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Pulling back the curtains on wage-theft enforcement in MN; Trump's latest attack is on RFK, Jr; NM LGBTQ+ equality group endorses 2024 'Rock Star' candidates; Michigan's youth justice reforms: Expanded diversion, no fees.

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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg says rebuilding Baltimore's Key Bridge will be challenging and expensive. An Alabama Democrat flips a state legislature seat and former Connecticut senator Joe Lieberman dies at 82.

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Historic wildfires could create housing and health issues for rural Texans, a Kentucky program helps prison parolees start a new life, and descendants of Nicodemus, Kansas celebrate the Black settlers who journeyed across the 1870s plains seeking self-governance.

IN: Toxics

According to the EPA's Toxic Release Inventory, Indiana ranks third out of 56 U.S. states and territories that release the highest total chemicals and pollutants per square mile into the air. (Adobe Stock)<br />
IN gets multiyear grant for climate pollution research

The Indiana Department of Environmental Management is using a $3 million federal grant to track greenhouse-gas pollution in the state. The Climate …

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El Departamento de Salud de Indiana dice que las personas deben almacenar adecuadamente los productos fuera del alcance de los niños si las etiquetas contienen estas palabras: tóxico, irritante, corrosivo o inflamable. (Adobe Stock)
Prioridad de limpieza primaveral: Prevenir envenenamiento accidental en hogar

Es la época del año en que las personas comienzan a pensar en la limpieza de primavera y el cuidado del césped, lo que también …

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The Indiana Department of Health says people should properly store products away from children if labels contain these words: toxic, irritant, corrosive or flammable. (Adobe Stock)
Spring Cleaning Priority: Prevent Accidental Poisoning at Home

It's the time of year when people start thinking about spring cleaning and lawn care - which also means more exposure to health risks from products th…

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Norfolk Southern freight trains are common sights along Indiana highways. (Adobe Stock)
EPA Pauses Moving Train Derailment Material to Indiana Landfill

Putnam County residents are closely watching developments after learning multiple truckloads of waste from the train derailment site in East Palestine…

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Studies show at least 25% of today's global warming is driven by human-caused methane emissions. (bednarek/Adobe Stock)
Tougher EPA Methane Regulations Could Improve Indiana Air Quality

As part of the U.S. clean-energy transition, the Biden administration has made slashing methane emissions a priority, and has new supplemental …

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According to a 2020 Pew Research Center Poll, two-thirds of Americans believe the federal government isn't doing enough to address climate change. (Adobe Stock)
IN Students Push for Climate-Justice Task Force

Confront the Climate Crisis is a student-led coalition pushing Indiana lawmakers to establish a new environmental-justice task force. Last month…

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BP's refinery in Whiting, IN covers 1,400 acres in northwestern Indiana, just a few miles from the Chicago loop. (Adobe Stock)
BP, Feds Reach Settlement over Pollution from NW Indiana Refinery

WHITING, Ind. -- International oil-and-gas producer BP will pay more than $500,000 to the federal government as part of a legal settlement over air …

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A clean closure of the Michigan City Generation Station could create roughly 70 jobs in the surrounding area. (Larry Lawhead/Adobe Stock)
Report: Remove Coal Ash to Clean Up Toxic Pollution of IN Groundwater

INDIANAPOLIS -- A new study reinforces the view of many Indiana environmentalists the best way to clean up toxic coal ash is by removing it, rather …

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Cover crops can improve water infiltration into the soil and some, like legumes, also are natural fertilizers. (bmargaret/Adobe Stock)
Report: Indiana Farmers Planted More Cover Crops than Ever

INDIANAPOLIS -- There's good news for soil conservation efforts in a new survey by the Indiana Conservation Partnership: Farmers in the state planted …

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More than 29,000 square miles of Indiana encompass the Ohio River Basin in Indiana. (William Alden/Flickr)
Another Call to Protect Ohio River Quality for Hoosiers

INDIANAPOLIS — Conservation groups are asking Gov. Eric Holcomb to speak out this week against a proposal that could weaken clean-water …

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Pollution from four other states flows downstream in the Ohio River toward Indiana communities. (greeblie/Flickr)
Indiana Has "A Lot to Lose" with Poor Ohio River Quality

INDIANAPOLIS - Water quality along Indiana's southern border could be impacted by a long-awaited vote expected this week. The Ohio River Valley …

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The EPA's rollback of fuel-efficiency standards is being called an attempt to revoke states' rights by some critics. (Pixabay)
Indiana Mayor Weighs In on Fuel-Economy Reversal

INDIANAPOLIS – Five years after industry, labor and policy groups gathered to create new clean-car rules, the EPA is now taking a U-turn…

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