Ind. recycling center fire may not be extinguished for days
Source: United Press International
Indianapolis :: IN :: USA | updated 2013-06-16 08:31:36 -0700 | green-news
Residents near a fire at a recycling warehouse in Indianapolis were told they could return home Sunday after officials said smoke no longer posed a threat...Saturday near downtown Indianapolis, sending a huge plume of smoke into the air as large...
Rally in Indianapolis urges closure of aging power plant
Source: The Journal Gazette
Indianapolis :: IN :: USA | updated 2013-06-02 01:26:37 -0700 | green-news
More than 150 people gathered in downtown Indianapolis for a rally calling for the closure of a coal-fired power plant that's the city's largest polluter. Hoosier Interfaith Power & Light and Citizens Action Coalition gathered outside the Indiana State Museum...
2 weak tornadoes confirmed west of Indianapolis
Source: The Journal Gazette
Indianapolis :: IN :: USA | updated 2013-05-21 14:18:03 -0700 | green-news
The National Weather Service says storm surveys show two weak tornadoes struck central Indiana on Tuesday...Tuesday just south of the Putnam County town of Roachdale and was on the ground for less than a quarter mile, damaging a barn, shed...
Indiana hires development vet to lead farm efforts
Source: The Journal Gazette
Indianapolis :: IN :: USA | updated 2013-05-16 06:51:28 -0700 | green-news
The Indiana Department of Agriculture has named a northern Indiana development veteran to lead the agency's own economic development and trade initiatives. The agency says Connie Neininger has been president of the Cass Logansport Economic Development Organization.
Top Indiana wind farm drafts bat-protection plans
Source: The Daily Herald
Indianapolis :: IN :: USA | updated 2013-05-16 06:51:01 -0700 | green-news
The operators of Indiana's largest wind farm are proposing changing the nighttime operations of the farm's 300-plus wind turbines to protect endangered Indiana bats from being killed by the turbines' spinning blades. Two of the mouse-sized federally protected species have...
Officials to assess public damage from flooding
Source: The Journal Gazette
Indianapolis :: IN :: USA | updated 2013-05-15 01:39:11 -0700 | green-news
Officials are about to begin assessing damage to public infrastructure from flooding in 18 Indiana counties to determine if the disaster warrants federal public assistance. The Indiana Department of Homeland Security says local, state and federal officials will begin preliminary...
Opponents of fertilizer plant proposed for Rockport, Ind., cite Texas explosion
Source: Courier & Press
Indianapolis :: IN :: USA | updated 2013-05-14 18:33:38 -0700 | green-news
05 p.m. (File Photo) In this Instagram photo provided by Andy Bartee, a plume of smoke rises from a fertilizer plant fire in West, Texas on Wednesday, April 17, 2013. Opponents of a fertilizer plant proposed to be built in...
Farmers behind on corn crop
Source: The Journal Gazette
Indianapolis :: IN :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 09:31:04 -0700 | green-news
Persistent rains and wet fields kept most Indiana farmers on the sidelines again last week, unable to plant corn as the optimum planting season for the state's top crop slips away. As of Sunday, just 8 percent of Indiana's corn...
Coal-gasification plant plan dies, backers say
Source: The Journal Gazette
Indianapolis :: IN :: USA | updated 2013-05-04 00:23:49 -0700 | green-news
Legislation state lawmakers passed last week that the developers of a proposed Indiana coal-gasification plant say effectively kills their project also has dealt a blow to a Texas company's plans for a pipeline that would carry carbon dioxide to the...
Court: State wrong in easing refinery rules
Source: The Journal Gazette
Indianapolis :: IN :: USA | updated 2013-05-01 00:16:23 -0700 | green-news
State environmental regulators improperly changed state rules to allow Indiana ethanol refineries to release an extra 150 tons of air pollutants per year, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday. Office of Environmental Adjudication sided with the environmental group.
Trout season to open despite high water
Source: The Journal Gazette
Indianapolis :: IN :: USA | updated 2013-04-26 01:53:27 -0700 | green-news
The Indiana Department of Natural Resources says trout fishing season will open as scheduled Saturday despite high water and swift currents. DNR officials urge anglers to exercise caution, especially if they're fishing around dams or in flooded streams.
Swarms of mosquitoes expected in Indiana
Source: The Journal Gazette
Indianapolis :: IN :: USA | updated 2013-04-25 10:13:36 -0700 | green-news
Public health officials and entomologists say Indiana's recent heavy rains have set the stage for an explosion of mosquitoes in the weeks ahead. Mosquito eggs can remain dormant for years in dry conditions such as last summer's drought until they...
COMMUNITY COMMENT: Bucshon chose big oil over Hoosiers
Source: Courier & Press
Indianapolis :: IN :: USA | updated 2013-04-23 23:04:06 -0700 | green-news
Bucshon chose big oil over Hoosiers Jim Cooper, Jeff Cooper, Chris Cooper, and J.C. Cooper reside in Owen County, Indiana and operate Cooper Farms, a partnership with approximately 5,500 acres in Owen, Putnam, and Morgan counties...Editor's note: The following Community...
Lugar returns to tornado-damaged southern Indiana
Source: The Journal Gazette
Indianapolis :: IN :: USA | updated 2012-05-13 07:21:05 -0700 | health-news
Sen. Richard Lugar is praising the work of state and federal relief workers in southern Indiana. Lugar travelled to Henryville on Saturday for a second time since a pair of massive tornadoes cut through the town more than a week...
Stimulus-Backed Battery Maker Goes Bankrupt
Source: Fox
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2012-03-27 20:29:48 -0700 | political-news
The parent company of an electric car battery maker that received a $118 million grant from the Obama administration filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Thursday. New York-based Ener1 said it has been affected by competition from China and...
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