EPA cites Indiana factory for toxic lead
The discovery comes less than a year after Indiana officials renewed the company's air pollution permit, despite concerns from residents.
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State: $2.5B coal-to-diesel project won’t harm air quality
According to the air permit application, the plant would have annual emissions of about 2.2 million tons of carbon dioxide, 225 tons of carbon monoxide and 120 tons of sulfur dioxide.
Two hearings set on Indiana American Water rate hike request
The utility is seeking a nearly 17 percent rate increase to help pay for more than $542 million of infrastructure investments.
New York seeks to force Indiana, other ‘upwind’ states to upgrade pollution technology
The state of New York is blaming 49 industrial sites in Indiana—and hundreds of other sites across the Midwest—for causing it to miss ozone air-pollution requirements.
Maryland plans to appeal EPA denial of petition involving Indiana plants
Maryland contends the power plants in Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia are violating the “good neighbor” provision of the Clean Air Act.
Central Indiana well field approved as EPA cleanup priority
The site is called the Broadway Street Corridor Groundwater Plume. Officials have reported finding contaminated groundwater with concentrations of trichloroethene, tetrachloroethene and other chemicals.
Weed killer’s future targeted in appeal of EPA approvals
When it comes to killing weeds, Bayer AG’s crop chemical XtendiMax has become a powerful new tool for American farmers. But environmental groups and companies such as Indiana-based Red Gold Tomatoes aren’t fond of the product’s unintended side effects.
EPA begins cleanup of toxic south-side commercial property
The city-owned site on South Tibbs Avenue served as an oil-collection, storage and transfer facility for decades before being abandoned in 1993.
Vectren shareholders approve $6B merger with Texas utility
The combined company would serve more than 7 million gas and electricity customers in eight states and hold about $29 billion in assets.
Trump plan rolls back Obama’s coal emissions standards
The plan would give states broad authority to determine how to restrict carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global warming. It also would let states relax pollution rules for power plants that need upgrades.
Trump administration seeks to freeze future gas-mileage standards
The administration also served notice that it wants to revoke states' long-standing authority to set their own, stricter mileage standards.
Consumer group says Indiana power plant has failed customers
Citizens Action Coalition of Indiana says Duke Energy’s controversial Edwardsport plant has suffered repeated outages and failed to live up to its promises, costing ratepayers more than $1 billion in unneeded fees.
Watchdog turns heads by standing up to utilities
Indiana Utility Consumer Counselor Bill Fine is tasked with making sure Hoosier households and business aren’t overcharged for electricity, natural gas, water or wastewater.
EPA chief: U.S. needs single standard for fuel efficiency
Andrew Wheeler spoke to a small group of reporters at EPA headquarters, ahead of a Trump administration proposal that's expected to freeze some future Obama-era mileage goals.
Indiana environmentalists push back on EPA’s coal ash rules
Environmental leaders say the new rule changes for coal-fired power plants put Indiana residents particularly at risk because the state has the most coal ash ponds in the country.
IPL reaches settlement that significantly shaves proposed rate hike
Indianapolis Power & Light has agreed not to raise the fixed monthly rate it charges most of its residential customers, under a rate-case settlement it reached with the Indiana Office of Utility Consumer Counselor and other stakeholders.
U.S. eases Obama-era coal ash pollution rules for utilities
The move represents the latest action by Trump’s EPA to boost the struggling coal industry by rolling back environmental and public health rules enacted under his predecessor.
EPA Chief Scott Pruitt resigns amid crush of scandals
A former coal lobbyist, Andrew Wheeler, will take over the agency as acting administrator on Monday, Trump said, Unlike Pruitt, Wheeler has a low-key approach, cultivated during decades of working in Washington.
Indiana consumer agency recommends state reject IPL rate increase
In a sharp rebuke, the Indiana Office of Utility Consumer Counselor said IPL’s $96.7 million rate increase is unjustified. It is recommending a much smaller increase.
Indiana agency wants to end newspaper notices on air permits
IDEM officials say making the change will expand public access to permit-related documents and decisions because more people are using the internet. But environmental groups disagree.