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Gary resident sues Little Calumet River Basin Development Commission over alleged statutory violations

A Gary resident is suing the Little Calumet River Basin Development Commission over alleged violations of transparency rules, the eligibility of two of the body's...
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Company behind planned trash-to fuel plant in Gary reportedly facing bankruptcy

California-based Fulcrum Bioenergy, the company behind controversial plans for a jet fuel making facility in Gary, is facing bankruptcy, according to a report by Bloomberg...
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GARD seeks judicial review after judge dismisses Fulcrum Bioenergy complaint

The grassroots environmental group Gary Advocates for Responsible Development (GARD) is seeking judicial review of a complaint against the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM)...
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CLC Launches New Region-Focused Environmental Legal Aid Program

Interpreting the complex system of permits and standards that regulate the Region's many industries can be a daunting task. “You’ve got to be an environmental...
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Lake Superior Spaceport Plans Are Defeated

We are pleased to announce that the Powell Township Board has enacted an official “RESOLUTION” rejecting the plan by the Michigan Aerospace Manufacturers Association (MAMA)...
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Federal program to bring conservation support to thousands of acres in southern Indiana

A new federal program will support conservation of tens of thousands of acres across southern Indiana through the Southern Indiana Sentinel Landscape (SISL), helping restore...
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Macaw Recovery Network secures habitat for critically endangered Great Green Macaw

Macaw Recovery Network announces its first land purchase toward the restoration of habitat for the critically endangered Great Green Macaw. Its purchase of La Peninsula...
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Gary citizen group fights back against Fulcrum harassment

Gary, IN - - In an ongoing challenge to Fulcrum Centerpoint’s air pollution permit, Gary Advocates for Responsible Development (GARD) is asking the administrative law...
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Public interest vs. private homes: Climate change and erosion fuel disputes along Lake Michigan’s shoreline

Steve Coombs’ lakefront home used to quake when waves crashed along Ogden Dunes’ receding shoreline. “At one point, my wife said, ‘Should we just move...

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Swimmers at Ogden Dunes enjoy a dip in Lake Michigan on New Year's Day. Doug Ross, The Times

Possible Ogden Dunes revetment sparks debate

ODGEN DUNES — The possible construction of an armor stone revetment in Ogden Dunes has been challenged by the non-profit group Save the Dunes. The...
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Environmentalists oppose extension of Ogden Dunes revetment along Lake Michigan shoreline

A little more than three years ago, Lake Michigan was at its highest level in more than 30 years, and waves dashed up against the...
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Save the Dunes Challenges State Approval of an Armor Stone Revetment Along the Lake Michigan Shoreline for Violating the Public Trust

(Ogden Dunes, IN)- Save the Dunes filed an administrative appeal on Monday with the Indiana Natural Resources Commission. The appeal challenges the Indiana Department of...
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Critics: Regulatory ‘shell game’ allows AES to dump harmful coal ash pollution in White River

The state is allowing AES Indiana to dump more than 1 million gallons of water contaminated with harmful coal ash pollutants...

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State is letting AES Indiana discharge toxic water into White River, group says

An Indiana environmental group says the state is allowingutility AES Indiana to release more than 1 million gallons ofcontaminated water a day into the...

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Gas plant could be sending coal ash contaminated water into the White River

The Eagle Valley natural gas plant in Martinsville is using water that could be contaminated with toxic coal ash to cool the plant and then...
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Collaboration and Conservation: 7 Bloomington-area Breweries Create Limited SentinAle

For seven Bloomington-area breweries, beers and conservation go together like hops and yeast. A new collaborative brew called SentinAle has debuted and its goal is...
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Indiana Environmental Group Challenges State Permit Allowing Releases of Coal Ash Waste into the White River

(MARTINSVILLE, IN)- The Hoosier Environmental Council (“HEC”) filed an administrative appeal on Monday with the Indiana Office of Environmental Adjudication (“OEA”). The appeal challenges a...
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Child fishes at Beaver Lake

District court rules against CAFO, Corps

A ditch system dug nearly 100 years ago to drain Beaver Lake, formerly the largest natural lake in Indiana, is at the center of a...
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From class actions to classrooms: Ferraro adding teaching experience to resume as public interest attorney

Environmental law attorney Kim Ferraro might have only been half-joking when she claimed that if she had known at the start of her career what...
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Lake Monroe

Conservation Effort

IU to help manage newly declared Sentinel Landscape...
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Benton Lark Valley Image, Photo Credit Andrew Benton

Military Program to Help Conserve Swath of Southern Indiana

A new initiative that aims to strengthen Indiana’s military readiness will also help preserve and protect a large swath of southern Indiana around military installations....
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