmentally friendly alternative to lithium-ion batteries.
The breakthrough spending deal reached by Sens. Joe Manchin and Chuck Schumer would commit a historic $370 billion to combat climate change, but it comes at a cost that some green activists are finding impossible to accept.
The deal aims to lower health-care costs, combat climate change and reduce the federal deficit, marking a massive potential breakthrough for President Joe Biden’s long-stalled economic agenda.
Infrastructure and Energy Alternatives Inc., which ranks as the 10th largest public company in the Indianapolis area, has agreed to be acquired by MasTec Inc., a Florida-based construction and engineering firm.
Fort Wayne-based Steel Dynamics Inc. says a newly announced joint venture with Minnesota-based biocarbon company Aymium will help it meet its goal to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050.
