Oversupply sends egg prices to their lowest in a decade
The slump marks a sharp turnaround in the egg business. In 2015, an avian influenza outbreak forced farmers to destroy millions of birds and prices skyrocketed.
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Indiana mayor questions trail plan funding, maintenance
Anderson Mayor Thomas Broderick Jr. is withholding support of the Mounds Greenway, the proposed trail along the White River between Muncie and Indianapolis.
Greenwood officials dropping tax breaks for Monsanto project
Agribusiness giant Monsanto Co. is considering whether to go ahead with a planned seed-processing and distribution facility after Greenwood's mayor dropped his support for providing property tax breaks toward the project.
Land trust closes majority of deal to preserve property along White River
The Central Indiana Land Trust says it has raised $2.2 million of the $2.7 million it needs to establish White River Bluffs and preserve 12.2 wooded acres along the White River in Indianapolis.
California insurance boss under fire for climate initiative
Officials from Oklahoma and more than a dozen other states—including Indiana—have sent two letters to California’s insurance commissioner, asking that he stop pressing insurance companies to publicly disclose fossil fuel investments and divest from the coal industry.
Round barns becoming more rare in Indiana
According to the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, there used to be 219 round and polygonal barns in the state—three times as many as remain standing today.
Insurers: We’re off the hook, Duke Energy knew coal ash risk
Dozens of insurance companies say they're not obligated to help pay for Duke Energy Corp.'s multi-billion-dollar coal ash cleanup because the nation's largest electric company new the threat of potentially toxic pollutants.
Indiana native named to rural affairs USDA post
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced Monday that Anne Hazlett will lead the USDA's rural development agencies.
Monsanto planning $29M seed facility in Greenwood
The company said it plans to lease a new 140,000-square-foot building in Southtech Business Park where it will process, package and distribute corn, soybean and cotton seed for field testing.
New use hoped for polluted area parts plant
The site in Noblesville has gone unused since Bridgestone Firestone closed its 300-worker air-spring manufacturing plant in 2009.
Rain, cold weather delays corn crop planting in Indiana
Heavy rains across the state flooded some farmers' fields, and cold weather has also prevented the development of early seedlings and plants.
Neighbors try to save 86th Street woodlands from development
A developer wants to build a $20 million office and retail building at the northwest corner of East 86th Street and North Keystone Avenue.
IU to add 16 faculty members for $55M climate change initiative
The centerpiece of the initiative will be a new Environmental Resilience Institute, based in Bloomington.
How Dow won fight to save key product
When Dow AgroSciences needed to battle a proposed federal ban on one of its most important products, it drafted an army—its farmers.
Salad shortage could last until May after Californian deluge
Heavy rain in California’s Salinas Valley has squeezed U.S. salad supplies and it may be a several more weeks before supermarket shelves are fully stocked again.
Noblesville environmental consulting firm hires Zoeller
Golars Environmental and Remediation Services announced Tuesday that former Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller would serve as general counsel for the company.
Trump coal order won’t prompt restart of Indiana power plant
The Logansport Municipal Utilities’ power plant burned through the last of its coal in January 2016 before shutting down.
EPA reverses course on safety of Dow Agro pesticide
The Trump administration won’t ban a common pesticide sold by the Indianapolis firm, reversing efforts by the Obama administration to bar the chemical based on findings it could hinder development of children’s brains.
House panel approves bill to reduce solar power incentive
The bill was approved Wednesday by an 8-5 vote and goes to the full House for consideration. It’s already been approved by the Senate.
Environmental groups vowing to fight Trump climate actions
Environmental groups that have hired scores of new lawyers in recent months are prepared to go to court to fight an order from President Donald Trump that eliminates many restrictions on fossil fuel production and would roll back plans to curb global warming.