IDEM

Because it sits in a neighborhood with many people who are low-income or of color, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency had said the South Bend Range site cleanup could qualify for a new environmental justice program that Trump is eliminating.

It’s been almost a decade since the Flint, Michigan water crisis showed us the dangers of lead in public water. In that tragedy’s aftermath, the Environmental Protection Agency set a deadline for all public water systems to inventory their lines. That deadline came Wednesday.

Coal plant closures and other factors have led to less air pollution in Indiana. While that’s a good thing, it also means fewer companies are paying the air permit fees that keep the program running at the Indiana Department of Environmental Management.

The good news is, air pollution in Indiana — and around the country — has gone down in the past few decades. The bad news is, the fees that companies pay to pollute are what keeps the state’s air permitting program running. With less pollution, it’s struggling to stay afloat.

Both advocates and the Environmental Protection Agency have raised environmental justice concerns about the plant’s location.

Environmental regulators around the country monitored industrial air polluters a bit less than usual last fiscal year because of the pandemic. But for the…

So far, the state has detected little or no toxic PFAS chemicals in Indiana's smaller drinking water utilities. That’s according to the Indiana Department…

Gov. Eric Holcomb has appointed a new commissioner of the Indiana Department of Environmental Management. The agency’s chief of staff, Brian Rockensuess,…

Bruno Pigott is stepping down as commissioner of the Indiana Department of Environmental Management.According to Governor Holcomb’s office, Pigott will…

For more than two decades, residents near a waste oil recycling and wastewater treatment facility in Indianapolis have had issues with frequent headaches,…