Indiana

  • EPA Adds 12 Hazardous Waste Sites to Superfund

    March 19th, 2008


    EPA’s Superfund program has identified 12 new hazardous waste sites throughout the U.S. to add to its list of locations that need to be cleaned up, in addition to six other sites that have been proposed as additions.


  • Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge

    March 12th, 2008


    The EPA Great Lakes office has created the 2008 Earth Day Challenge with a goal of recycling one million pounds of electronics and one million pounds of pharmaceuticals in states that border the Great Lakes.


  • Muncie Tries Out Eco-Clothing

    February 7th, 2008


    An Indiana Sanitation Department has received a $5,000 state grant to purchase uniforms for its employees made of recycled content.


  • New Recycling Venture Launched in Goshen

    November 1st, 2007


    RedPost Inc., a startup software company, is partnering with two Indiana companies to launch RedPost/Recycle, a recycling collection center for multiple types of waste.


  • ENR Ranks Top 50 Green Contractors

    October 17th, 2007


    Engineering News-Record has released its inaugural list of the Top 50 Green Contractors, a ranking of U.S. contractors based on the number of sustainable and green projects they have worked on.


  • U.S. Announces Largest Single Environmental Settlement in History

    October 9th, 2007


    American Electric Power has agreed to cut 813,000 tons of air pollutants annually at an estimated cost of more than $4.6 billion, pay a $15 million penalty, and spend $60 million on projects to mitigate the adverse effects of its past excess emissions.


  • EPA Chief Launches 10 City National Tour to Promote Energy Efficiency

    October 3rd, 2007


    EPA Administrator Stephen L. Johnson kicked off the 10-city, 20-day Energy Star Change-a-Light Bus Tour today at Disneyland.


  • MCM Breaks Ground on $12.5 Million Recycling Transfer Station

    October 1st, 2007


    MCM Management Corp. is building a state-of-the-art recycling and transfer services facility in Waterloo, Ind. that will be one of the first recycling transfer stations in the nation to utilize recycled materials in its construction.


  • Smog Thinner, Skies Healthier over Eastern U.S.

    September 27th, 2007


    Smog-forming emissions of nitrogen oxides from power plants and industry have declined significantly in 19 eastern states and the District of Columbia.


  • EPA Adds Seven Waste Sites to the Superfund List

    September 19th, 2007


    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is adding seven new hazardous waste sites that pose risks to human health and the environment to the list for investigation and clean-up.