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Ogden Dunes drops beach revetment plan; opponents cheer access preservation

After a nearly two-year legal fight, Ogden Dunes officials have dropped plans for a stone revetment along the Lake Michigan shoreline. In June 2023, the...

Categories: News, Ogden Dunes, Public Trust Doctrine, Save the Dunes

Ogden Dunes abandons project to place stone erosion barrier in Lake Michigan

The Town of Ogden Dunes has abandoned its plan to build a stone erosion barrier in Lake Michigan after a nearly two-year legal fight with...

Categories: News, Ogden Dunes, Public Trust Doctrine, Save the Dunes

Hoosiers living near steel mills will have to wait 2 more years for cleaner air

The EPA has delayed stricter pollution standards for steel mills for roughly two years, prompting lawsuits from environmental and community groups concerned about continued exposure...

Categories: News

7 agencies say why governor’s executive order is bad for Indiana environment

Seven Hoosier nonprofit agencies shared their concerns about Gov. Mike Braun's recent executive order that would lessen environmental regulations of Hoosier businesses and industries. Executive...

Categories: News

Advocates continue pushing back on AES discharges into White River near Martinsville

Hoosier Environmental Council is asking the Morgan County Circuit Court to overturn an administrative law judge’s order they say allows the utility to violate federal...

Categories: Clean Water Indiana, Eagle Valley, News
Issues: Water
Services: Legal Advocacy

IDEM issues deregulation report under Gov. Braun’s orders. Advocates question need, impact

The state agency charged with protecting Indiana's environment and Hoosiers from industrial pollution completed its first step to “reduce excessive environmental regulation” and fulfill obligations...

Categories: News

Evaluation of Existing Regulations Pursuant to Executive Order 25-38

Download PDF HERE The Conservation Law Center, the Environmental Law & Policy Center, the Hoosier Environmental Council, Save the Dunes Conservation Fund, Gary Advocates for...

Categories: Blog
Services: Legal Advocacy

Drawing a line in the sand: Ogden Dunes, state and federal agencies and preservation group differ

When Ogden Dunes began hardening the shoreline against Lake Michigan’s attacks, Save the Dunes drew a line in the sand. So did the Indiana Department...

Categories: News, Ogden Dunes
Issues: Public Trust
Services: Legal Advocacy

Legislation to Promote Prescribed Burning Signed by Governor Braun

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana A new law to expand Indiana’s prescribed fire capacity was signed by Gov. Mike Braun on April 30. The bill expands a prescribed...

Categories: Indiana Prescribed Fire, Press Release
Issues: Land
Services: Policy

Indiana Environmental Group Sues the State for Allowing Powerplant to Keep Discharging its Coal Ash Laden Wastewater to the White River

(MARTINSVILLE, IN)– The Hoosier Environmental Council (“HEC”) filed suit last week in Morgan County Court against the Indiana Office of Administrative Law Proceedings (“OALP”) for...

Categories: Clean Water Indiana, Eagle Valley, Press Release
Issues: Water
Services: Legal Advocacy

Green Steel Committee hopes to clean up Region steelmaking

Local advocates are pressuring Northwest Indiana’s steel mills to adopt cleaner technologies and curb toxic emissions. They warn the mills are among the nation’s top...

Categories: Environmental Legal Aid Program, News
Issues: Community-Centered Conservation
Services: Legal Advocacy

Indiana permanently protects 4,000 acres with new southern Indiana fish and wildlife area

Nature has reclaimed an old coal mine in southern Indiana, and state environmentalists have collaborated to ensure the land will belong to all Hoosiers. Indiana’s...

Categories: Busseron, Land, News, Southern Indiana Sentinel Landscape
Issues: Land
Services: Partnerships

700 Acres of Farmland and Forestland Preserved Near Lake Glendora

American Farmland Trust and Navy Partner on First REPI Easements in SISL...

Categories: REPI Easement, Southern Indiana Sentinel Landscape
Issues: Land
Services: Partnerships

331 Acres of Farmland Protected

New NRCS Agricultural Land Easement in Harrison County, Indiana...

Categories: George Rogers Clark, Land, Land Conservation, Land Trusts
Issues: Land
Services: Nonprofit Support

Gary officials, environmental group react to Fulcrum Bioenergy bankruptcy filing

Fulcrum Bioenergy has declared bankruptcy, and a Gary environmental group is pleased by the news. The California-based company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Sept. 9,...

Categories: Environmental Legal Aid Program, Fulcrum, News
Issues: Community-Centered Conservation
Services: Legal Advocacy

A Forester’s Full Circle

Conservation work is largely relationship-driven. One of Central Indiana Land Trust’s longtime champions, Michael Spalding, was not only instrumental in expanding Meltzer Woods in 2020....

Categories: News
Issues: Land
Services: Partnerships

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...

Categories: Environmental Legal Aid Program, Little Calumet, News
Issues: Community-Centered Conservation
Services: Legal Advocacy

23 Acres on Mud Creek

Land trust support for Mud Creek Conservancy...

Categories: Mud Creek
Issues: Land
Services: Nonprofit Support

Biodiversity Interview with Christian Freitag

Question: I know you have a background in land protection. Could you please share your insights on how the preservation of land, habitat, and species...

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Categories: Blog

Issues: Biodiversity

Services: Legal Advocacy, Nonprofit Support

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