Wednesday, September 08, 2010
Environment - 2010 Indiana Environmental Statutes now available
This is the 2010 edition of the annual publication, the Indiana Environmental Statutes, sponsored by the Environmental Law Section of...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, September 08, 2010
Courts - "Kansas joins case to head off federal carbon regulation"
This lengthy story appeared in the Sunday, Sept. 5, 2010 edition of the Wichita Kansas Eagle. Some quotes:Attorney General Steve...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, September 08, 2010
Environment - "New Asian carp czar John Goss outlines approach"
Tina Lam of the Detroit Free Press reports:The White House said today it has chosen John Goss, former director of...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, September 08, 2010
Tuesday, September 07, 2010
Environment - "One of the state of Ohio's solutions -- transporting future manure to farm fields outside the watershed, including fields in Indiana -- has alarmed some Hoosiers in East Central Indiana."
Updating this August 31 ILB entry headed "We don't need Ohio's environmental problems," this August 30th Muncie Star-Press article by...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, September 07, 2010
Environment - Yet more on: Superfund used to justify $28,000 bill to fight fire at couple's home
Updating yesterday's ILB entry, which quoted the NYT story:After adopting such programs, some jurisdictions — including Radnor Township, Pa. —...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, September 07, 2010
Monday, September 06, 2010
Environment - Still more on: Superfund used to justify $28,000 bill to fight fire at couple's home
Remember this ILB entry from March 23, 2010? The ILB may have missed some more recent news on the issues...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, September 06, 2010
Environment - "Unsolved Coal Ash Problem" [Updated]
Here is an editorial from the Sept. 5, 2010 NY Times - a quote:Last Monday, the E.P.A. held the first...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, September 06, 2010
Thursday, September 02, 2010
Environment - Proposed wood-fired boiler rule is preliminarily adopted by APCB
Here is a list of five years of ILB entries on the topic of wood fired boilers and their regulation....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, September 02, 2010
Environment - "Environmental groups hail selenium ruling as 'game changer'"
So reads the headline to a story in the Charleston West Virigina Gazette, reported by Ken Ward Jr. Some quotes...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, September 02, 2010
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
Environment - "Neighbors sue City of Jeffersonville over asphalt plant"
Connie Leonard reports for WAVE 3:JEFFERSONVILLE, IN (WAVE) – People living next to an asphalt plant in Jeffersonville, IN...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, September 01, 2010
Environment - Indiana walnut trees at risk
From the AP, via the Indy Star:INDIANAPOLIS -- Indiana's wildlife agency has issued an emergency rule banning walnut products from...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, September 01, 2010
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Environment - "We don't need Ohio's environmental problems"
That is the heading to an editorial today in the Muncie Star-Press. Some quotes:East Central Indiana is about to be...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Monday, August 30, 2010
Environment - BP refinery apparently not "good neighbor" in Texas
"With Neighbors Unaware, Toxic Spill at a BP Plant" is the headline to a story today in the NY Times...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, August 30, 2010
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Environment - "Great Lakes waterways a 'carp highway'"
That quote from Michigan assistant attorney general Robert Reichel, arguing in a suit fied "in U.S. District Court in northern...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Monday, August 23, 2010
Environment - "I would like to encourage you to emphasize with your staff that it is not necessary to cite every possible statute and regulation that could be violated in a given situation"
That quote from IDEM assistant commissioner of the Office of Legal Counsel and Criminal Investigations David Joest is from a...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, August 23, 2010
Environment - More on: Scottsburg biomass project may be out
Updating this ILB entry from July 16, 2010, a long August 17th story in the Louisville Courier Journal reported by...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, August 23, 2010
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Environment - Carp suit heading to court: Federal testimony will start Monday
From a story yesterday by Dan Egan of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that begins:The lawsuit filed by a coalition of...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Environment - "Echoes of Gulf Spill Ripple in BP's Midwest Refinery Expansion "
From the NY Times, see this story by Elana Schor, dated Aug. 6, 2010 -- a few quotes from the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Friday, August 06, 2010
Environment - More on "Commercial fishermen found the 3-foot-long, 20-pound carp in Lake Calumet on Chicago's South Side"
Updating this ILB entry from June 24, 2010, the NWI Times has a brief report today that begins:A human --...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, August 06, 2010
Thursday, August 05, 2010
Environment - 2010 edition of Indiana Environmental Statutes
The 2010 edition of Indiana Environmental Statutes will be available later this month....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, August 05, 2010
Tuesday, August 03, 2010
Environment - "Wind Drives Growing Use of Batteries"
Here is a really interesting NY Times article from July 27, 2010, reported by Matthew L. Wald. Some quotes:The rapid...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, August 03, 2010
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Environment - "10-foot chain-link fence OK'd for Asian carp at Eagle Marsh"
Read this brief AP story from July 27th alongside this story - "DNR plans to install mesh fencing in Eagle...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, July 29, 2010
Environment - "Scientists expected Obama administration to be friendlier: Many of the frustrations scientists had with the last administration continue currently"
A long story from the July 10, 2010 LA Times I've been intending to highlight, by Tom Hamburger and Kim...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, July 29, 2010
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Environment - Indiana CAFOs in the news; cows, chickens, pigs
"Indiana agency revokes permit for 3,500-cow dairy" - a brief AP story July 27th:LAKEVILLE, Ind. — Developers haven't given up...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Friday, July 23, 2010
Environment - Lt. Gov. Skillman: believes it is possible to "develop wind power opportunities while preserving industry and the natural beauty of Lake Michigan."
Dan Carden of the NWI Times reported yesterday:Lt. Gov. Becky Skillman said Wednesday that the Indiana Office of Energy Development...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, July 23, 2010
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Environment - More on "Indiana lawmakers were the only ones in the country to take campaign donations from BP last month"
Updating this ILB entry from yesterday, which focused on NW Indiana legislators, Mary Beth Schneider of the Indianapolis Star has...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, July 22, 2010
Ind. Gov't - Tippecanoe County Area Plan Commission. tweaks wind turbine rules
Justin Mark reports today in a long story in the Lafayette Journal Courier in a long story that begins:After a...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, July 22, 2010
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Environment - "Indiana lawmakers were the only ones in the country to take campaign donations from BP last month"
So reports Gitte Laasby today in the Gary Post Tribune - some quotes:Since BP's oil spill three months ago, the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Environment - More on: Five states file Asian Carp suit
As reported in this ILB entry yesterday, suit was filed yesterday in USDC, ND Illinois by Great Lakes five states:...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Monday, July 19, 2010
Environment - Five states file Asian Carp suit [Updated]
"Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio, Minnesota and Pennsylvania filed the lawsuit Monday in U.S. District Court in northern Illinois," reports John Flesher...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, July 19, 2010
Environment - "State plans to regulate phosphorus in lakes: But it will take many initiatives to slow down nutrient pollution of Indiana's lakes"
Seth Slabaugh of the Muncie Star-Press reports today that the regulation will be aimed at wastewater treatment plants, not agriculture,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, July 19, 2010
Friday, July 16, 2010
Environment - Scottsburg biomass project may be out
The ILB has had a number of earlier entries on the proposed biomass wood-burning power plants in southern Indiana. For...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, July 16, 2010
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Law - Bankruptcy and BP
The NY Times reporter John Schwartz reported in a long story yesterday:With pockets as deep as BP’s — its assets...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, July 11, 2010
Environment - The end of "Easterly's Pile" on the Lake Michigan beach?
The Gary Post Tribune, through its environmental reporter, Gitte Laasby, has had a number of articles on the so-called "Easterly's...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, July 11, 2010
Friday, July 09, 2010
Envirnment - "Hoosier consumers are likely to pay bulk of $16B for lines to transport wind power"
So reports Ted Evanoff in the Indianapolis Star today. The lengthy story begins:The rural Midwest is booming with wind turbines...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, July 09, 2010
Sunday, July 04, 2010
Environment - Asian Carp raises its ugly head again
From commentary today by Sylvia A. Smith, Washington editor of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette:WASHINGTON – Who would have thought...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, July 04, 2010
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Environment - DC Circuit rules unilateral administrative cleanup orders do not violate due process [Updated]
"Superfund is Constitutional" is the heading to this entry by Jonathan H. Adler at the Volokh Conspiracy. [Updated 6/30/10] "DC...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Environment - "Commercial fishermen found the 3-foot-long, 20-pound carp in Lake Calumet on Chicago's South Side"
From the AP, via the Gary Post-Tribune this morning:CHICAGO -- A single Asian carp has been found for the first...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, June 24, 2010
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Ind. Gov't. - "Tippecanoe County residents ask for moratorium on wind turbines"
Interesting article today by Dorothy Schneider in the Lafayette Journal Courier:A group of rural Tippecanoe County residents who have lingering...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Monday, June 21, 2010
Environment - "Property owners are wary of being hit with the 'brownfield' label"
A lengthy story on brownfields today in the NWI Times, reported by Sarah Tompkins. A quote:Northwest Indiana has scores of...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, June 21, 2010
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Environment - "Smart Moves on Drilling in New York"
A June 16, 2010 column in the NYT, by Peter Applebome, begins:It may be hard to believe, but New York’s...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, June 20, 2010
Environment - New air standards in the works: potential Indiana impact
Dan Stockman of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette writes about upcoming changes in a lengthy story that begins: Indiana’s governor...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, June 20, 2010
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Environment - "Net Benefits of Biomass Power Under Scrutiny"
Updating this list of earlier ILB entries on biomass power, the NY Times has a long story by Tom Zeller...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, June 19, 2010
Environment - More on: After 5 years of study, proposal to regulate outdoor wood-fired boilers moves to a preliminary hearing before the APCB
Updating this ILB entry from June 2, 2010 (and a long list of earlier ILB entries), Rick Callaahan of the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, June 19, 2010
Monday, June 14, 2010
Environment - More on: Concerns raised about BP's Whiting project, in light of the Gulf spill [Updated]
Those of you who read this ILB entry earlier today will be interested in this article on the Brookings website,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, June 14, 2010
Environment - Concerns raised about BP's Whiting project, in light of the Gulf spill
"Will Gulf oil spill sink BP's Whiting project?" That was the headline to this story in the Gary Post-Tribune dated...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, June 14, 2010
Friday, June 11, 2010
Environment - More on: Gov. Mitch Daniels announces a major land conservation initiative
Updating this ILB entry from yesterday, this morning Gov. Daniels announced the second-part of the program. Today's news release begins:SCOTTSBURG,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, June 11, 2010
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Environment - "Covering The Environmental Beat In Northwest Indiana"
Dave Dempsey of Ecolocalizer has a great article today on the Gary Post Tribune's outstanding environmental reporter, Gitte Laasby. It...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, June 10, 2010
Environment - Gov. Mitch Daniels announces a major land conservation initiative
Lesley Stedman Weidenbener of the Louisville Courier Journal has a story here. Here is the long news release....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, June 10, 2010
Wednesday, June 09, 2010
Environment - "Amish Farming Draws Rare Government Scrutiny"
The NY Times today has a long story by Sindya N. Bhanoo headed "Amish Farming Draws Rare Government Scrutiny." Some...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, June 09, 2010
Tuesday, June 08, 2010
Environment - "Reports at BP over years find history of problems"
A long investigative story today by Abrahm Lustgarten and Ryan Knutson of the Washington Post begins:A series of internal investigations...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, June 08, 2010
Friday, June 04, 2010
Environment - Problems at Michigan City sanitary district? [Updated]
This story today by Matt Field of the Michigan City News Dispatch, headed "State AG will take over Meer...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, June 04, 2010
Wednesday, June 02, 2010
Ind. Gov't. - And how did that work out for you?
The award-winning environmental reporter for the Gary Post-Tribune, Gitte Laasby, who has broken many stories (including the BP permits issues...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, June 02, 2010
Environment - After 5 years of study, proposal to regulate outdoor wood-fired boilers moves to a preliminary hearing before the APBC
Here is the ILB's long list of entries on the regulation of outdoor wood-fired boilers. See in particular this entry...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, June 02, 2010
Monday, May 31, 2010
Environment - Indiana is a leader in wind turbines, but the pace is slowing
Bruce C. Smith of the Indianapolis Star writes today:his year, construction of about 300 megawatts of new wind power electricity...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, May 31, 2010
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Environment - EPA: IDEM must change either Water Board law or general permit process
The Indiana Manufacturers Association yesterday informed its members about an issue that is taking shape at IDEM:For some time EPA...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, May 27, 2010
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Environment - Still more on "Indiana county's fertilizer ban rejected"
Updating this important Feb. 14, 2010 ILB entry headed "Indiana county's fertilizer ban rejected" about how Steuben County's effort to...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Friday, May 21, 2010
Environment - More on: Potential regulation of emissions from wood-fired outdoor boiler continues to "shock and surprise" some legislators
This April 24, 2010 ILB entry discussed IDEM's efforts, beginning in 2005, to put in force state-wide rules re wood-fired...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, May 21, 2010
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Environment - More on "BP, environmentalists debate oil sand"
Updating this ILB entry from May 8, 2009, Gitte Laasby of the Gary Post Tribune reports today:When BP Whiting starts...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, May 20, 2010
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Environment - "Attorney for General Electric Battles EPA Use of 'Sledgehammer' in Superfund Cases"
The subhead: "Sidley's Carter Phillips argues that unilateral administrative orders were meant to be used only in emergency situations but...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Friday, May 14, 2010
Environment - More on "Contaminated soil from Louisville arena site dumped in Clarksville"
Updating this ILB entry from yesterday, which quoted a LCJ story, Amy Hartsock, Public Information Officer, Indiana Department of Environmental...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, May 14, 2010
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Environment - Proposed Indiana antidegradation rules face federal rejection if not changed
So reports Gitte Lasby today in the Gary Post-Tribune. Some quotes:MERRILLVILLE -- The state of Indiana is too lax in...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, May 13, 2010
Environment - "Contaminated soil from Louisville arena site dumped in Clarksville"
Ben Zion Hershberg reports today in the Louisville Courier Journal in a story that begins:Indiana environmental officials have ordered the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, May 13, 2010
Environment - "Regulators to hear comments on Scottsburg biomass project"
Updating earlier ILB entries on the proposed biomass wood-burning power plants in southern Indiana, most recently this one from Feb....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, May 13, 2010
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Environment - Purdue's request to expand the Wade Power Plant assailed
From a story today in the Lafayette Journal Courier, reported by Eric Weddle:Where is Purdue University? That was a repeated...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Friday, May 07, 2010
Environment - "IDEM investigating asphalt company"
Seth Slabaugh reports today in the Muncie Star-Press in a story that begins:DALEVILLE -- Meshberger Brothers Stone Corp., which is...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, May 07, 2010
Wednesday, May 05, 2010
Environment - More on "EPA proposes two options for managing coal waste"
EPA's plan, announced yesterday, has allready met with criticism. From The Blog of Legal Times:For months, environmental lawyers have been...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, May 05, 2010
Tuesday, May 04, 2010
Environment - "EPA proposes two options for managing coal waste"
James Bruggers reports today in the Louisville Courier Journal:The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday proposed two different ways to manage...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, May 04, 2010
Monday, May 03, 2010
Environment - "State breaks silence on 'Easterly's Pile'"
"Easterly's pile" has been the subject of several earlier ILB entries. Today Gitte Laasby of the Gary Post Tribune reports...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, May 03, 2010
Environment - "Kentucky tries to interest fishermen to haul in huge carp"
James Bruggers reports today in the Louisville Courier Journal in a story that begins:They say they taste like tuna. Or...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, May 03, 2010
Saturday, May 01, 2010
Ind. Decisions - "Court dismisses lawsuit from Elkhart recycling plant neighbors"
The Court of Appeals decision Friday in the case of Bellows et al v. Board of Commissioners of the County...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, May 01, 2010
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Environment - "'Easterly's pile' a waste site, after all"
Remember this ILB entry from April 12, 2010, quoting a Gary Post Tribune story where IDEM denied the existence of...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Monday, April 26, 2010
Environment - Again failure: "Asian carp debates heads to Supreme Court"
Updating this ILB entry from April 23, 2010, Tina Lam of the Detroit Free Press reports this morning in a...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, April 26, 2010
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Environment - Potential regulation of emissions from wood-fired outdoor boiler continues to "shock and surprise" some legislators
The ILB has a very long list of entries on outdoor wood-fired boilers and efforts to regulate them so that...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, April 24, 2010
Friday, April 23, 2010
Environment - Again: "Asian carp debates heads to Supreme Court"
Nathan Hurst reports today in the Detroit News:The court has twice rejected -- in January, and last month -- emergency...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, April 23, 2010
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Environment - "Earth Day: Activists recall area horrors"
Gitte Laasby of the Gary Post-Tribune has a great story today, Earth Day, recalling what "The Region's" environment was like,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, April 22, 2010
Monday, April 19, 2010
Ind. Gov't. - Marshall County to raise the fee for commercial wind farm permits from $50 to $20,000
Virginia Rainsbottom reports in the South Bend Tribune: PLYMOUTH — Wind farms have begun appearing in Benton and White counties...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, April 19, 2010
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Ind. Gov't. - "Trial court rules Jeffersonville owes sewer plant operator $584,000"
Updating this most recent ILB entry, from Jan. 27, 2009, headed "City water and sewer contracts to be put up...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Ind. Gov't. - "Chicken Underground" has not yet reached the City of Washington Indiana
As these ILB entries attest, one of the ILB's favorite entries was this one from Sept. 15, 2009, headed "Chicken...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Monday, April 12, 2010
Environment - "IDEM map called 'deceptive'"
From a long story today in the Gary Post-Tribune, reported by Gitte Laasby, continue the controversy about "Easterly's Pile." The...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, April 12, 2010
Tuesday, April 06, 2010
Environment - Still more on: "Is Tippecanoe County next for wind farms?"
Updating this ILB entry from Arpil 1, 2010, Max Showalter reports today in the Lafayette Journal Courier:With some accommodations made...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, April 06, 2010
Sunday, April 04, 2010
Environment - Indiana air enforcement efforts wane, reports say
"IDEM shuts down mercury monitors: Effort will save $285,000; no data will mean lack of urgency to comply" is the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, April 04, 2010
Thursday, April 01, 2010
Environment - The suspense is over, "As they deflated Thursday, the bubbles wrinkled like raisins in the sun."
The WSJ's Lauren Etter is reporting today:WINCHESTER, Ind.—Several giant bubbles on a dairy farm manure lagoon were popped Thursday, emitting...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, April 01, 2010
Environment - More on "Manure Raises New Stink"
Updating this ILB entry from March 25, 2010, Seth Slabaugh of the Muncie Star-Press reports today under the headline "Winchester...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, April 01, 2010
Environment - More on: "Is Tippecanoe County next for wind farms?"
Updating this ILB entry from March 26, 2010, Dorthy Schneider of the Lafayette Journal Courier reports today under the headline:...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, April 01, 2010
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Environment - "Diffuser a fix for Grand Cal discharges?"
With a diffuser, the same amount of pollution goes into the water, but it is diffused or diluted as it...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Monday, March 29, 2010
Environment - More on "Voices aired on Rockport gasification plant "
Updaitng this ILB entry from Dec. 4, 2009, and this one from Feb. 9, 2010, the Evansville Courier & Press...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, March 29, 2010
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Environment - Portending the future of the Great Lakes? [Updated]
"Asian carp spreading through Tenn. waters" is the headline of a story today by Anne Paine of The Tennessean. Some...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, March 27, 2010
Friday, March 26, 2010
Environment - "Is Tippecanoe County next for wind farms?"
Max Showalter reports today in the Lafayette Journal Courier:As wind turbines pile up next door in Benton and White counties,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, March 26, 2010
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Environment - "Manure Raises New Stink" says WSJ
Updating this ILB entry from Sept. 15, 2009 which reported "Neighbors have complained about giant bubbles in the lagoon's synthetic...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, March 25, 2010
Environment - EPA Releases Public Database on Risk Assessments
From a March 24, 2010 EPA press release:WASHINGTON - Today, EPA is releasing the Health and Environmental Research Online (HERO)...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, March 25, 2010
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Environment - More on: Superfund used to justify $28,000 bill to fight fire at couple's home [Updated]
Updating this ILB entry from Feb. 19, 2010, 6News Indy, which broke the story, had an update this evening:LAFAYETTE, Ind....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Environment - Illinois AG Lisa Madigan "Wins One for ... the Carp?"
From NBC Chicago's "Ward Room," some quotes from an entry by Edward McClelland:As attorney general, it’s Lisa Madigan’s job is...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Monday, March 22, 2010
Environment - Still more on "SCOTUS to Reconsider Wading Into Asian Carp Fight "
Updating this ILB entry from March 19th, the AP is now reporting: "Supreme Court refuses second request to close shipping...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, March 22, 2010
Friday, March 19, 2010
Environment - More on "SCOTUS to Reconsider Wading Into Asian Carp Fight "
Supplementing this ILB entry from March 17, 2010, Nathan Hurst of the Detroit News has this story today....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, March 19, 2010
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Environment - "SCOTUS to Reconsider Wading Into Asian Carp Fight "
So reports Gabriel Nelson this afternoon for the NY Times. Some quotes from the fairly long story:Now faced with DNA...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Environment - "13 million pounds of Ohio River fish eaten annually"
"Who knew?" begins this story by James Bruggers of the Louisville Courier Journal, in a story dated March 15, 2010....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Ind. Gov't. - Encourage CAFOs, penalize small farmers and meat processors?
Doesn't seem right. At my local farmer's market this winter every third stand seems to be selling locally produced meat...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, March 13, 2010
Monday, March 08, 2010
Environment - The condition of the Grand Calumet River and efforts to clean it up
Gitte Laasby of the Gary Post Tribune has three reports today:"Region's sewer: Grand Cal faces long recuperation" “State, feds to...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, March 08, 2010
Sunday, March 07, 2010
Envirnment - Illinois farmland sought to lease for natural gas exploration
Updating a list of earlier ILB entries on extracting natural gas from scale, using a technology called hydraulic fracturing, Len...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, March 07, 2010
Tuesday, March 02, 2010
Environment - "Tippecanoe shores up wind energy codes"
Dorothy Schneider has this March 1st story in the Lafayette Journal Courier:In anticipation of wind turbines eventually springing up in...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, March 02, 2010
Monday, March 01, 2010
Environment - "Rulings Restrict Clean Water Act, Foiling E.P.A."
From a front-page story in today's NY Times, reported by Charles Duhigg and Janet Roberts:The Clean Water Act was intended...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, March 01, 2010
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Courts - SCOTUS denies review of Seymour-based Rose Acre Farms takings judgment
Updating previous ILB entries, Gabriel Nelson of the NY Times reported yesterday:The court also declined to review Rose Acre Farms...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Environment - "Plenty of Spilled Milk to Cry Over for Dairymen Lured to U.S."
A lengthy story by Lauren Etter of the Wall Street Journal, dated Feb. 16, 2010, has fascinating background about the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, February 20, 2010
Friday, February 19, 2010
Environment - Attorney General Zoeller files friend-of-the-court brief in the Asian carp dispute
Updating this ILB entry from yesterday, Attorney General Zoeller has just filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the Asian carp dispute,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, February 19, 2010
Environment - Superfund used to justify $28,000 bill to fight fire at couple's home
6News Indy had this story last evening:NEW CASTLE, Ind. -- An Indiana lawmaker has pledged to investigate how a New...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, February 19, 2010
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Environment - More on "Indiana Attorney General Zoeller to support Michigan in Asian carp lawsuit"
Updating this ILB entry from Dec. 30, 2009, which quoted an AG Zoeller press release from that date, today the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, February 18, 2010
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Environment - More on: Rules proposed again to regulate outdoor wood-fired boilers
Updating this Jan. 7, 2010 ILB entry (which is worth another look), Gitte Laasby of the Gary Post-Tribune has a...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Environment - "Asian-Carp Threat Stirs Rethink of Century-Old Feat "
Douglas Belkin of the WS Journal has an informative story today on the engineering history that has led to the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Environment - "A Growing Source of Clean Energy, Wind Farms Are Blowing Ill Will Among Some Neighbors"
From the February 2010 ABA Journal, a lengthy story by Kristin Choo that includes the following:“They told us that the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Monday, February 15, 2010
Environment - "Indiana Lawmakers support biomass plants' foes: Prospects unclear for legislation that would stop construction"
The ILB's most recent entry on the proposed biomass wood-burning power plants in southern Indiana was Feb. 9th, near the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, February 15, 2010
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Environment - More on "Indiana county's fertilizer ban rejected"
Updating this ILB entry, from Feb. 10, 2010, is this editorial today, headed "Appointee overrules lake law," in the Fort...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, February 14, 2010
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Environment - Logansport, Cass County set wind energy fees
Jennifer Tangeman reports in the Pharos-Tribune: With the prospect of harnessing wind energy moving closer to reality in Cass County,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, February 13, 2010
Friday, February 12, 2010
Environment - "Indiana's governor opposes closing locks to fight Asian carp" [Updated]
From the AP, a brief story that begins:Indiana's governor is opposing a proposal to close navigational locks and gates in...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, February 12, 2010
Environment - "Feds pass on surest solution to Asian carp"
That is the headline to this story by AP environmental writer John Flesher that begins: TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) —...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, February 12, 2010
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Environment - "Bankruptcy could lead to smelly mess for state: Union-Go Dairy, which has had manure-lagoon problems, files for relief from creditors" [Updated]
This ILB entry from Feb. 9, 2010 briefly mentioned a story headed "Randolph megadairy files for bankruptcy", from the Richmond...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, February 11, 2010
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Environment - "Indiana county's fertilizer ban rejected"
Runoff from farms, golf courses, runways, construction sites, etc. is regulated by the Indiana Department of Environmental Management. This story...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
Environment - Stories on CAFOs, Pines coal ash, Asian Carp, Biomass plants [Updated]
A number of Indiana environmental stories today:"Randolph megadairy files for bankruptcy", from the Richmond Palladium-Item. "EPA to update Pines residents...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, February 09, 2010
Environment - "State lawmakers laying plans for coal-gas pipeline"
Updating earlier, and worth reviewing, ILB entries, including "Still more on: Governor signs first bill of 2009 session" from Nov....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, February 09, 2010
Monday, February 08, 2010
Environment - Asian carp talks today at White House "may miss bigger lake challenge"
Dan Egan of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel had this long and thorough story Sunday that began:The focus of Monday's White House...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, February 08, 2010
Sunday, February 07, 2010
Environment - Even more on "Crawford County residents question biomass power project"
Updating this Jan. 28th ILB entry, Grace Schneider of the Louisville Courier Journal attended another public meeting, this one in...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, February 07, 2010
Friday, February 05, 2010
Environment - More on Asian Carp suit; Wood-fired outdoor boilers
Michigan AG: "Close canal to stop carp: DNA data was kept from U.S. Supreme Court," heads this story today in...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, February 05, 2010
Monday, February 01, 2010
Environment - "For scofflaws, a public mea culpa: Plea-deal ads admit environmental crimes"
Some quotes from Jonathan Saltzman's story in today's Boston Globe:The Rockmore Co. has a confession: “Our company has discharged human...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, February 01, 2010
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Environment - More on: The other side of CAFO manure spills and run-off
Updating this ILB entry from Dec. 11, 2009, the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette has an editorial today headed "Don’t spread...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, January 30, 2010
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Environment - Still more on "Crawford County residents question biomass power project"
Updating this ILB entry from Jan. 20th, Grace Schneider of the Louisville Courier Journal reports today under the headline "Defining...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, January 28, 2010
Monday, January 25, 2010
Environment - "Pressure builds as governors seek seat at Obama carp 'summit'"
From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, a story by Dan Egan that begins:The political heat is cranking up on President Barack...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, January 25, 2010
Environment - "Feds taking look at 'Easterly's pile'"
From Gitte Laasby's story in the Sunday Gary Post Tribune begins:Federal officials are investigating a complaint from a Post-Tribune reader...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, January 25, 2010
Friday, January 22, 2010
Environment - More on "Court won't close shipping locks to keep out carp"
Updating this Jan. 20th ILB entry, what is next? Two stores: "Army Corps to sample two Indiana rivers for Asian...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, January 22, 2010
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Environment - Expanding Use of Wind Power v. the power grid
This story today in the NY Times A quotes:The Energy Department under President Obama has been a proponent of renewable...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, January 21, 2010
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Environment - More on "Crawford County residents question biomass power project"
Updating this Jan. 15, 2010 ILB entry, quoting a story in the LCJ, the weekly Corydon Democrat has a very...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Courts - "Court won't close shipping locks to keep out carp"
Updating this story from yesterday, and many earlier ILB entries about the Asian Carp threat, the NY Times had this...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Courts - "Court won't close shipping locks to keep out carp"
So reports USA Today in this AP story, accompanied by a video labeled "Asian carp poisoning begins in an effort...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Environment - Asian carp plea denied by SCOTUS
Lyle Denniston of SCOTUSBlog reported here, shortly after 10:00 AM:The Supreme Court refused on Tuesday to order emergency measures sought...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Courts - "Something's Fishy at the High Court"
Tony Mauro of The National Law Journal explains how the case got to the Supreme Court so fast, in this...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, January 16, 2010
Friday, January 15, 2010
Environment - More on "SCOTUS Expected To Hear Asian Carp Arguments Today"
It never happened. Tina Lam of the Detroit Free Press reports this evening:The U.S. Supreme Court, which met today in...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, January 15, 2010
Environment - "Crawford County residents question biomass power project"
Interesting, especially in light of: (1) this ILB entry from Jan. 7, 2010 headed "Environment - Rules proposed again to...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, January 15, 2010
Environment - "SCOTUS Expected To Hear Asian Carp Arguments Today"
Holland Michigan's WHTC is reporting:The fight to close locks in Chicago feeding into Lake Michigan to prevent the spread of...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, January 15, 2010
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Environment - "IDEM quietly admits mistakes were made" says Gary Post-Tribune editorial
From today's Gary Post-Tribune, this editorial:When someone has made a mistake, a public mea culpa might be in order. But...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Environment - "SCOTUS To Consider Carp Case On Friday" and "Carp DNA found closer to the lake"
From Chicagoist, this story by Marcus Gilmer:The U.S. Supreme Court has set this Friday, January 15, as the day it...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Thursday, January 07, 2010
Environment - More on "IDEM fills long-vacant chief-of-staff post, denies agency shakeup"
Updating this ILB entry from Jan. 5, 2010, Gitte Laasby of the Gary Post-Tribune has a lengthy and detailed story...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, January 07, 2010
Environment - Rules proposed again to regulate outdoor wood-fired boilers
Several years ago there was a lot of smoke over an IDEM proposal to solicit public comments about whether there...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, January 07, 2010
Wednesday, January 06, 2010
Environment - Status report on Asian carp controversy [Updated]
Updating this long list of earlier ILB Asian carp entries, SCOTUSblog this morning has a great wrap-up of the status...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, January 06, 2010
Tuesday, January 05, 2010
Environment - Feds oppose Great Lakes states' suit re Asian Carp
In a 53-page memorandum for the United States in opposition to the Michigan motion for a preliminary injunction, the:Solicitor General,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, January 05, 2010
Environment - "IDEM fills long-vacant chief-of-staff post, denies agency shakeup"
So reports Chris O'Malley of the Indianapolis Business Journal today, supplementing this Gary Post Tribune story from Jan. 2nd, 2010,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, January 05, 2010
Environment - "Ontario wants U.S. court to lock out Asian carp"
Now come the Canadians. Updating earlier ILB entries, the Toronto Star today has a story today that begins:Ontario wants to...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, January 05, 2010
Monday, January 04, 2010
Environment - "New York Enters Carp Fight"
As I wrote in this Dec. 31st entry - "only two Great Lake states [remain] outstanding -- Pennsylvania and New...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, January 04, 2010
Sunday, January 03, 2010
Environment - "Fight Against Asian Carp Threatens Fragile Great Lakes Unity "
The Sunday NY Times has this story by Monica Davey. The story begins:CHICAGO — Asian carp, the voracious, nonnative fish...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, January 03, 2010
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Environment - More on Environment - "Indiana Attorney General Zoeller to support Michigan in Asian carp lawsuit"
Updating yesterday's ILB entry, the latest word is that "Wisconsin joins other states in Asian carp battle." This map from...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, December 31, 2009
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Environment - "Indiana Attorney General Zoeller to support Michigan in Asian carp lawsuit"
The Chesterton Tribune is quoting a press release on its website late this afternoon: INDIANAPOLIS – Indiana Attorney General Greg...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Environment - "Ever since the fish started heading north, ecologists have warned about the devastation that awaits if they get loose in the Great Lakes, unchecked by natural predators and muscling out every competing species"
That is a quote from this editorial today in the NY Times, updating this ILB entry from earlier today....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Environment - Still more on "Michigan asks U.S. Supreme Court to close shipping locks near Chicago to prevent Asian carp from invading the Great Lakes" What of Indiana?
Updating this ILB entry from Dec. 26th, where the ILB's inquiry to the Attorney General's press office about whether Indiana...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Monday, December 28, 2009
Environment - Michigan environmental agency files suit against Vreba-Hoff dairies
A December 27th story in the Richmond Paladium-Item reports:LANSING, Mich. -- The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality filed a lawsuit...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, December 28, 2009
Saturday, December 26, 2009
Environment - More on "Michigan asks U.S. Supreme Court to close shipping locks near Chicago to prevent Asian carp from invading the Great Lakes" What of Indiana? [Updated]
This ILB entry from Dec. 22 contained reports that the Michigan attorney general has filed the suit against against Illinois,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, December 26, 2009
Friday, December 25, 2009
Environment - NY Times posts correction to Duke Energy story
Here is the correction, published Dec. 25, 2009:An article in some editions on Wednesday about a court settlement requiring Duke...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, December 25, 2009
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Environment - "Lawyers target pig, dairy farms: Attorneys seek justice for neighbors allegedly injured by pork and dairy producers"
A very interesting, and lengthy, story today from Seth Slabaugh of the Muncie Star-Press, featuring Indianapolis attorney Rich Hailey. Some...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Ind. Decisions - "Duke to reduce pollution at New Albany plant"
Updating earlier ILB entries, including this one from May 29, 2009, Mireya Howard reported in the NY Times on Dec....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Environment - "Michigan asks U.S. Supreme Court to close shipping locks near Chicago to prevent Asian carp from invading the Great Lakes"
Here is the AP story by John Flesher in today's South Bend Tribune. From the story:State Attorney General Mike Cox...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Monday, December 21, 2009
Environment - "Attorney General Greg Zoeller has filed a lawsuit against an Elkhart County recycler with a history of environmental violations, worker-safety violations and public complaints"
From today's lengthy press release:The suit asks the court to require the company to cease its open dumping of wood...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, December 21, 2009
Friday, December 18, 2009
Environment - "A European wind is blowing across east central Indiana"
That is the headline to a lengthy story today by Seth Slabaugh of the Muncie Star-Press. Some quotes:MUNCIE -- East...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, December 18, 2009
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Environment - Still more on: Great Lakes losing even more water via St. Clair River
Updating this ILB entry from Sept. 11, 2009, the controversy continues about what is causing the lowering of the water...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, December 17, 2009
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Environment - Don't forget to order the 2009 Edition of the Indiana Environmental Statutes
The 2009 edition of the Indiana Environmental Statutes, edited by Marcia J. Oddi, is now available. The 2009 edition of...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Monday, December 14, 2009
Environment - "Indiana regulators ban IPL tree trimming on private land"
John Tuohy reports in the Indianapolis Star in a story posted late this morning that begins:State regulators have ordered Indianapolis...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, December 14, 2009
Friday, December 11, 2009
Environment - The other side of CAFO manure spills and run-off
Cattlenetwork has this long story today, titled "Delayed Harvest Has Producers Scrambling To Apply Manure," that begins:WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, December 11, 2009
Wednesday, December 09, 2009
Environment - "Appalachian Wind Turbines Kill Bats, Judge Says" [Updated]
Updating this list of earlier ILB entries, Avery Fellow of Courthouse News Service reports today in a story that begins:...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, December 09, 2009
Environment - More on "Is New York’s Marcellus Shale Too Hot to Handle?"
Updating this ILB entry from Nov. 9th, here is a Dec. 7th NY Times story by Jad Mouawad and Clifford...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, December 09, 2009
Friday, December 04, 2009
Environment - "Voices aired on Rockport gasification plant "
Updating this ILB entry from Nov. 25th, 2009, Garret Mathews of the Evansville Courier & Press reports today on Thursday's...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, December 04, 2009
Friday, November 27, 2009
Environment - "Cost of coal-gasification plant reaches $2.5 billion; the estimate so far doesn't include the potential costs for developing technology to capture and store carbon dioxide emitted by the plant"
Supplementing this ILB entry from Nov. 25th is this story from Charles Wilson of the AP. Some quotes:INDIANAPOLIS — Duke...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, November 27, 2009
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Environment - Wind turbines in the news
Tom Spaulding reported yesterday on the Indianapolis Star site:A 106-megawatt wind farm built to give Indianapolis Power & Light Co....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Environment - More on "Pollution partners not all paragons: State recognizes 22 firms it also has fined"
A Fort Wayne Journal Gazette editorial today headed "Poor partnership" references its Nov. 22nd story and opines:The Indiana Department of...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Monday, November 23, 2009
Environment - McGrawsville Feed & Grain to $10,300 in penalties for fish kill
Daniel Human of the Logansport Pharos-Tribune has a story today that reports:AMBOY — State environmental agencies and a Miami County...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, November 23, 2009
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Environment - "Pollution partners not all paragons: State recognizes 22 firms it also has fined"
Didn't you sometimes wonder about this? Dan Stocker of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette has a long story today -...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, November 22, 2009
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Environment - IDEM and its chief in the news
Updating this ILB entry from Nov. 15th, headed "Gary Post-Tribune alleges steel company gets special treatment because of IDEM commissioner,"...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, November 19, 2009
Monday, November 16, 2009
Environment - More on: Gary Post-Tribune alleges steel company gets special treatment because of IDEM commissioner
"'99 report raised concerns about waste, environment: No official inquiries in last 10 years on potential impact" is the headline...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, November 16, 2009
Environment - "Porter County Commissioners OK regulations for wind turbines" [Updated]
Updating this list of earlier ILB entries on wind turbines in Porter County, Jane Huh of the Gary Post-Tribune reports...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, November 16, 2009
Ind. Gov't. - More on "State government began laying off employees today in order to cut costs"
Updating this ILB entry from Friday the 13th, Eric Bradner of the Evansville Courier & Press has a story headed...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, November 16, 2009
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Environment - Gary Post-Tribune alleges steel company gets special treatment because of IDEM commissioner
"Fate of 'Easterly's pile' at ArcelorMittal remains unknown" is the headline to this story by Gitte Laasby of the Gary...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, November 15, 2009
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Ind. Courts - "State suing local landlords over lead levels in home" [Updated]
Mark Wilson reports today for the Evansville Courier & Press in a long story -- some quotes:In a lawsuit filed...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, November 12, 2009
Monday, November 09, 2009
Environment - "Is New York’s Marcellus Shale Too Hot to Handle?"
The ILB has had several entries on "a new technique that taps previously inaccessible supplies of natural gas" by drilling...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, November 09, 2009
Wednesday, November 04, 2009
Environment - More on: "Indiana participates in Dana cleanup with $2 million stock distribution"
An interesting side-note to this Oct. 13th ILB entry - WLKI 100.3 News had this item yesterday, headed "City Council...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, November 04, 2009
Sunday, November 01, 2009
Environment - "Coal Combustion Residue: Status of EPA’s Efforts to Regulate Disposal"
The Government Accountability Office has issued this 38-page congressional briefing, dated Oct. 30th....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, November 01, 2009
Friday, October 30, 2009
Environment - Don't forget to order the 2009 Edition of the Indiana Environmental Statutes
The 2009 edition of the Indiana Environmental Statutes, edited by Marcia J. Oddi, is now available. The 2009 edition of...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, October 30, 2009
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Environment - Former IDEM Air Chief goes to Washington
Janet McCabe, the highly-regarded, long-time head of IDEM's Air Office until the politics changed with Gov. Daniels' election, has accepted...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, October 29, 2009
Monday, October 26, 2009
Environment - "Wasted regulations: Oversight of coal hazards largely left to those that produce them"
That is the headline of this story by Mark Wilson in the Oct. 24th Evansville Courier & Press. Some quotes...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, October 26, 2009
Environment - 2009 Edition of the Indiana Environmental Statutes now available
The 2009 edition of the Indiana Environmental Statutes, edited by Marcia J. Oddi, is now available. The 2009 edition of...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, October 26, 2009
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Environment - "EPA Proposes Withdrawal of Bush-Era Air Toxics Assessment "
Robin Bravender reports for the NY Times late today in a lengthy entry that begins:U.S. EPA has proposed withdrawing part...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Environment - More on: "BP permit must be rewritten: State may not have fully assessed new emissions"
Gitte Laasby reports in the Gary Post-Tribune today in a long story with the headline "Environmentalists vow to halt BP...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Environment - "BP permit must be rewritten: State may not have fully assessed new emissions"
Gitte Laasby reports in the Gary Post-Tribune today in a long story:MERRILLVILLE -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is forcing...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Environment - More on "A new technique that tapped previously inaccessible supplies of natural gas in the United States is spreading to the rest of the world"
The lead NY Times editorial today begins:New York State’s environmental regulators have proposed rules to govern drilling in the Marcellus...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, October 17, 2009
Friday, October 16, 2009
Environment - IU's Nobel-winning economist looks to resolving the "tragedy of the commons"
John Tierney of the NY Times writes in a long blog entry:The 2009 Nobel Prize for economics is a useful...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, October 16, 2009
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Environment - "Indiana participates in Dana cleanup with $2 million stock distribution" [Updated]
The cleanup of the contaminated former Dana site in Angola has been the subject of a long list of ILB...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Environment - "Cleansing the Air at the Expense of Waterways "
The NY Times continues its "Toxic Waters" series today with this very long story, headed "Cleansing the Air at the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Environment - "A new technique that tapped previously inaccessible supplies of natural gas in the United States is spreading to the rest of the world, raising hopes of a huge expansion in global reserves of the cleanest fossil fuel"
That is the lede to this story by Clifford Krauss in today's NY Times. More from the story:Italian and Norwegian...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, October 10, 2009
Thursday, October 08, 2009
Environment - More on "NW Indiana counties stop residents' wind tower ventures"
Updating this ILB entry from August 15th, Vicki Urbanik of the Chesterton Tribune reports: Porter County now has the framework...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, October 08, 2009
Saturday, October 03, 2009
Environment - "Study reports Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore threatened by climate change"
The Chesterton Tribune reported yesterday that: Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore is one of 25 national parks identified as being most...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, October 03, 2009
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Environment - "Hoosier Environmental Council founder heads IU Mauer law school program"
Dawn Hewitt reports in the Bloomington Herald-Times in a story ($$) that begins:Carolyn Waldron is the new director of the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, September 26, 2009
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Environment - "Hog Lawsuits Raising Stink in Missouri"
Bill Draper of the AP reports on agricultural nuisance. (For earlier ILB entries on the topic, see this list.) Sme...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Environment - "Request to install up to 2 wind turbines goes to Hancock County zoning board Thursday"
The ILB has had a number of entries now on wind turbines, their impact, and local regulation. Today Bill McCleery...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Environment - "Big Polluters Told to Report Emissions "
This story today by Leslie Kaufman of the NY Times - it begins:The Environmental Protection Agency said on Tuesday that...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Environment - "Limits on LA Roosters Get a Green Light"
Supplementing our informative entry from Sept. 15th headed "'Chicken underground' emerges in Indiana", the NY Times published this story Sept....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, September 20, 2009
Environment - "Attorney General signs decree to improve Jeff’s sewer problems" [Updated]
That was the heading to this story by Chris Quay Sept. 17th in the Louisville Courier Journal. Some quotes:Indiana Attorney...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, September 20, 2009
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Environment - "Health Ills Abound as Farm Runoff Fouls Wells"
Continuing its series on water pollution, the NY Times published a front-page story Sept. 17 headed "Health Ills Abound as...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, September 19, 2009
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Environment - California water bottling company to build Plainfield plant
Bruce C. Smith reports today in the Indianapolis Star:The largest private label bottler of water in the country will build...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Environment - Updating "'Chicken underground' emerges in Indiana"
This Aug. 18th ILB entry quoted by an Indianapolis Star report on citizens "lobbying the Lafayette City Council to allow...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Environment - "Randolph County dairy fined over manure spill"
Seth Slabaugh reports today in the Muncie Star-Press:WINCHESTER -- Union-Go Dairy recently agreed to pay a $2,125 civil penalty for...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Environment - "Environmental groups to sue EPA over coal-ash ponds"
So reports James Bruggers of the Louisville Courier Journal in this story dated Sept. 14th that begins:Three environmental groups have...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Monday, September 14, 2009
Environment - Several recent environmental stories
Sunday, Sept. 13th the NY Times had a major front-page story that continued on to two full inside pages: "Toxic...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, September 14, 2009
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Environment - "Turning to Windmills, but Resistance Lingers: Court Ruling Highlights Odds Against Them"
Adding again to this long list of earlier wind turbine stories, the NY Times' Abby Goodnough has this long story...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, September 13, 2009
Environment - "North Judson attorney argues for environment"
Jeff Manes of the Gary Post-Tribune has a lengthy interview today with Marty Lucas - a quote:Martin Robert Lucas is...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, September 13, 2009
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Environment - More on: City of Richmond may soon own contaminated Dana site
Updating this long list of ILB entries on cleanup of the bankrupt Dana Corp.'s Angola and Richmond sites, Bill Engle...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, September 12, 2009
Environment - More on "EPA to Scrutinize Permits for Mountaintop-Removal Mining"
Updating this ILB entry from March 25th, Tim Huber reports today in USA Today in a story that begins:CHARLESTON, W.Va....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, September 12, 2009
Friday, September 11, 2009
Enviroment - "Porter County readies wind mill ordinance: Move spurred by firm that wants to put towers between Kouts-LaCrosse"
Updating this ILB entry from August 15th headed "NW Indiana counties stop residents' wind tower ventures," and adding to this...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, September 11, 2009
Environment - More on: Great Lakes losing even more water via St. Clair River
Updating this ILB entry from July 26th, Dan Egan of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports today in a story headed...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, September 11, 2009
Tuesday, September 08, 2009
Environment - A number of recent Indiana environmental stories [Updated]
Several from Lake County:"Steelmaker plans landfill for toxic mill wastes: ArcelorMittal samples show cadmium levels higher than otherwise allowed." -...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, September 08, 2009
Tuesday, September 01, 2009
Environment - "Kentucky and Indiana lead nation in coal ash ponds"
James Bruggers reports in the Louisville Courier Journal - here are some quotes:Indiana and Kentucky are the nation's top two...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, September 01, 2009
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Environment - Wind turbines "can appear on Doppler radar like a violent storm or even a tornado"
From the AP, a story that begins:SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- Wind farms have been blamed for disrupting the lives of...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, August 30, 2009
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Ind. Decisions - COA decides environmental nuisance case today
There are also a number of NFP opinions today, but this "for publication" opinion will be treated individually. In Randall...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Environment - Superfund site in Evansvlle; Indianapolis wins judgment for cleanup costs
From the August 23rd Evansville Courier & Press, this story by Mark Wilson. It begins:Some of Evansville's oldest and...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Environment - "Angola City Council approves Univertical cleanup agreement"
The ILB has had a long list of entries on this issue. Today Jim Measel of WTHD 105.5 (NE Indiana)...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Ind. Gov't. - "Problem of junked cars in Sellersburg: Cars on blocks could cost the owner plenty"
Braden Lammers has this report in the New Albany News & Tribune. Some quotes:The town of Sellersburg is cracking down...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, August 23, 2009
Environment - "Illinois pollution enforcement hampered by politics"
Really? Michael Hawthorne has this lengthy story today in the Chicago Tribune. A quote:What appeared to be an obvious violation...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, August 23, 2009
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Environment - More on: IDEM meetings introduce new antidegradation rules
Updating this ILB entry from August 12th, Gitte Laasby of the Gary Post-Tribune reported August 20th:PORTAGE -- Indiana's proposed pollution...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, August 22, 2009
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Environment - "'Chicken underground' emerges in Indiana"
Bob Scott reports in the Indianapolis Star:Gay-Ellen Stulp and Stephany Miskunas are lobbying the Lafayette City Council to allow them...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Environment - City of Richmond may soon own contaminated Dana site
Recall these ILB entries from this spring about the Dana site in Angola and how the city was on the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, August 16, 2009
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Environment - "NW Indiana counties stop residents' wind tower ventures"
Gitte Laasby of the Gary Post-Tribune has a very long story today on the premise: "County ordinances aren't prepared to...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, August 15, 2009
Friday, August 14, 2009
Environment - More on: "St. Joseph County to consider windmills: Bill would regulate turbine installation in St. Joseph County"
Updating this ILB entry from Tuesday, Troy Kehoe of WSBT South Bend reports this afternoon:Energy generating wind turbines put up...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, August 14, 2009
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Environment - "State recycling panel shocked by $11M transfer" [Updated]
This brief AP story, with no identifications, was posted on the Indianapolis Star website this afternoon:Members of a state panel...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, August 13, 2009
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Environment - US DC for DC rejects efforts to toss out Bush mining rule change without actually going through the formal rulemaking process
Here is the story in the Charleston W Vir. Gazette, reported by Ken Ward Jr. The story includes links to...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Environment - IDEM meetings introduce new antidegradation rules
Gitte Laasby reports today in the Gary Post-Tribune in a lengthy story:MERRILLVILLE -- Polluters like BP would be allowed to...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Environment - "St. Joseph County to consider windmills: Bill would regulate turbine installation in St. Joseph County"
Updating this ILB entry from August 9th, Ed Ronco reports today in the South Bend Tribune. Some quotes:Tonight, the St....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Environment - Tom Easterly recovering from heart surgery
Indiana Department of Environment head Tom Easterly had a quadruple bypass last week. No word yet on how long he...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Sunday, August 09, 2009
Environment - "Blowback: Indiana's emerging wind farms whip up controversy: More and more critics say windmills aren't that green, aren't a great source of energy -- and can be harmful to people's health"
The ILB has a number of earlier entries on wind turbines. Today Jeff Swiatek has a front-page story in the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, August 09, 2009
Environment - Burns Harbor's BZA to rethink Arcelor-Mittal denial
Gitte Laasby of the Gary Post-Tribune reported August 8th in a story that began:Faced with a lawsuit, the Burns Harbor...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, August 09, 2009
Saturday, August 08, 2009
Environment - "GM gets to dump its polluted sites;" Indiana impacted
Some quotes from a lengthy story today in the Detroit Free Press, reported by Tim Higgins:When General Motors Co. emerged...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, August 08, 2009
Friday, August 07, 2009
Ind. Gov't. - Nine governors, but not Indiana, seek federal help for pork producers
From a report this afternoon by Mike Glover of the AP:DES MOINES, Iowa -- The governors of nine key pork-producing...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, August 07, 2009
Thursday, August 06, 2009
Ind. Courts - "Red Spot may have to pay $26 million for cleanup" [Updated]
Dan Shaw has a report today in the Evansville Courier & Press headed "Red Spot may have to pay $26...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, August 06, 2009
Monday, August 03, 2009
Environment - "Vultures roost in downtown Lafayette"
Turkey vultures, according to the story today in the Lafayette Courier & Courier, reported by Justin Mack. Here is a...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, August 03, 2009
Environment - "Critics say little change since BP permit issued"
That is the headline to this story today by Gitte Laasby in the Gary Post-Tribune. Some quotes from the lengthy...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, August 03, 2009
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Environment - More on "Memo details TVA editing of response to ash spill"
Updating this ILB entry from Jan. 23rd, remarking on the PR changes in a TVA memo:The massive coal ash spill...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Environment - "Dry cleaners leave a toxic legacy: Despite cleanup effort, chemicals still taint hundreds of Illinois sites"
Michael Hawthorne of the Chicago Tribune has a long story today that begins: For decades, one of the nation's most...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, July 26, 2009
Environment - Great Lakes losing even more water via St. Clair River
Although concern has been focused on withdrawals of water from the Great Lakes by adjacent states, the real conern may...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, July 26, 2009
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Environment - "Electronics Industry Sues to Block Recycling Law"
From the NYT City Room Blog yesterday, an item by Jennifer Lee that begins:Industry groups filed a lawsuit on Friday...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, July 25, 2009
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Ind. Decisions - "State CFO hog permit upheld"
The Court of Appeals decision July 20th in the case of Jennings Water v. Office of Environmental Adjudication (ILB summary...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, July 23, 2009
Monday, July 20, 2009
Environment - "Ind. gets $4M to clean up underground tanks"
An AP report today begins:Indiana is getting more than $4 million in federal stimulus funds to help the state clean...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, July 20, 2009
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Environment - Wind turbines in Indiana [Updated]
Here is a list of some earlier ILB entries on wind turbines:Environment - Indiana bat endangered by wind farms?...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, July 16, 2009
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Law - "Illnesses Afflict Homes With a Criminal Past" - meth contamination
Here are some recent ILB entries on meth lab cleanup: Ind. Law - "Plymouth motel pays price for meth cleanup"...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Wednesday, July 08, 2009
Environment - "Court Upholds EPA 'Nonattainment' Designations for Soot" [Updated]
That is the headline to this story this afternoon by Robin Bravender of the NY Times. H Here is the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, July 08, 2009
Monday, July 06, 2009
Environment - "700,000 tons of waste waits for landfill" at Lake Co. lakefront
Gitte Laasby reports today in the Gary Post-Tribune in a long stroy that begins:MERRILLVILLE -- For years, ArcelorMittal Burns Harbor...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, July 06, 2009
Thursday, July 02, 2009
Law - "It’s Now Legal to Catch a Raindrop in Colorado"
Kirk Johnson of the NY Times had a story June 28th on "Western" water law. It began:DURANGO, Colo. — For...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, July 02, 2009
Environment - More on "Federal judge won't block BP refinery expansion"
Updating yesterday's ILB entry, Gitte Laasby of the Gary Post-Tribune has this story today. Here is a quote:U.S. District Court...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, July 02, 2009
Wednesday, July 01, 2009
Environment - More on "A Rough Term in Supreme Court for Environmentalists Draws to a Close"
Updating this ILB entry from June 26th, Marcia Coyle of the National Law Journal has a story today headed "High...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, July 01, 2009
Environment - Still more on: "EPA secrecy on coal-ash list worries lawmakers: Some of 44 'high hazard' sites might be in Kentucky, Indiana"
Updating this ILB entry from Monday, Shaila Dewan of the NY Times has a story today on the EPA list....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, July 01, 2009
Environment - "Federal judge won't block BP refinery expansion"
So reports the AP this morning in a brief story. A quote:Judge Philip Simon in Hammond dismissed the Natural Resources...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, July 01, 2009
Monday, June 29, 2009
Environment - More on: "EPA secrecy on coal-ash list worries lawmakers: Some of 44 'high hazard' sites might be in Kentucky, Indiana" [Updated]
Updating this ILB entry from June13th, the EPA has had a change of heart and has released the list, according...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, June 29, 2009
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Environment - "Pipeline set to deliver natural gas to Indiana by Monday"
The ILB has posted a number of entries about the construction of the Rockies Express Pipeline across the state and...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, June 27, 2009
Friday, June 26, 2009
Environment - "A Rough Term in Supreme Court for Environmentalists Draws to a Close"
Jennifer Koons reports today in the NY Times in a story that begins:Environmental interests were trounced in the 2009 Supreme...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, June 26, 2009
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Environment - More on: Purdue's awaited CAFO study may be disappointment to all
Updating this ILB entry from June 19th, Angela Mapes Turner of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette reports today:A long-awaited Purdue...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Environment - "Justices Say Waste Can Be Dumped in Lake"
Updating this ILB entry from yesterday, Leslie Kaufman of the NY Times reports today:The Supreme Court ruled Monday that the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Friday, June 19, 2009
Environment - Purdue's awaited CAFO study may be disappointment to all
Justin L. Mack of the Lafayette Journal Courier has this story today, headed "Results of Purdue CAFO study mixed." Some...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, June 19, 2009
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Environment - "EPA Announces Public Health Emergency in Libby, Montana"
From a press release from US EPA:WASHINGTON – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson today announced the agency...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, June 18, 2009
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Environment - "Asphalt plant ordinance gets Jeffersonville City Council consideration"
David A. Mann of the Jeffersonville News & Tribune reported June 16th in a story that begins:The Jeffersonville City Council...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Environment - "EPA secrecy on coal-ash list worries lawmakers: Some of 44 'high hazard' sites might be in Kentucky, Indiana"; My thoughts
James S. Bruggers writes today in the Louisville Courier Journal:The Environmental Protection Agency has identified 44 "high hazard" coal-ash piles...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, June 13, 2009
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Environment - Indiana bat endangered by wind farms?
Bats are already at serious risk because of a fungus -- this May 6th story in the Chicago Tribune is...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, June 11, 2009
Environment - U.S. Steel Toxic landfill cap gets approval
Andy Grimm reports today in the Gary Post-Tribune:GARY -- After more than 20 years of delay, a 7-square-mile landfill holding...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, June 11, 2009
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Ind. Decisions - Judge McKinney imposes major sanctions in a second trial this year
Recall the case of U.S. v. Cinergy, et al. (see list of ILB entries here), where in a Dec. 18th...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Monday, June 08, 2009
Environment - Impact of massive coal ash spill, nearly 6 months later
Updating this long list of ILB entries on coal ash, retention ponds, and the massive spill in Tennessee last December,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, June 08, 2009
Saturday, June 06, 2009
Environment - More on "Court Declares Indiana Right to Farm Act Constitutional"
The Indiana Court of Appeals Jan. 12th decision in Donald J. Lindsey and Jacquelyn Lindsey v. Johannes DeGroot, et al,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, June 06, 2009
Environment - "Plans for hog farm are on hold: State lacks regulation, rural neighbors assert"
Following up on its story from June 4th, quoted in this ILB entry, the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette has a...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, June 06, 2009
Friday, June 05, 2009
Environment - Still more on: "EPA cites BP's Whiting refinery for Clean Air Act violations"
Updating yesterday's entry, here is an expanded Gary Post-Tribune story on "Congressmen demand BP probe." In addition, a formal "Notice...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, June 05, 2009
Thursday, June 04, 2009
Environment - More on: "EPA cites BP's Whiting refinery for Clean Air Act violations"
Updating this ILB entry from Tuesday, Gitte Laasby of the Gary Post-Tribune reports this afternoon:MERRILLVILLE - Nineteen members of Congress...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, June 04, 2009
Environment - "Obama appoints Cameron Davis as Great Lakes czar" [Updated]
So reports the NWI Times in a brief story. [Updated 6/5/09] A longer story today, headed "Great Lakes czar has...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, June 04, 2009
Environment - "Plans for hog farm are on hold: State lacks regulation, rural neighbors assert"
Angela Mapes Turner of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette has a long report today -- some quotes:Homeowners south of New...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, June 04, 2009
Tuesday, June 02, 2009
Environment - "EPA cites BP's Whiting refinery for Clean Air Act violations"
Posted this afternoon by the NWI Times, the story begins:CHICAGO | BP's Whiting Refinery emitted a cancer-causing toxin in excess...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, June 02, 2009
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Environment - "Petitions filed to appeal federal water permits for megadairies"
This story today in the Richmond Palladium-Item reports:Federal wastewater permits approved earlier this month for two area megadairies have been...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, May 30, 2009
Friday, May 29, 2009
Ind. Decisions - "Duke Energy Ordered to Shut Indiana Coal Power Units"
Andrew M. Harris reports for Bloomberg News:Cinergy Corp., now part of Duke Energy Corp., was ordered by a U.S. judge...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, May 29, 2009
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Ind. Law - "Plymouth motel pays price for meth cleanup"
Updating earlier ILB entries, including this one from March 30, 2009 ( "Meth lab cleanup a hassle for landlords"), and...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Monday, May 25, 2009
Environment - More on "Feds warn state agency on pollution enforcement"
Updating this ILB entry from yesterday, Gitte Laasby of the Gary Post-Tribune has a different take today:The U.S. Environmental Protection...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, May 25, 2009
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Environment - "Feds warn state agency on pollution enforcement"
Mark Wilson reports in the Evansville Courier & Press:U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officials say they will watch Indiana closely to...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, May 24, 2009
Friday, May 22, 2009
Ind. Courts - More on: "Duke wins four of six in in EPA power plant lawsuit"
Updating the ILB entry from May 20th, Robin Bravender of the NY Times reported yesterday:An Indiana jury sided Tuesday with...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, May 22, 2009
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Environment - More on "Federal authorities are investigating the Lake County Health Department, probing allegations that employees there were falsifying drinking water tests"
Updating this ILB entry from May 13th, Christine Kraly of the NWI Times reports today under the headline "Materials pulled...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, May 21, 2009
Friday, May 15, 2009
Environment - "Well project tests storage of carbon dioxide"
James Bruggers, environmental reporter for the Louisville Courier Journal, has a long and informative article today on testing of underground...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, May 15, 2009
Environment - "Owners say IDEM should pay for manure cleanup"
Updating a long list of earlier ILB entries, including the May 11th "Who cleans up if a hog farm goes...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, May 15, 2009
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Environment - More on "Former coal lobbyist tapped for key enforcement role at IDEM"
Updating this ILB entry from May 10th, that quoted from a Gary Post-Tribune story which was later syndicated across the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Environment - "Federal authorities are investigating the Lake County Health Department, probing allegations that employees there were falsifying drinking water tests"
That from this story in the NWI Times today by Christine Kraly....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Environment - More on "New Indiana regulations aim to protect Ohio River paddlefish"
On Sept. 19, 2007 the ILB posted an entry, quoting an AP story, that reported that DNR had approved "emergency...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Environment - "Two megadairies get federal wastewater permits: Appeal periods for Liberty Dairy, Union-Go Dairy end later this month"
The story in the Richmond Palladium-Item today, reported by Pam Tharp, begins:Two area megadairies cleared hurdles last week when the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Environment - "Millions of gallons of hog manure spilled: State officials believe the discharge might have been deliberate"
Updating yesterday's ILB entry, headed "Who cleans up if a hog farm goes bankrupt?", it appears things have gone from...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Environment - "Scores of Indiana homes contaminated by meth labs sit abandoned"
The ILB had a comprehensive entry on March 30th, headed "Meth lab cleanup a hassle for landlords" and quoting a...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, May 10, 2009
Environment - "Former coal lobbyist tapped for key enforcement role at IDEM"
Gitte Laasby reports today in the Gary Post-Tribune, in a long story that begins:MERRILLVILLE -- Meet David Joest. In his...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, May 10, 2009
Saturday, May 09, 2009
Environment - Still more on: Who cleans up if a hog farm goes bankrupt?
Updating several earlier ILB entries, Seth Slabaugh's story today in the Muncie Star-Press is headlined "Taxpayers face $405,000 manure bill."...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, May 09, 2009
Friday, May 08, 2009
Environment - W.R. Grace Acquitted in Asbestos Case
Kirk Johnson reports in the NY Times this afternoon. The story begins:A federal court jury on Friday acquitted the big...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, May 08, 2009
Environment - "BP, environmentalists debate oil sand"
Gitte Laasby of the Gary Post Tribune reports today:PORTAGE -- With BP Whiting's expansion, the fight over oil sands has...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, May 08, 2009
Wednesday, May 06, 2009
Environment - "Experts weigh toxic threat from coal ash: New regulations may consider it hazardous waste"
James Bruggers of the Louisville Courier Journal has this story today, that begins:LEXINGTON, Ky. -- A senior U.S. Environmental Protection...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, May 06, 2009
Tuesday, May 05, 2009
Environment - "Further briefing due in pollution case"
This item posted by Lyle Denniston of SCOTUSBlog will be of interest to environmental lawyers -- it deals with the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, May 05, 2009
Monday, May 04, 2009
Environment - Supreme Court Curtails Superfund Liability [Updated]
The SCOTUS decision today in Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway v. United States is the topic of a brief...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, May 04, 2009
Environment - "Pollutants Scrubbed From Smokestacks Are Being Diverted Into Waterways"
Juliet Eilperin reports today in the Washington Post, in a story that begins:Faced with new evidence that utilities across the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, May 04, 2009
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Environment - "EPA seizes Crestwood Illinois files: Raid comes after tainted-well report"
All in all, this is a pretty amazing set of stories. On April 19th the Chicago Tribune published a story...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, April 30, 2009
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Environment - More on: Track swine flu via google maps [Updated]
Updating this ILB entry from April 28th, here is an article on the Pittsburgh researchers behind the online tracking map....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Environment - Indiana Court of Appeals named as a Law Office Climate Challenge Partner by the ABA
From a release issued yesterday:NDIANAPOLIS – The Court of Appeals of Indiana is pleased to be named as a Law...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Environment - "After near-record lows, Lake Michigan's water level rises nearly 2 feet"
A lengthy story Sunday in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, by Dan Egan, reported:Lake Michigan is on the rebound after flirting with...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Environment - Track swine flu via google maps
Check it out here. The map takes a moment to populate. Then move the slider bar down to get a...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Environment - "Without Superfund Tax, Stimulus Aids Cleanups"
A long story today in the NY Times, reported by John M. Broder, begins:VINELAND, N.J. — The Superfund program to...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, April 26, 2009
Environment - "Officials in Three States Pin Water Woes on Gas Drilling"
This lengthy story by Abrahm Lustgarten of ProPublica appears today in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (here) and the Albany Times-Union. Some...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, April 26, 2009
Environment - "IDEM slow to resolve enviro permit issues"
Gitte Laasby, environmental reporter for the Gary Post-Tribune, has a lengthy story today on IDEM's permit review process and its...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, April 26, 2009
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Environment - "Indiana ranks near bottom in environmental issues"
The devastating front-page, Earth Day story in the Indianapolis Star is reported by Mark Alesia, Heather Gillers and Tim Evans....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Monday, April 20, 2009
Environment - Federal bill would ensure protection of wetlands
Gittle Laasby reports today in the Gary Post-Tribune in a story that begins:Many wetlands and streams that help reduce the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, April 20, 2009
Friday, April 17, 2009
Environment - Two wind farm groundbreakings in Indiana this week
The ILB has had a number of entries about wind farms. Today Tom Spalding reports in the Indianapolis Star:Indianapolis Power...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, April 17, 2009
Sunday, April 05, 2009
Environment - Gary Post-Tribune reporter honored for enviromental coverage
From a story today in the Post-Trib:The Alliance for the Great Lakes, an environmental advocacy group, has selected Gitte Laasby...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, April 05, 2009
Friday, April 03, 2009
Environment - Cooler head than mine at National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
All the ILB can say about this item by Al Kamen of the Washington Post in his "In the Loop"...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, April 03, 2009
Thursday, April 02, 2009
Ind. Gov't. - "Open records law needs changes"
That is the heading to this editorial today in the Gary Post-Tribune. It begins:Indiana citizens have no legal right to...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, April 02, 2009
Wednesday, April 01, 2009
Environment - SCOTUS rules on use of cost-benefit analysis in at least some CWA applications
SCOTUSBlog reported earlier today:The Court has released the opinion in Entergy Corp. v. EPA (07-588), on the Clean Water Act...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, April 01, 2009
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Environment - "Megadairy review continues: Latest design submitted to IDEM includes earthquake provisions"
Pam Tharp has a long story today in the Richmond Palladium-Item, on Liberty Dairy LLC, a 2,500-cow megadairy proposed last...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Monday, March 30, 2009
Ind. Law - "It's the Law: Burning yard waste can lead to troubles"
Ken Kosky's NWI Times' "It's the Law" column for today, looks at illegal burning. Some quotes:Fire officials say it's common,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, March 30, 2009
Ind. Law - "Meth lab cleanup a hassle for landlords"
On August 6, 2006, the ILB posted this entry, headed: "Who should pay price for meth messes?" Here is what...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, March 30, 2009
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Environment - "Benzene-laden groundwater has been seeping into Lake Michigan from an old tank farm at U.S. Steel Gary Works"
Gitte Laasby reports today in the Gary Post-Tribune in a story that begins:For several years, benzene-laden groundwater has been seeping...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, March 29, 2009
Environment - Even more on: Major pipeline break near Indiana border
Updating this ILB entry from Oct. 5, 2008, Len Wells of the Evansville Courier & Press reports today:ELLERY, Ill. —...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, March 29, 2009
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Ind. Courts - "Lawsuit targets Lake County polluters" [Updated]
The AP's Charles Wilson has this story today in the NWI Times. Some quotes:INDIANAPOLIS | Ron Kurth grew up in...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, March 26, 2009
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Environment - "EPA to Scrutinize Permits for Mountaintop-Removal Mining"
The ILB has had many entries on mountaintop mining, including "Coal Industry Wins a Round on Mountaintop Mining" from Feb....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Ind. Law - More on: Governor signs first bill of 2009 session
Updating yesterday's ILB entry on the Governor's signing of SEA 423, Eric Bradner of the Evansville Courier & Press has...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Ind. Law - Governor signs first bill of 2009 session
The Governor's 2009 Bill Watch site is now up. The first bill of the 2009 signed into law by the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Monday, March 23, 2009
Environment - "Lawmakers consider next step for CAFO bill"
Updating this ILB entry from Feb. 19th, Pam Tharp reports today in the Richmond Palladium-Item in a story that begins:LIBERTY,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, March 23, 2009
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Environment - "Natural Gas, Suddenly Abundant, Is Cheaper "
Here are earlier ILB entries on SB 423, the bill that puts the State into the coal-to-gas financing business. Specifically,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, March 21, 2009
Environment - More on: "State offers loan for Dana site cleanup"
Updating this ILB entry from March 19th, the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette has this editorial today, retracing the situation that...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, March 21, 2009
Friday, March 20, 2009
Environment - "Corporations’ “water footprint” — assessing their water use and pollution — should be disclosed in SEC financial reports"
Barry B. Burr reported in Pensions & Investments on Feb. 26th that:Corporations’ “water footprint” — assessing their water use and...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, March 20, 2009
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Environment - "State offers loan for Dana site cleanup" [Update]
Updating this ILB entry from Feb. 11th, Becky Manley of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette reports today in a story...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, March 19, 2009
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Environment - "Stimulus Money Puts Clean Coal Projects on a Faster Track"
That is the headline to this story by Matthew L. Wald of the NY Times, dateline Edwardsport, Indiana. Some quotes...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Monday, March 16, 2009
Environment - More on: State legislation re the financing of a coal-to-gas plant near Rockport close to passage
Updating this ILB entry from March 13th, Eric Bradner of the Evansville Courier & Press is reporting this afternoon:The Indiana...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, March 16, 2009
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Environment - More on: State legislation re the financing of a coal-to-gas plant near Rockport close to passage
Updating this ILB entry from March 13th, concerning Senate Bill 423, which passed second reading last week and will be...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, March 15, 2009
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Environment - "Dr. Anderson at first couldn’t figure out why he was seeing patient after patient with MRSA in a small Indiana town" [Updated]
A reader has pointed me to an op-ed piece by Nicholas D. Kristof in the March 11th issue of the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, March 14, 2009
Friday, March 13, 2009
Environment - State legislation re the financing of a coal-to-gas plant near Rockport close to passage
Updating the second half of this ILB entry from March 8th, Mark Wilson reports today in the Evansville Courier &...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, March 13, 2009
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Environment - More on "EPA Orders Utilities to Self-Report Coal Ash Impoundment Problems"
Updating this ILB entry from yesterday, Rick Callahan of the AP reports today:INDIANAPOLIS – A federal review of the nation's...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Environment - "EPA Orders Utilities to Self-Report Coal Ash Impoundment Problems"
From a release posted by the Environment News Service:WASHINGTON, DC, March 9, 2009 (ENS) - Responding to the coal ash...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Friday, March 06, 2009
Ind. Decisions - "Ind. regulators can be tougher than feds"
The Supreme Court's denial of transfer last week in the case of Indiana Department of Environmental Management v. Steel Dynamics,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, March 06, 2009
Environment - Clean coal in Illinois, coal gasification in Indiana
"New Life for 'Clean Coal' Project: Illinois Plant Was Abandoned by Bush; Now Its Backers Are in Power" is the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, March 06, 2009
Thursday, March 05, 2009
Ind. Decisions - Still more on: Transfer list for week ending Feb. 27, 2009
In this post earlier today I said I would have more later on the 3rd decision of note denied transfer...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, March 05, 2009
Environment - "Pick of the Chick" in the news again
Updating these two ILB entries on "Pick of the Chick," Alicia Gallegos of the South Bend Tribune reports today:A St....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, March 05, 2009
Tuesday, March 03, 2009
Environment - More on: "IDEM updates compliance and enforcement policy to reflect changes to agency structure"
Updating yesterday's ILB, Gitte Laasby reports today in the Gary Post-Tribune in a story that begins:The Indiana Department of Environmental...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, March 03, 2009
Environment - "Prison for toxic polluter;" Hassan Barrel site in Fort Wayne
An ILB entry from July 4, 2007 quotes an AP story headed "Company president indicted over toxic waste storage." Today...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, March 03, 2009
Monday, March 02, 2009
Environment - "IDEM updates compliance and enforcement policy to reflect changes to agency structure"
IDEM has today issued a press release headed "IDEM updates compliance and enforcement policy to reflect changes to agency structure."...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, March 02, 2009
Friday, February 27, 2009
Ind. Decisions - Mishawaka loses bid to hold Uniroyal liable for Mishawaka’s clean up costs
Christopher A. Nuechterlein, United States Magistrate Judge for the ND Indiana, South Bend, ruled yesterday in a 14-page opinion, City...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, February 27, 2009
Environment - More on: "Indiana ash ponds pollute bird habitat, drinking water: Situation prompts look at coal-waste storage standards"
"Concerns over ash pond pollution grows" is the headline to a story today in USA Today, reported by James Bruggers....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, February 27, 2009
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Environment - Wood stoves and wood-fired outdoor boilers still a problem
The ILB has had dozens of entries, going back as far as Dec. 2005, on the regulation of wood-fired outdoor...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, February 26, 2009
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Environment - "Yet One More Bush EPA Air Rule Goes Down"
Interesting post by Jonathan Adler of The Volokh Conspriacy, that includes this statement:[I]t is remarkable how poorly the Bush Administration's...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Monday, February 23, 2009
Environment - "Indiana ash ponds pollute bird habitat, drinking water: Situation prompts look at coal-waste storage standards"
That is the headline to this long story today by James Bruggers of the Louisville Courier Journal:PRINCETON, Ind.— The ash...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, February 23, 2009
Friday, February 20, 2009
Environment - Still more on: Impact of IDEM enforcement changes?
Updating ILB entries from yesterday, Gitte Laasby of the Gary Post-Tribune reports today:Indiana Department of Environmental Management will not make...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, February 20, 2009
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Courts - "Roane residents file suit against TVA for ash spill "
Law suits are being filed as a result of the TVA coal ash spill (see ILB entries here) last December...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, February 19, 2009
Environment - Still more on: "CAFO regulation proposals will return to Indiana General Assembly in eight bills"
Updating this ILB entry from Feb. 11th, where Richmond Pallidium-Item correspondent Pam Tharp reported:Ag committee Chairman Phil Pflum, D-Milton, said...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, February 19, 2009
Environment - More on: Impact of IDEM enforcement changes?
Updating this ILB entry from earlier today, the Indianapolis Star today is channeling a lengthy USA Today story by Rick...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, February 19, 2009
Environment - Impact of IDEM enforcement changes?
Today US EPA Region 5 officials visit the Indiana Department of Environmental Management to discuss, among other things, changes in...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, February 19, 2009
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Environment - More on "Memo details TVA editing of response to ash spill"
Remember this ILB entry from Jan. 23rd, where the TVA changed a talking points memo so that "catastrophic" was replaced...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, February 14, 2009
Environment - "Coal Industry Wins a Round on Mountaintop Mining"
Andrew C. Revkin of the NY Times reports:The latest in a series of federal court rulings on mountaintop coal mining...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, February 14, 2009
Friday, February 13, 2009
Court - "Supreme Court Justices to Weigh Superfund Cleanup Liability"
Marcia Coyle writes in The National Law Journal in a lengthy article:The two Superfund cases that the high court have...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, February 13, 2009
Environment - "Indiana lawmakers and Gov. Mitch Daniels are making another attempt to resurrect a proposed coal-to-gas plant"
That is the lede to Bryan Corbin's lengthy story in the Evansville Courier & Press today. Some quotes:Indiana lawmakers and...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, February 13, 2009
Environment - TVA coal ash spill cleanup could cost $825 million
Updating a long list of ILB entries on coal ash, including this one from Jan. 9th including a list prepared...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, February 13, 2009
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Environment - More on: Indianapolis law firm reviews Randolph County proposed CAFO regs
Updating this ILB entry from Jan. 20th, and this long list of ILB entries involving Delaware County and CAFOs, Seth...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, February 12, 2009
Environment - "Ethanol, Just Recently a Savior, Is Struggling "
That is the heading of this story by Clifford Krauss today in the NY Times that begins: Barely a year...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, February 12, 2009
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Environment - Yet more on: Cleanup of Angola's former Dana site
Updating earlier ILB entries, the Angola Herald-Republican reports today, in a story by Mike Marturello:If the lack of phone calls,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Environment - More on: "CAFO regulation proposals will return to Indiana General Assembly in eight bills"
Updating this ILB entry from Jan. 18th, Pam Tharp of the Richmond Palladium-Item reports today in a story headed "CAFO...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Monday, February 09, 2009
Environment - More on: NIPSCO: Disposal of coal ash in NW Indiana safe [Updated]
Updating this ILB entry from Jan. 18, where Gitte Laasby of the Gary Post Tribune reported that NIPSCO is the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, February 09, 2009
Saturday, February 07, 2009
Environment - "Environmental Views, Past and Present "
The NY Times has a lengthy and balenced article today, authored by John M. Broder, Andrew C. Revkin, Felicity Barringer,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, February 07, 2009
Environment - More on "Techniques that have dramatically reduced contamination at beaches in Racine, Wis."
Updating this ILB entry from Feb. 5th, Gitte Laasby had a story yesterday in the Gary Post-Tribune that reported:Gary and...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, February 07, 2009
Thursday, February 05, 2009
Environment - "Techniques that have dramatically reduced contamination at beaches in Racine, Wis."
Laurie Wink has an interesting article today in the Michigan City News-Dispatch:Beach advisories and closings at Racine's North Beach went...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, February 05, 2009
Monday, February 02, 2009
Environment - "Pollution control at issue: Lawmakers push to reverse policy"
Eric Bradner has this report today in the Evansville Courier & Press. Some quotes from the lengthy story:Democratic state lawmakers...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, February 02, 2009
Environment - "Hoosier streams still have high levels of mercury: Reduction in air emissions isn't reflected in water"
Shari Rudavsky reports in the Indianapolis Star today in a lengthy, front-page story that begins:Levels of mercury remain high in...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, February 02, 2009
Sunday, February 01, 2009
Environment - Yet more on: IDEM dissolves office of enforcement
Updating this ILB entry from Dec. 19, where I noted that although a pending IDEM guidance document on Compliance and...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, February 01, 2009
Environment - Hazardous chemical and liquid fertilizer spills in the news
"Toxic soup in St. Marys: Chemicals spill from Essex Group; river ice masks extent of fish kill" is the headline...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, February 01, 2009
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Environment - Leaking underground storage tanks force Muncie plaintiff out of his house
Seth Slabaugh reports today in the Muncie Star-Press:MUNCIE — For years, the owners of a former gasoline station failed to...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, January 31, 2009
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Environment - "IDEM director gets statehouse grilling"
John Byrne's story today in the Gary Post-Tribune reports:State Department of Environmental Management Commissioner Thomas Easterly faced a barrage of...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, January 29, 2009
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Environment - "IDEM accuses a second ECI bioenergy firm of environmental violations"
Seth Slabaugh of the Muncie Star-Press reports today on two enforcement actions brought against Indiana bio-energy producers. The first:Last year,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, January 25, 2009
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Environment - "Some worried over Southern Indiana wood-burning power plant"
From an AP story in the Evansville Courier & Press:MILLTOWN, Ind. — A plan to build a $90 million wood-burning...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, January 24, 2009
Friday, January 23, 2009
Environment - "Memo details TVA editing of response to ash spill"
This story by AP reporter Duncan Mansfield, appearing today in the Lexington Herald-Leader, begins:KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- The massive coal ash...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, January 23, 2009
Environment - Still more on "U.S. EPA raises concerns about IDEM changes"
Following up on the Gary Post-Tribune story yesterday (see here and here), Gitte Laasby has a related story today. Some...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, January 23, 2009
Environment - More on "U.S. EPA raises concerns about IDEM changes"
Updating yesterday's ILB entry, here, thanks to the Gary Post-Tribune, is a copy of the Jan. 20, 2009 USEPA letter...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, January 23, 2009
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Ind. Decisions - Supreme Court decision in South Bend Studebaker cleanup case posted
Posted by the Court late this afternoon: Cooper Industries, LLC v. City of South Bend, a 32-page, 5-0 opinion authored...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, January 22, 2009
Environment - Still more on: Cleanup of Angola's former Dana site
Updating this ILB entry from Jan. 19th, Becky Manley of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette reports today:After weeks of discussion...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, January 22, 2009
Environment - "U.S. EPA raises concerns about IDEM changes"
Gittle Laasby of the Gary Post-Tribune reports today:Recent changes in enforcement at the Indiana Department of Environmental Management are not...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, January 22, 2009
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Environment - West Virginia DEP orders review of its fly ash impoundments
From an AP story this afternoon:CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- West Virginia is taking a closer look at 18 fly ash impoundments...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Environment - Indianapolis law firm reviews Randolph County proposed CAFO regs
Seth Slabaugh reports today in the Muncie Star-Press:[T]he Indianapolis law firm Bose McKinney & Evans, which reviewed draft CAFO regulations...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Monday, January 19, 2009
Environment - More on: Cleanup of Angola's former Dana site
Here is the background on the issuing involving cleanup of Angola's former Dana site. Today WLKI Angola reports:A proposed clean...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, January 19, 2009
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Environment - NIPSCO: Disposal of coal ash in NW Indiana safe
After the recent news of a massive coal ash spill in Tennessee, Gitte Laasby and Erik Potter of the Gary...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, January 18, 2009
Environment - "County right to expect more from IDEM"
Pick of the Chick Egg Farm, in St. Joseph County, which was the subject of a South Bend Tribune story...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, January 18, 2009
Environment - "CAFO regulation proposals will return to Indiana General Assembly in eight bills"
Pam Tharp has a long and comprehensive article today in the Richmond Paladium-Item that begins:The battle over regulating concentrated animal...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, January 18, 2009
Friday, January 16, 2009
Environment - "Tennessee coal ash accident should be lesson to Indiana"
So reads the headline to this abbreviated editorial today in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, January 16, 2009
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Environment - A new environmental rule review board to ensure "no more stringent" rules
This would be SB 79, which the ILB wrote about as the second item in this entry Jan. 11th. The...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, January 15, 2009
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Environment - Many environmental stories today
Recycling. Following up on earlier ILB entries on IDEM cutbacks (such as this one from Jan. 3rd), John Ketzenberger, business...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, January 11, 2009
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Environment - Cleanup of Angola's former Dana site
Here is the background on the issuing involving cleanup of Angola's former Dana site. Today the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, January 10, 2009
Friday, January 09, 2009
Environment - "Coal ash risks loom in Indiana"
Following on a lengthy list of ILB entries on power plant coal ash, the Indianapolis Star has now posted a...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, January 09, 2009
Thursday, January 08, 2009
Environment - Still more on: "Ex-Dana site fueling fears; Angola eyes cleanup plan"
Updating this ILB entry from yesterday, Becky Manley reports today in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette under a headline that...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, January 08, 2009
Envirtonment - More on coal ash; costs of coal-gasification
Coal ash. James Bruggers of the Louisville Courier Journal has a report today that begins:Coal ash ponds at several power...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, January 08, 2009
Wednesday, January 07, 2009
Environment - Still more on: "Spill renews debate over coal ash: Toxicity, slurry pond safety are questioned" [Updated]
Updating earlier ILB entries, including this latest from Dec. 30th, 2008, James Bruggers reports today in the Louisville Courier Journal....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, January 07, 2009
Environment - More on: "Ex-Dana site fueling fears; Angola eyes cleanup plan"
Updating this ILB entry from Dec. 31st, 2008, Becky Manley reports today in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette:The cleanup of...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, January 07, 2009
Sunday, January 04, 2009
Ind. Decisions - New trial ordered by judge in pollution suit against New Albany power plant that jury rejected
On Dec. 21st the ILB had this entry, which included a link to this Dec. 18th order (#1506) in the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, January 04, 2009
Saturday, January 03, 2009
Environment - "Protect our environment, even in not-so-good times"
That is the headline of this editorial today in the Indianapolis Star. Some quotes:One of the unfortunate victims of the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, January 03, 2009
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Environment - "IDEM suspends grants for pollution prevention, recycling"
Two stories today: Gitte Laasby has this report in the Gary Post-Tribune; Rick Callahan of the AP has this report....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Environment - "Ex-Dana site fueling fears; Angola eyes cleanup plan"
Becky Manley reports today in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette on the question of who is responsible for cleanup costs...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Environment - More on: "Spill renews debate over coal ash: Toxicity, slurry pond safety are questioned"
Updating this ILB entry from Dec. 27th, see this NY Times story today by Shaila Dewan, headed "At Plant in...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Sunday, December 28, 2008
Environment - "IDEM stops giving fines, punishments"
The Gary Post-Tribune has a story today by Gitte Laasby that begins:MERRILLVILLE -- The Indiana Department of Environmental Management has...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, December 28, 2008
Saturday, December 27, 2008
Environment - "Environmentalists worry about Ind. agency changes"
Updating this ILB entry from Dec. 24th, the Peru Tribune today has a long AP story that includes these quotes:INDIANAPOLIS...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, December 27, 2008
Environment - Governor's office decrys reporter's use of public records law
This is about environment, and it is also about Indiana government. Gitte Laasby, environmental reporter for the Gary Post-Tribune, sent...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, December 27, 2008
Environment - "Spill renews debate over coal ash: Toxicity, slurry pond safety are questioned"
Updating this ILB entry from Dec. 25th, James Bruggers of the Louisville Courier Journal has this long story today. First,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, December 27, 2008
Friday, December 26, 2008
Environment - "Coal Ash Spill Revives Issue of Its Hazards"
That is the headline to a lengthy story published Dec. 24 in the NY Times. Some quotes:KINGSTON, Tenn. — What...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, December 26, 2008
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Environment - "IDEM actions raise eyebrows, questions"
Here is a story, reported by Rod Shaw, that appeared in the Dec. 23rd edition of the Martinsville Reporter-Times:Activists and...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Enironment - Even more on: DC Circuit strikes down the Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR)
James Bruggers of the Louisville Courier Journal reports today on yesterday's action by the DC COA (reported here by the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Enironment - Still more on: DC Circuit strikes down the Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR)
Updating there earlier ILB entries, this afternoon Cary O’Reilly and Bob Van Voris of Bloomberg News are reporting: Dec. 23...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Friday, December 19, 2008
Environment - Still more on: Who is responsible for cleanup costs?
Updating this ILB entry from Dec. 2, here again are some quotes from the earlier WLKI story:Steuben County Commissioners and...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, December 19, 2008
Environment - Still more on: IDEM dissolves office of enforcement
Updating earlier ILB entries from Dec. 14th and Dec. 16th, today the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette has this editorial. Some...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, December 19, 2008
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Environment - Still more on "Local air quality controls dealt blow"
Supplementing earlier ILB entries on IDEM's termination of state air monitoring contracts with Indianapolis and Evansville, and Terre Haute, is...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, December 18, 2008
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Environment - More on: IDEM dissolves office of enforcement
Updating this ILB entry from Sunday Dec. 14th, quoting Gitte Laasby's lengthy story in the Gary Post-Tribune that began:The Indiana...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Environment. - IDEM dissolves office of enforcement
So reports Gitte Laasby this morning in the Gary Post-Tribune. From the story:The Indiana Department of Environmental Management is dissolving...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, December 14, 2008
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Environment - "EPA Issues Exemptions for Hazardous Waste, Factory Farms"
From a story today in the Washington Post, by R. Jeffrey Smith:The Environmental Protection Agency issued a new regulation yesterday...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, December 13, 2008
Friday, December 12, 2008
Environment - Tracking "Midnight Regulations"
The ILB has had several entries on "midnight regulations," including this one from Nov. 20th and this one from Nov....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, December 12, 2008
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Environment - "Obama Team Set on Environment"
From today's NY Times, a long story. Here is just a paragraph:The officials said Mr. Obama would name Steven Chu,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, December 11, 2008
Environment - More on "Local air quality controls dealt blow"
Supplementing this long ILB entry yesterday on the termination of state air monitoring contracts with Indianapolis and Evansville is this...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, December 11, 2008
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Environment - More on "IDEM parses news reports for governor"
Updating this ILB entry from Dec. 7th, the Gary Post -Tribune has an editorial today headed "What is Daniels trying...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Ind. Decisions - Yesterday's Raybestos ruling [Updated]
The Supreme Court's opinion yesterday in the case of Indiana Department of Environmental Management v. Raybestos Products Co. (see ILB...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Environment - " Local air quality controls dealt blow"
The Evansville Courier & Press had this story Dec. 2, reported by Mark Wilson. Some quotes: Evansville officials fear a...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Tuesday, December 09, 2008
Environment - "Indiana to head Great Lakes protection"
A report today by Christine Kraly of the NWI Times begins:CHICAGO | On the first day of a federal regulation...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, December 09, 2008
Sunday, December 07, 2008
Environment - "IDEM parses news reports for governor"
That is the headline to this story today in the Gary Post-Tribune by their environmental reporter, Gitte Laasby. The story...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, December 07, 2008
Environment - Great Lakes Compact set to go into effect Monday
That according to this story today by Lauri Harvey Keagle of the NWI Times....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, December 07, 2008
Saturday, December 06, 2008
Environment - More on: "At the Last Minute, a Raft of Rules"
"Last-minute rule changes" is the heading of an editorial today in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette. And on NPR's Weekend...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, December 06, 2008
Thursday, December 04, 2008
Environment - "BP's sale of pollution-control bonds is part of a controversial plan to expand its refinery in Whiting, Ind."
For a good update on the BP project in NW Indiana, see this report today in The Bond Buyer that...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, December 04, 2008
Wednesday, December 03, 2008
Environment - More on "High Court Case Tests Power Plants' Water Rules"
The Washington Post today has an editorial on the power plant intake cases argued yesterday before the Supreme Court. The...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, December 03, 2008
Tuesday, December 02, 2008
Environment - Legislator to introduce two CAFO bills
From a press release issued this afternoon:INDIANAPOLIS – People seeking to start confined feeding operations in Indiana would be required...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, December 02, 2008
Environment - More on: Who is responsible for cleanup costs?
Updating yesterday's ILB entry, WLKI News is reporting today:(ANGOLA) - Steuben County Commissioners and Angola City Council members met with...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, December 02, 2008
Environment - "High Court Case Tests Power Plants' Water Rules"
Today, according to SCOTUS Blog, the U.S. Supreme Court "will hear argument in Entergy Corp. v. EPA (07-588) and two...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, December 02, 2008
Monday, December 01, 2008
Environment - Who is responsible for cleanup costs?
From WKLI News:(ANGOLA) - The future of the Univertical plant in Angola is scheduled to be discussed during tonights Angola...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, December 01, 2008
Courts - Still more on: U.S. seeks clarity on muddy Rapanos ruling
Apparently it isn't going to get it. Updating this earllier entry, Lyle Denniston of SCOTUSBlog writes today:The Supreme Court refused...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, December 01, 2008
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Environment - "At the Last Minute, a Raft of Rules"
This lengthy story today in the Washington Post, reported by R. Jeffrey Smith and Juliet Eilperin, gives good background on...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, November 30, 2008
Friday, November 28, 2008
Environment - "EPA, Interior Dept. Chiefs Will Be Busy Erasing Bush's Mark"
The Washington Post today has two stories on prospects for heads of EPA and Interior. See them here and here....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, November 28, 2008
Environment - "'Clean coal' plant rises amid ill winds"
Updating a long list of earlier ILB entries on the Edwardsport plant, Rick Callahan of the AP has this lengthy...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, November 28, 2008
Environment - Landowners in the West forming cooperative associations to deal with wind power developers
Following on a list of earlier ILB entries on the development of wind power, the NY Times has a long...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, November 28, 2008
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Environment - More on - "President of Wabash Environmental Technologies charged with environmental crimes"
The first ILB entry on this was Sept. 15, 2006. Here is a long list of entries that followed. Today...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, November 16, 2008
Friday, November 14, 2008
Environment - "U.S. undercuts clean-air rule"
A story today in the Chicago Tribune, written by Michael Hawthorne, begins:Looking to bolster the fight against childhood lead poisoning,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, November 14, 2008
Law - More on "Democrats Eye Bush Midnight Regulations"
Updating this ILB entry from Nov. 11th, Erika Lovley and Ryan Grim of Politico had a lengthy story Nov. 12th,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, November 14, 2008
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Environment - IDNR deputy director told Shelby County officials that he also had some "fence mending" to do with officials with IDEM
"DNR official apologizes to county over logjam misunderstanding" is the headline to a story by Ron Hamilton of the Shelbyville...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Saturday, November 08, 2008
Environment - "Rules for big livestock farms"
Updating this ILB entry from Nov. 6th (2nd item), the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette editorializes today:Federal environmental regulators finally released...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, November 08, 2008
Thursday, November 06, 2008
Environment - Pollution Dilution; New EPA CAFO Rules; Other EPA Action
Pollution Dilution. Gitte Laasby of the Gary Post Tribune reports:BP says the diffuser it plans to use to dilute wastewater...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, November 06, 2008
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Environment - "Coal plant foes seek Daniels' e-mails" [Updated]
A number of Indiana papers today are carrying this AP story by Rick Callahan. Some quotes:Opponents of Duke Energy Corp.’s...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Monday, October 27, 2008
Environment - "EPA to Loosen Controls On Power-Plant Pollution"
Siobhan Hughes of the WSJ is reporting today:WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration is moving to adopt rules that would loosen...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, October 27, 2008
Ind. Courts - "Fight over Boone Co. turbines headed to court"
Richard Essex of WTHR 13 Eyewitness News had this interesting report Sunday:Lebanon - A lawsuit between two Lebanon neighbors is...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, October 27, 2008
Friday, October 24, 2008
Environment - "How Green Is the High Court? Five cases put environmental laws to the test"
Marcia Coyle of The National Law Journal has a lengthy report today that begins:Is the U.S. Supreme Court hostile to...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, October 24, 2008
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Environment - More on: Who cleans up if a hog farm goes bankrupt?
Updating this ILB entry from April 11th, and this one from Dec. 1, 2007, Seth Slabaugh of the Muncie Star-Press...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Environment - "Federal Officials Seek to Relax Rules for Dumping Mine Waste"
Be sure to view the photo accompanying this AP story today on mountaintop mining in the New York Times. The...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, October 19, 2008
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Environment - Union-Go CAFO gets draft permit to expand
Seth Slabaugh of the Muncie Star- Press has a story today that begins:The Indiana Department of Environmental Management is being...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, October 18, 2008
Sunday, October 05, 2008
Environment - Still more on: Major pipeline break near Indiana border
Updating this ILB entry from August 17th, Len Wells of the Evansville Courier & Press reports in a story that...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, October 05, 2008
Saturday, October 04, 2008
Environemnt - Great Lakes Compact now law
From the AP. From the Gary P-T. From the NWI Times. See list of many earlier ILB entries here....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, October 04, 2008
Thursday, October 02, 2008
Environment - "EPA cites BP for Clean Air Act violations" [Updated 10/3/08]
So reports Gitte Laasby of the Gary Post-Tribune in a breaking story that begins:BP began its Whiting expansion project three...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, October 02, 2008
Environment - "An Increasingly Environmental Term"
That is the heading of an entry by Jonathan Adler on The Volokh Conspiracy that lists and discusses six grants...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, October 02, 2008
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Environment - "Shuttered EPA libraries to open doors tomorrow after two years"
From a release issued by the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, which begins:Washington, DC — Under orders from Congress, the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Monday, September 29, 2008
Environment - Resources for Indiana environmental lawyers
The 2008 edition of the Indiana Environmental Statutes (I am the editor) is now available from the Indiana State Bar...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, September 29, 2008
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Environment - "EPA Needs More Information and a Clearly Defined Strategy to Protect Air and Water Quality from Pollutants of Concern"
That is the title to a just published, 85-page report of the U.S. Government Accountability Office. Here is the summary...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Environment - More on "Ban Near on Diverting Water From Great Lakes"
Gitte Laasby of the Gary Post-Tribune has just reported:The Great Lakes Compact just passed the U.S. House of Representatives by...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Environment - "Ban Near on Diverting Water From Great Lakes"
So reports Susan Saulny of the NY Times today in a story that begins:The House began debate Monday on a...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Environment - Still more on: Kentucky judge orders state to rehear permit for coal-fired power plant
Updating this ILB entry from Sept. 3, 2007, reporting on "a decision on Aug. 6 by Judge Thomas Wingate that...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Environment - "Burning Issue: As wood stoves gain popularity, air-quality concerns rise"
The ILB has had many entries about outdoor, wood fired furnaces or boilers. Yesterday the WSJ had a long article...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Environment - "The state of the White River: Cleaner, but room for improvement"
Yesterday was the day of the White River cleanup, as reported today by Carrie Ritchie of the Indianapolis Star:Their effort...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, September 14, 2008
Ind. Courts - Still more on Rockies Express Pipeline suing Indiana counties
The ILB has had a number of entries about the Rockies Express Pipeline making its way across Indiana. The next...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, September 14, 2008
Friday, September 12, 2008
Environment - Poultry waste to receive unprecedented scrutiny in Maryland
David A. Fahrenthold of the Washington Post reports today in a story that begins:Maryland regulators today will announce the tightest-ever...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, September 12, 2008
Thursday, September 04, 2008
Environment - More on: John Graham to lead IU SPEA
Updating this ILB entry from April 17, 2008, which quoted the IU announcement of Graham's appointment to head SPEA, the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, September 04, 2008
Environment - "Court Tells EPA to Guarantee Kentucky Rules Do Not Allow Significant New Pollution in State’s Waterways"
From a NKY Sierra Club press release:Louisville, KY – Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, September 04, 2008
Wednesday, September 03, 2008
Environment - "Delay of megadairy permits, closure of Brownsville store have commissioners meeting with county attorney today"
Pam Tharp, whose stories appear in the Muncie Star-Press and the Richmond Palladium-Item, reports today in a story that begins:LIBERTY,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, September 03, 2008
Friday, August 29, 2008
Environment- "Great Lakes Compact loophole allows bottled water"
Gitte Laasby of the Gary Post-Tribune has a great story today on the Great Lakes Compact. The story begins:Lawmakers and...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, August 29, 2008
Environment - More on the move to wind power - things to watch for
Recently the ILB posted an entry headed "Porter County braces for future in wind power" (8/25/08) and another headed "In...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, August 29, 2008
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Environment - More on "Plans nixed for BP asphalt plant"
Following up on this story yesterday broken by the Gary Post-Tribune, Christine Kraly of the NWI Times reports today:HAMMOND |...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, August 28, 2008
Environment - Different takes on water pollution antidegradation rule progress
Patrick Guinance writes today in the NWI Times under the headline "State sees progress on water pollution rule." Some quotes:INDIANAPOLIS...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, August 28, 2008
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Environment - "Plans nixed for BP asphalt plant"
A story from the Aug. 5, 2007 NWI Times includes this quote:Concerns over BP's compliance with city health and safety...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Monday, August 25, 2008
Environment - "Porter County braces for future in wind power"
Charles M. Bartholomew reports in the Gary Post-Tribune:VALPARAISO -- Porter County is in the path of a new industrial wind...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, August 25, 2008
Environment - More on: "State leaders need to revisit concentrated animal feeding legislation"
The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette's August 9th editorial on the need to revisit concentrated animal feeding legislation used the proposed...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, August 25, 2008
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Environment - "Vote in Alaska Puts Question: Gold or Fish? "
William Yardley reports today in a story on page 1 of the NY Times, headlined "Vote in Alaska Puts Question:...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, August 23, 2008
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Environment - Interesting item on Angola wastewater treatment
From WLKI Angola:Members of the Angola City Council could not hide their frustrations with the Indiana Department of Enviromental Management...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Environment - "Another EPA air rule goes down"
Read this entry by Jonathan Adler of the Volokh Conspiracy....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Environment - "Delaware County CAFO moratorium clears first hurdle"
So reports Nick Werner today in the Muncie Star-Press in a story that begins:MUNCIE -- A moratorium on the building...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Environment - "In Rural New York, Windmills Can Bring Whiff of Corruption"
A lengthy, fascinating story in Monday's NY Times, by Nicholas Confessore, looks at another aspect of the proliferation of wind...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Monday, August 18, 2008
Environment - "U.S. Steel ready to transfer acid sludge"
Gitte Laasby of the Gary Post-Tribune reports today about the potential end of an era at the Gary U.S. Steel...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, August 18, 2008
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Environment - More on: Major pipeline break near Indiana border
Updating this ILB entry from August 13th, Mark Wilson reports today in the Evansville Courier & Press:If last weekend's oil...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, August 17, 2008
Saturday, August 16, 2008
Environment - More on: "Attorney says manure could not kill 25,000 fish"
Updating this ILB entry from earlier today, on the manure spill last week that allegedly caused an estimated 25,000 fish...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, August 16, 2008
Environment - Still more on: massive fish kill in Union City
Updating this ILB entry from August 11th, Joy Leiker reports today in the Muncie Star-Press, under the headline "Attorney says...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, August 16, 2008
Friday, August 15, 2008
Environment - New Hampshire's new law regulating outdoor wood boilers goes into effect
As the ILB wrote in this Feb. 12th entry:The ILB has posted a large number of entries on the possible...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, August 15, 2008
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Environment - Major pipeline break near Indiana border; Last of VX nerve agent eliminated at Newport
Significant oil spill in Illinois. From the Evansville Courier & Press, a story (with map) by Len Wells that begins:GOLDEN...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Environment - More on: Air permit request raises concerns in Allen County
Referencing its lengthy story from Sunday on the pending BF Goodrich air permit application (see ILB entry here), the Fort...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Monday, August 11, 2008
Environment - More on: massive fish kill in Union City
Updating this ILB entry from Aug. 8th, Joy Leiker reports today in the Muncie Star-Press:UNION CITY -- The hog farmer...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, August 11, 2008
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Environment - Air permit request raises concerns in Allen County
Dan Stockman of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette has a major story today on a BFGoodrich air permit request. Some...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, August 10, 2008
Saturday, August 09, 2008
Environment - "State leaders need to revisit concentrated animal feeding legislation"
From an editorial today in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette:A proposal to build a 4,000-hog farm near New Haven brings...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, August 09, 2008
Friday, August 08, 2008
Environment - Massive fish kill in Union City; Complaints of CAFO permit delay in Union County
Two CAFO stories today. "Fish toll may reach 40,000 from manure spill" is the headline of a story today by...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, August 08, 2008
Sunday, August 03, 2008
Environment - More on: "EPA Closure of Libraries Faulted For Curbing Access to Key Data"
Updating this ILB entry from March 15th, The Volokh Conspiracy reports the good news that the libraries will be reopening...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, August 03, 2008
Saturday, August 02, 2008
Environment - Great Lakes Compact passes US Senate
Jeff Burton reports in the NWI Times:PORTAGE | The U.S. Senate approved an interstate agreement that creates unified standards for...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, August 02, 2008
Friday, August 01, 2008
Environment - "Indiana's worst beaches not in Porter County"
That is the "good" news. The bad news was published in an AP story in the Porter County-based Chesterton Tribune...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, August 01, 2008
Monday, July 21, 2008
Environment - Update on: Mary Gade, regional administrator of U.S. EPA Region 5, resigns
Updating this ILB entry from May 2nd, an EPA press release today announces that Gade's successor has been appointed...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, July 21, 2008
Friday, July 18, 2008
Enironment - More on: DC Circuit strikes down the Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR)
Updating this ILB entry from July 11th, James Bruggers of the Louisville Courier Journal reported yesterday, July 17th:An unexpected ruling...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, July 18, 2008
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Environment - More on "Congress asks about trailers made in state"
The ILB last addressed the FEMA trailer/formaldehyde issue on June 5th. The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette today has an editorial...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Environment - Bloomington Cleaners undertakes voluntary environmental cleanup; shovel-ready sites
From a June 13th story ($$) by Mercedes Rodriguez in the Bloomington Herald-TimesAbout 120 tons of soil were removed from...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Sunday, July 13, 2008
Environment - Still more on "Flares at heart of BP air permit appeal"
On June 7th the ILB quoted from a story by Daniel Human of the Gary Post-Tribune:A recent EPA ruling in...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, July 13, 2008
Environment - Update on the drafting of Indiana anti-degradation rule
Gitte Laasby of the Gary Post-Tribune reports today on the status of IDEM's rewriting of the anti-degradation rule. Some quotes:IDEM,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, July 13, 2008
Saturday, July 12, 2008
Environment - Still more on "Huntington County dairy coming under new management"
Updating this ILB entry from March 26th which quoted a story by Niki Kelly of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, July 12, 2008
Friday, July 11, 2008
Environment - "Bush to partners: 'Goodbye from the world's biggest polluter'" [Updated]
Seriously. See the story from the LA Times ... [Updated 7/12/08] "Decisions Shut Door on Bush Clean-Air Steps " is...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, July 11, 2008
Enironment - DC Circuit strikes down the Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR)
The 60-page opinion is here - North Carolina v.EPA. An early AP story by Matt Apuzzo. Some quotes:North Carolina and...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, July 11, 2008
Wednesday, July 09, 2008
Environment - "BP Whiting’s air permit challenged" in Federal Court [Updated]
The Gary Post-Tribune this afternoon has a breaking news item by Gitte Laasby:The Natural Resources Defense Council filed an appeal...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, July 09, 2008
Tuesday, July 08, 2008
Environment - "States Approve Compact To Protect Great Lakes"
NPR's Morning Edition this morning had an excellent 5-minute story on the Great Lakes Water Compact and the likeliness of...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, July 08, 2008
Environment - "Union Co. group again requests CAFO moratorium"
Pam Tharp reports today in the Richmond Palladium-Item:LIBERTY, Ind. -- Concerned Citizens For Union County has again asked county commissioners...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, July 08, 2008
Monday, July 07, 2008
Environment - Still more on: Rhode Island's Massive Lead Paint Tort Case
Updating this July 1 ILB entry on the Supreme Court of Rhode Island's decision rejecting a massive public nuisance suit...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, July 07, 2008
Sunday, July 06, 2008
Ind. Decisions - "Dams continue to age, but money to fix them in compliance with state standards is scarce"
The Court of Appeals decision June 30th (see ILB entry here) in the case of Indiana Department of Natural Resources...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, July 06, 2008
Saturday, July 05, 2008
Environment - Great Lakes compact; another BP appeal
Gitte Laasby, environmental reporter for the Gary Post-Tribune, has sent along two news items:Late last night [July 3rd], the Pennsylvania...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, July 05, 2008
Friday, July 04, 2008
Environment - "Georgia Court Halts Construction of New Coal-Fired Plant"
The subhead to this July 3rd story in Scientific American is: "First-ever thumbs-down by a court based on greenhouse gas...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, July 04, 2008
Wednesday, July 02, 2008
Environment - Bartholomew County hog farmer to pay fine, close operation
Kirk Johannesen has this brief story in the Columbus Republic:A Bartholomew County hog farmer agreed to close his confined feeding...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, July 02, 2008
Tuesday, July 01, 2008
Environment - More on: Rhode Island's Massive Lead Paint Tort Case
Overturned! That is the word this afternoon. Susan A. Baird of the Providence Business News reports in a long story...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, July 01, 2008
Monday, June 30, 2008
Environment - "Congress now focus of Great Lakes compact"
John Flesher, AP Environmental Writer, reports today:TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. | A year ago, it seemed a proposed compact designed to...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, June 30, 2008
Friday, June 27, 2008
Environment - Yet more on: Gary Post-Tribune examines IDEM calls to BP
Updating this ILB entry from June 25th, the Gary Post-Tribnune has an editorial today headed "What is it that IDEM...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, June 27, 2008
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Environment - More on: Plan Commission rejects request to move Wednesday's meeting to a larger location
Updating this ILB entry from June 21, Pam Tharp reports on the meeting under the headline "Seething crowd in Union...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, June 26, 2008
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Environment - Still more on: Gary Post-Tribune examines IDEM calls to BP
In this ILB entry from June 18, Gitte Laasby of the Gary Post-Tribune reported:The Indiana Department of Environmental Management has...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Environment - Jim Rogers, A Green Coal Baron?
Today's NYT Magazine has a long feature by Clive Thompson that begins:When I met with Jim Rogers one day this...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, June 22, 2008
Saturday, June 21, 2008
Environment - "U.S. May Free Up More Land for Corn Crops"
Today's NY Times has this story by David Streitfeld. Some quotes:CHICAGO — Signs are growing that the government may allow...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, June 21, 2008
Environment - More on: "Congress asks about trailers made in state"
Updating this ILB entry from June 5th, Maureen Groppe of the Gannett New Service reports today:WASHINGTON -- A congressional committee...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, June 21, 2008
Environment - Plan Commission rejects request to move Wednesday's meeting to a larger location
Pam Tharp of the Richmond Palladium-Item reports today:LIBERTY, Ind. -- The Union County Area Plan Commission has rejected a request...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, June 21, 2008
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Environment - More on: Gary Post-Tribune examines IDEM calls to BP
Updating this ILB entry from June 2nd, Gitte Laasby of the Gary Post-Tribune reports today in a story that begins:The...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Environment - More on: ELJ to set schedule for BP
Updating yesterday's ILB entry, two stories today on yesterday's hearing on the BP appeals. \ Gette Laasby of the Gary...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Monday, June 16, 2008
Environment - ELJ to set schedule for BP
Gette Laasby of the Gary Post-Tribune reports today:A judge will likely determine today how and when three appeals of BP...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, June 16, 2008
Sunday, June 08, 2008
Environment - "Had IDEM listened, no need for appeal"
So reads the headline to an editorial this Sunday in the Gary Post-Tribune. Some quotes:The challenge to BP's air permit...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, June 08, 2008
Ind. Courts - Still more on "Landowner calls move by pipeline company as intimidation"
Updating this ILB entry from April 1st, the Richmond Palladium-Item had a related article yesterday:INDIANAPOLIS -- An 830-mile natural gas...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, June 08, 2008
Saturday, June 07, 2008
Environment - More on "Flares at heart of BP air permit appeal"
Updating this ILB entry from June 1st, Daniel Human of the Gary Post-Tribune reports about decision in Illinois in a...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, June 07, 2008
Friday, June 06, 2008
Environment - "CAFO industry threatens lawsuit"
"CAFO industry threatens lawsuit" is the headline to a story this morning by Seth Slabaugh of the Muncie Star-Press. Some...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, June 06, 2008
Thursday, June 05, 2008
Environment - "Congress asks about trailers made in state"
Maureen Groppe of Gannett reports today in a story that begins:WASHINGTON -- Congress wants the presidents of four Indiana trailer...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, June 05, 2008
Tuesday, June 03, 2008
Environment - "Corn Prices Rise, Pitting Chickens Against Ethanol"
Cindy Skrzycki writes the Tuesday column, The Regulators, for the Washington Post.. Her column today begins:Taking corn from the mouths...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, June 03, 2008
Monday, June 02, 2008
Environment - Gary Post-Tribune examines IDEM calls to BP
Gitte Laasby of the Gary Post-Tribune reports today under the headline: "IDEM, BP in cahoots on public hearing? Phone calls...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, June 02, 2008
Environment - "Possible regulation of CAFOs in Delaware County"
Seth Slabaugh reports today for the Muncie Star-Press in a story that begins:MUNCIE -- For the third consecutive year, the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, June 02, 2008
Sunday, June 01, 2008
Environment - "Administration Moves to Avert a Rules Rush"
Charlie Savage and Robert Pear have an important, lengthy, front-page story in Saturday's NY Times, headlined "Administration Moves to Avert...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, June 01, 2008
Environment - "Flares at heart of BP air permit appeal"
Gitte Laasby of the Gary Post-Tribune has another story today on the BP air permit controversy. Her report begins:WHITING --...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, June 01, 2008
Saturday, May 31, 2008
Environment - "One new gasification proposal survives in the United States"
"Mounting Costs Slow the Push for Clean Coal" was the headline to a story yesterday on the front-page of the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, May 31, 2008
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Environment - "Just what is an antidegradation policy?"
Reporters in Northwest Indiana have been doing yeoman's work in the environmental area. Today Christine Kraly of the NWI Times...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Monday, May 26, 2008
Environment - Rhode Island's Massive Lead Paint Tort Case
The ILB has had a number of entries on lead paint and on the Rhode Island suit - see the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, May 26, 2008
Saturday, May 24, 2008
Ind. Decisions - Still more on: "Jury rejects pollution suit against New Albany power plant"
A story today in the Indianapolis Star by John Russell and Erika D. Smith clarifies two fragments of the story...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, May 24, 2008
Friday, May 23, 2008
Ind. Decisions - More on: "Jury rejects pollution suit against New Albany power plant"
Updating this ILB entry from earlier today re the Gallagher plant in New Albany, the Indianapolis Star this afternoon has...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, May 23, 2008
Environment - "Judge sets June 16 prehearing on BP air permit appeals"
Gitte Laasby of the Gary Post-Tribune reports today:The scene is set for a standoff between environmentalists and BP this summer....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, May 23, 2008
Ind. Decisions - "Jury rejects pollution suit against New Albany power plant"
James Bruggers of the Louisville Courier Journal reports this morning in a story that begins:Jurors decided yesterday that improvements at...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, May 23, 2008
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Environment - "Gulls of another color seen in NW Ind."
The Indianapolis Star picked up an AP story this morning that reports:PORTAGE, Ind. -- Some gulls around northwestern Indiana have...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Not law - Turkey at Texas Courthouse, Deer at Purdue's Lilly Hall
Both broke windows. Both apparently were unharmed. "Turkey flies through Lubbock County Courthouse window, unharmed by hit" reads a story...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Environment - More on: Appeals filed with OEA over BP air construction permit grant
Updating this ILB entry from May 13th, Gitte Laasby of the Gary Post-Tribune reports today:BP Whiting's contentious air permit hit...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Environment - Appeals filed with OEA over BP air construction permit grant
Gitte Laasby of the Gary Post-Tribune reports:A group of Northwest Indiana residents has filed the first appeal of BP Whiting's...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Monday, May 12, 2008
Environment - "A century's worth of mud dredged from five miles of the Grand Calumet River lies buried" in a nearby CAMU
Gitte Laasby of the Gary Post-Tribune has an instructive story today about corrective action cleanups. Some quotes:GARY -- Like a...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, May 12, 2008
Friday, May 09, 2008
Environment - More on: Dangers in commencing construction before permit is final
Updating this ILB entry from May 8th, Gitte Laasby of the Gary Post-Tribune has more today on the BP sir...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, May 09, 2008
Thursday, May 08, 2008
Environment - Dangers in commencing construction before permit is final
Gitte Laasby of the Gary Post Tribune reports today:BP could be forced to stop, alter or tear down construction on...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, May 08, 2008
Monday, May 05, 2008
Environment - "Air rules initiative troubles Amish"
Niki Kelly of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette had a very long and very interesting story Sunday on IDEM's interactions...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, May 05, 2008
Friday, May 02, 2008
Environment - "Union Co. planners pull together CAFO info"
Pam Tharp of the Richmond Palladium-Item has a story today on plans of the Union County Area Plan Commission to...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, May 02, 2008
Environment - IDEM issues BP air construction permit
Gitte Laasby of the Gary Post-Tribune reports today:BP Whiting started construction on its $3.8 billion expansion Thursday after the Indiana...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, May 02, 2008
Environment - Mary Gade, regional administrator of U.S. EPA Region 5, resigns
Michael Hawthorne of the Chicago Tribune reports today in a lengthy story with the headline "EPA official ousted while fighting...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, May 02, 2008
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Environment - "CAFOs rule Randolph commissioner race"
Randolph County has been the site of many CAFO battles, including an "intensive agricultural district " for Randolph County that...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Environment - "Interpretation of state law led to 20-day BP public hearing notice"
The Gary Post-Tribune's awarding-winning environmental reporter, Gitte Laasby, has this story today:Indiana Department of Environmental Management officials acted against advice...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, April 27, 2008
Saturday, April 19, 2008
Environment - "Corn-Based Ethanol Tied to Higher Food Costs"
Siobhan Hughes of the WS Journal reports today:Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman said Friday that the growing emphasis on corn-based ethanol...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, April 19, 2008
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Environment - John Graham to lead IU SPEA
A press release today from Indiana University includes the following:INDIANAPOLIS -- John D. Graham, a former Harvard faculty member and...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, April 17, 2008
Friday, April 11, 2008
Environment - Who cleans up if a hog farm goes bankrupt?
Seth Slabaugh of the Muncie Star-Press has a story today that begins:EATON -- The Indiana attorney general's office recently asked...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, April 11, 2008
Sunday, April 06, 2008
Environment - More on "Benton County remains knee-deep in CAFO issues"
Updating this ILB entry from Jan. 14th, Joe Larson of the Lafayette Journal & Courier reports today in a story...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, April 06, 2008
Environment - Of hogs and corn and ethanol
Jeff Swiatek of the Indianapolis Star has a long story today in the business section of the Indianapolis Star headed...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, April 06, 2008
Environment - Does IDEM favor business to the detriment of the environment?
That is the question addressed in this story today by Gitte Laasby of the Gary Post-Tribune, which begins:For nearly a...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, April 06, 2008
Environment - "'Toxic trailers' raise fears about RVs"
The ILB has had several entries about FEMA "toxic trailers". Start here for background. Today Ted Evanoff of the Indianapolis...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, April 06, 2008
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Environment - More on: Environment - "Huntington County dairy coming under new management"
Updating this ILB entry from Monday, March 24, which quoted an IDEM press release, Niki Kelly reports today in the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Environment. - Yet more on: BioTown, USA. Remember little Reynolds, Indiana? Population 500
The ILB has had a number of entries on "BioTown", going back to this one from Sept. 13, 2005, headed...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Monday, March 24, 2008
Environment - "Huntington County dairy coming under new management"
From a press release issued this afternoon by IDEM:Under an agreement reached with the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM),...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, March 24, 2008
Saturday, March 15, 2008
Environment - "EPA Closure of Libraries Faulted For Curbing Access to Key Data"
A long-time ongoing story got more exposure yesterday with the release of a GAO study. Christopher Lee reported in the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, March 15, 2008
Friday, March 14, 2008
Environment - "Ozone Rules Weakened at Bush's Behest"
Juliet Eilperin of the Washington Post reports today in a front-page story that begins:The Environmental Protection Agency weakened one part...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, March 14, 2008
Sunday, March 09, 2008
Environment - Complaints that public isn't being given enough time to review BP draft air permit
On March 1, Gitte Laasby, environmental reporter for the Gary Post Tribune, wrote:WHITING -- Environmentalists are frustrated and disappointed with...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, March 09, 2008
Environment - National study looking into release of toxic emissions
The EPA farm emissions study has been the subject of several ILB entries, including this one from April 4, 2005,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, March 09, 2008
Saturday, March 08, 2008
Environment - Drafts of antidegradation rule not yet in a form reviewable by the public
A story in the Jan. 4 2008 NWI Times reported:A wastewater permit for U.S. Steel's Gary Works is on hold...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, March 08, 2008
Ind. Decisions - "Decision to void ordinance could stop ethanol plant"
Anita Munson of the South Bend Tribune reports today in a story that begins:Judge Michael Cook's ruling that Argos' rezoning...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, March 08, 2008
Thursday, March 06, 2008
Environment - New Energy Corp. apparently protests South Bend's pretreatment permit requirements
Jamie Loo reports today in the South Bend Tribune:New Energy Corp. has asked a judge for relief from a new,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, March 06, 2008
Wednesday, March 05, 2008
Environment - "Indiana-made trailers in health tests"
"Trailers flow from Indiana to Gulf Coast" is the heading of a story quoted in this Sept. 28, 2005 ILB...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, March 05, 2008
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Environment - Governor signs Great Lakes Compact
A news release this afternoon from the Governor Daniels' office provides:INDIANAPOLIS (February 20, 2008) – Governor Mitch Daniels today signed...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Environment - Still more on: "EPA's mercury rule struck down"
Updating this ILB entry from Feb. 18, here is a report from H. Josef Hebert of the AP that appeared...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Environment - Yet more on "Great Lakes Compact on track"[Updated]
Updating this ILB entry from Feb. 13th, an AP story carried by the Chesterton Tribune and a number of out-of-state...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Monday, February 18, 2008
Environment - More on: "EPA's mercury rule struck down"
Updating this lengthy ILB entry from Feb. 10th, Mark Wilson of the Evansville C&P reports today:Environmental organizations disappointed by the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, February 18, 2008
Environment - More on: Section 303(d) List of Impaired Waters up for public comment through end of January
Updating this ILB from Jan. 28th, Rick Callahan of the AP reports today in a long story that begins:A shift...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, February 18, 2008
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Environment - More on "EPA's mercury rule struck down"
Updating this ILB entry from Feb. 10th, there is an interesting entry today in The Volokh Conspiracy, written by Jonathan...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Environment - Even more on "Great Lakes Compact on track"
Updating this ILB entry from January 17th, the Great Lakes Compact bill, SB 45, has now passed both Houses in...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Environment - Effectiveness of LaPorte County ordinance regulating outdoor wood boilers
The ILB has posted a large number of entries on the possible regulation of outdoor wood-fired boilers or stoves used...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Sunday, February 10, 2008
Environment - "EPA's mercury rule struck down" [Updated]
On Friday the Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit threw out the USEPA mercury rule. Here are some quotes...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, February 10, 2008
Saturday, February 09, 2008
Environment - Even more on "Randolph County could zone 220,000 acres for CAFOs"
Updating this ILB entry from Jan. 8th, which quoted a report that:WINCHESTER -- After rejecting an ordinance that would restrict...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, February 09, 2008
Monday, January 28, 2008
Environment - Section 303(d) List of Impaired Waters up for public comment through end of January [Updated]
Gitte Laasby of the Gary Post-Tribune reports today that:Environmentalists are concerned about the lack of progress toward cleaning up Northwest...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, January 28, 2008
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Environment - More on "Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission Gives Duke Energy Indiana Approval to Build Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle Plant"
Updating this ILB entry from Nov. 20, 2007, Jeff Swiatek of the Indianapolis Star has a long, front-page story today...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, January 26, 2008
Environment - "Grand Calumet River dredge job completed"
Gitte Laasby, environmental reporter for the Gary Post-Tribune, reported Friday in a story that began:GARY -- U.S. Steel Gary Works...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, January 26, 2008
Environment - More on "House panel stiffens confined feed rules"
In this ILB entry from Jan. 16th, SB 61 and HB 1168 are mentioned. Both are now dead for the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, January 26, 2008
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Environment - "The variety of threats Lake Michigan faces"
Heather Augustyn of the NWI Times reports:VALPARAISO | Members of the League of Women Voters listened to a guest speaker...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, January 20, 2008
Saturday, January 19, 2008
Environment - "FEMA Offers Refunds on Toxic Trailers"
From NEWSInferno.com:The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will offer refunds to people who bought toxic FEMA trailers. The toxic FEMA...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, January 19, 2008
Friday, January 18, 2008
Environment - "Coal is no longer on front burner" in many states
"Coal is no longer on front burner: The rush to build power plants slows as worries grow over global warming,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, January 18, 2008
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Environment - Still more on "Great Lakes Compact on track"
Updating this ILB entry from Jan. 10th, the Great Lakes Compact legislation, SB 45, has passed third reading in the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, January 17, 2008
Environment - Governor acts to extend environmental impact statement rules
This ILB entry from Dec. 11, 2007 concluded:Here is the interesting part. Under the Sunset Law adopted by the General...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, January 17, 2008
Environment - More on "House panel stiffens confined feed rules"
Updating yesterday's ILB entry, The AP today also has a report on HB 1168 being passed out of the first...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, January 17, 2008
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Environment - "House panel stiffens confined feed rules"
A week ago, Jan. 9th, the ILB posted an entry headed "Proposal calls for 3-year moratorium on CAFOs," about SB...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Environment - Impact of delisting a waste
The Indiana Solid Waste Management Board meets today and has on its agenda for final adoption #07-552, which "Adds 329...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Monday, January 14, 2008
Environment - "Benton County remains knee-deep in CAFO issues" [Updated]
Joe Carlson reports today in the Lafayette Journal & Courier:EARL PARK -- Plans for a large confined cattle operation near...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, January 14, 2008
Saturday, January 12, 2008
Environment - CAFOs in Grant County
Recent ILB entries have concerned CAFOs in Randolph and Delaware Counties. Today AJ Colley of the Grant County Chronicle-Tribune has...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, January 12, 2008
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Environment - More on "Great Lakes Compact on track"
Updating this ILB entry from Monday, reporting that the Great Lakes Compact bill would be heard by the Senate Committee...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, January 10, 2008
Wednesday, January 09, 2008
Environment - Proposal calls for 3-year moratorium on CAFOs
Pam Thorp reports in the Richmond Palladium-Item:Controversy over concentrated animal feeding operations hasn't diminished since the General Assembly adjourned last...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, January 09, 2008
Tuesday, January 08, 2008
Environment - Still more on "Randolph County could zone 220,000 acres for CAFOs"
Updating this Dec. 28, 2007 ILB entry about a proposed new "intensive agricultural district " for Randolph County that would...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, January 08, 2008
Monday, January 07, 2008
Environment - "Great Lakes Compact on track"
Updating the earlier ILB entries on the Great Lakes Compact, Gitte Laasby of the Gary Post-Tribune reports today:Gov. Mitch Daniels'...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, January 07, 2008
Environment - Outdoor wood fired boilers not the only culprit
The ILB has had number stories about concerns raised by outdoor wood-fired boilers used to heat homes. Today Mary Wilds...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, January 07, 2008
Environment - More on "BP permit blowup leads to IDEM changes"
Updating this ILB entry from Friday, Gitte Laasby of the Gary Post-Tribune reports today:PORTAGE -- Permit renewals for four of...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, January 07, 2008
Friday, January 04, 2008
Environment - "Delaware County CAFO proposal too restrictive, say farmers" [Updated]
Recall this Dec. 28th ILB entry about a proposed Randolph County zoning ordinance that would create a new "intensive agricultural...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, January 04, 2008
Environment - "BP permit blowup leads to IDEM changes"
Keith Benman writes today in the NWI Times:A wastewater permit for U.S. Steel's Gary Works is on hold until Indiana...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, January 04, 2008
Tuesday, January 01, 2008
Environment - How much pollution do Indiana facilities discharge into Lake Michigan each year?
The Sunday before Christmas (Dec. 23rd) the Gary Post-Tribune published a series of stories by their environmental reporter, Gitte Lasby,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, January 01, 2008
Friday, December 28, 2007
Environment - More on "Randolph County could zone 220,000 acres for CAFOs"
Updating this ILB entry from Nov. 25th, about a proposed new "intensive agricultural district " that would occupy 75.88 %...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, December 28, 2007
Saturday, December 22, 2007
Environment - More on: Hearing in Edwardsville today on proposed Duke Energy power plant
Updating this ILB entry from Dec. 20th, here are further reports on the hearing. Mark Wilson reported in the Evansville...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, December 22, 2007
Thursday, December 20, 2007
Environment - More on: Hearing on Great Lakes Compact today at 1 pm
Today's AP story on the SB 45, the Great Lakes Compact, points out what the ILB should have picked up...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, December 20, 2007
Environment - Hearing in Edwardsville today on proposed Duke Energy power plant
Updating this ILB entry from Nov, 20th, headed "Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission Gives Duke Energy Indiana Approval to Build Integrated...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, December 20, 2007
Monday, December 17, 2007
Environment - Hearing on Great Lakes Compact today at 1 pm
Bob Kasarda of the NWI Times reports:PORTAGE | The Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission called on lawmakers last week to...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, December 17, 2007
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Environment - "Timber industry needs best management practices"
There is an interesting discussion in the Lafayette Journal & Courier today about forest management in Indiana and the possible...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Thursday, December 06, 2007
Environment - "Coalition sues Land Office over wind farms"; energy alternatives, each with proponents and opponents
Wind Farms. The Austin American-Statesman had a story Wed. headed: "Coalition sues Land Office over wind farms: Groups, including King...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, December 06, 2007
Environment - "Former IU SPEA dean completes IDEM permit process review"
On Aug. 13th, the ILB posted en entry titeld "Environment - Governor Daniels asks former dean of SPEA to conduct...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, December 06, 2007
Monday, December 03, 2007
Environment. - More on: BioTown, USA. Remember little Reynolds, Indiana? Population 500
This ILB entry from Nov. 1st featured a Wall Street Journal story headed "An Ethanol Glut Hits Home In BioTown,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, December 03, 2007
Saturday, December 01, 2007
Environment - "Jacobus Tielen's lawyers are trying to resolve criminal and civil proceedings over manure management"
Seth Slabaugh reports in the Muncie Star-Press:The Delaware County prosecutor's office and the Indiana attorney general's office have been negotiating...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, December 01, 2007
Friday, November 30, 2007
Environment - "BP Alleged to Have Modified Whiting Refinery Illegally"
A release from the Environmental News Service today begins:CHICAGO, Illinois, November 29, 2007 (ENS) - The federal government today formally...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, November 30, 2007
Sunday, November 25, 2007
Environment - "Randolph County could zone 220,000 acres for CAFOs"
A story in Saturday's Muncie Star-Press, written by Seth Slabaugh, reports:MUNCIE -- Concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) would be allowed...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, November 25, 2007
Saturday, November 24, 2007
Environment - An update on outdoor wood-fired boilers
The ILB's first entry on wood-fired boilers was nearly two years ago. (Here is a list of all entries.) IDEM...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, November 24, 2007
Friday, November 23, 2007
Environment - Still more on: "BP wastewater permit: 'We already have the technology'"
Following up on this ILB entry from Nov. 19th, Rick Callahan of the AP reports today in the BP claim...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, November 23, 2007
Environment - The state of groundwater in Louisville
The ILB has recently begun taking note of stories relating to water resources management or the lack thereof: continued pollution...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, November 23, 2007
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Environment - "Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission Gives Duke Energy Indiana Approval to Build Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle Plant"
The IURC has today issued a 63-page order approving Duke Energy's application to build a coal gasification plant in Edwardsport....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Monday, November 19, 2007
Environment - More on: "BP wastewater permit: 'We already have the technology'"
Gitte Laasby of the Gary Post-Tribune reported on Nov. 11th, per this ILB entry of that date:BP representatives say they...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, November 19, 2007
Friday, November 16, 2007
Environment - More on: Wabash Environmental trial in federal court concludes
Updating this ILB entry from Sept. 14th, the AP is reporting today in a story headed "River polluter gets 5-year...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, November 16, 2007
Environment - "Havens | Indiana Dunes: An Exclusive Beachfront, Far From the Coast"
The NY Times' Friday Escapes Section today has an interesting feature by Eugene L. Meyer on private beach communities along...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, November 16, 2007
Environment - "Indiana should OK compact to protect the Great Lakes"
From an editorial in the NWI Times yesterday:With so much attention to Lake Michigan water quality brought by scrutiny of...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, November 16, 2007
Sunday, November 11, 2007
Environment - "BP wastewater permit: 'We already have the technology'"
Gitte Laasby of the Gary Post-Tribune reports today:BP representatives say they haven't found a way to reduce the Whiting refinery's...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, November 11, 2007
Wednesday, November 07, 2007
Environment - Governor's review of Great Lakes water-quality laws drags on
The AP's Rick Callahan has an interesting story today that begins:INDIANAPOLIS -- A review of Great Lakes water-quality laws that...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, November 07, 2007
Friday, November 02, 2007
Environment - "Sixth Gives Green Light to Environmental Tort Suit"
The blog Decision of the Day has this interesting post, that begins:In a big decision at the intersection of tort...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, November 02, 2007
Thursday, November 01, 2007
Environment. - BioTown, USA. Remember little Reynolds, Indiana? Population 500
The most recent ILB entry on BioTown USA is dated Oct. 6, 2005 -- two years ago. It quoted from...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, November 01, 2007
Sunday, October 28, 2007
Environment - More on "States eye lakes water management"
Following up on yesterday's ILB entry, Tim Jones of the Chicago Tribune has a lengthy story headed: "Great Lakes key...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, October 28, 2007
Saturday, October 27, 2007
Environment - "States eye lakes water management"
On October 22nd the ILB posted an entry headed "Canadian company mining Indiana aquifer." The entry concluded:No talk here of...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, October 27, 2007
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Environment - "Will U.S. Steel -- Gary Works be allowed to increase or decrease its discharges to the Grand Calumet River when the company's wastewater permit is renewed?"
"Will U.S. Steel -- Gary Works be allowed to increase or decrease its discharges to the Grand Calumet River when...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Monday, October 22, 2007
Environment - Canadian company mining Indiana aquifer
The Diane Rehm Show on NPR today focuses on:U.S. Weather Patterns and Drought: Severe drought conditions in several southern states...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, October 22, 2007
Sunday, October 21, 2007
Environment - More on Indiana and Lake Michigan pollution
Gitte Laasby of the Gary Post-Tribune has a story today headed "EPA still unsure on lake polluters." It begins:The U.S....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, October 21, 2007
Saturday, October 20, 2007
Environment - Indiana listed as next to last "greenest" state by Forbes
Here, from the current issue of Forbes, is its list of America's Greenest States. Scroll down to 49th to find...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, October 20, 2007
Friday, October 19, 2007
Environment - Kansas Power Plant Rejected Over Carbon Dioxide
From the Washington Post today, a front-page story that begins:The Kansas Department of Health and Environment yesterday became the first...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, October 19, 2007
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Environment - "U.S. Steel permit a dud"
From an editorial today in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette: The federal Environmental Protection Agency is rightly stepping in before...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, October 18, 2007
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Environment - Still more on "Indiana seeks to ease rules for lake polluter"
Updating this ILB entry from Oct. 13th, Gitte Laasby of the Gary Post-Tribune reports today that:A large coalition of the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Saturday, October 13, 2007
Environment - More on "Indiana seeks to ease rules for lake polluter"
More on the developing brouhaha involving the draft permit proposed by IDEM for US. Steel discharges into the Grand Calumet...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, October 13, 2007
Friday, October 12, 2007
Environment - "Indiana seeks to ease rules for lake polluter: State offers U.S. Steel a pass on some regulations" [Updated]
So reads the headline to a Chicago Tribune "exclusive" today, reported by Michael Hawthorne, who wrote many of the initial...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, October 12, 2007
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Environment - Still more on the U.S. Steel Gary Works/Grand Calumet permit, and related issues
This August 5th ILB entry begins with this quote from the Gary Post-Tribune:The Indiana Department of Environmental Management has drafted...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, October 11, 2007
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Environment - "Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore is in poor condition"
Gitte Laasby of the Gary Post-Tribune reports today:The Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore is in poor condition, according to a report...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Environment - "American Electric Power's plant in Rockport, Ind., near Owensboro, Ky., is the largest coal-fired plant in the world"
So reports James Bruggers of the Louisville Courier Journal in this story today on the AEP settlement announced yesterday. Some...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Tuesday, October 09, 2007
Environment - AEP to Pay Large Sum in Clean Air Settlement [Updated]
From a story today in the Washington Post reported by Steven Mufson:In a major Clean Air Act settlement, one of...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, October 09, 2007
Sunday, October 07, 2007
Environment - More on: State backs off in Feddeler Landfill dispute with Lake County sheriff
Updating this long ILB entry from Friday, on Saturday Patrick Guinane of the NWI Times reported:INDIANAPOLIS | Gov. Mitch Daniels...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, October 07, 2007
Friday, October 05, 2007
Environment - State backs off in Feddeler Landfill dispute with Lake County sheriff
On Sept. 28th Bill Dolan reported in the NWI Times:LOWELL | The state's top environmental official is speaking out in...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, October 05, 2007
Wednesday, October 03, 2007
Ind. Courts - Jefferson Circuit Court judge insists on complaints being filed before approving IDEM agreed order
Peggy Vlerebome reports in The Madison Courier, under the heading "IDEM suit against city merely a technicality," that the Indiana...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, October 03, 2007
Environment - Adinistrative hearing in Indy on BP air variance challenge
The second half of this ILB entry from August 25th includes this quote from a Gary Post-Tribune story by Gitte...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, October 03, 2007
Saturday, September 22, 2007
Environment - More on: Status of the BP appeal before the Office of Environmental Adjudication
In this entry from Sept. 18th, the ILB reported on a story from the Gary Post-Tribune that began:The Alliance for...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, September 22, 2007
Friday, September 21, 2007
Environment - PBS News Hour on "Oil Refinery Expansions Face Opposition"
From the Sept. 19th PBS News Hour, the introduction is "An oil refinery in Detroit wants to expand its capacity...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, September 21, 2007
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Environment - "New Indiana regulations aim to protect Ohio River paddlefish"
From the AP:Ohio River paddlefish, whose eggs are sought by poachers as a lucrative source of caviar, are being protected...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Environment - Status of the BP appeal before the Office of Environmental Adjudication
Gitte Laasby of the Gary Post-Tribune writes today:The Alliance for the Great Lakes filed a petition on Aug. 15 asking...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Sunday, September 16, 2007
Law - "New York Subpoenas 5 Energy Companies"
Felicity Barringer and Danny Hakim report today in the NY Times in a story that begins:Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, September 16, 2007
Friday, September 14, 2007
Environment - More on: Wabash Environmental trial in federal court concludes
Here is a list of a number of earlier ILB entries on the trial of Derrik Hagerman and his company,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, September 14, 2007
Environment - Chicago River's link to illness studied
Michael Hawthorne of the Chicago Tribune, who wrote one of the first stories on Indiana's BP permit, reports today:Most of...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, September 14, 2007
Thursday, September 13, 2007
Ind. Law - "Zoning rule changed, Henry residents now must petition for protection"
Joy Leiker writes today in the Muncie Star-Press:NEW CASTLE -- Henry County residents worried that a confined feeding operation might...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, September 13, 2007
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Environment - No overall data on Lake Michigan discharges
"What's dumped in the lake? ... nobody knows" is the headline to this story today in the Gary Post-Tribune, reported...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Monday, September 10, 2007
Environment - "Twisting facts to defy the rules: Dairy, BP get permits despite science indicating environmental threats"
That is the heading to an interesting column today in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, written by Bill Grant ,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, September 10, 2007
Friday, September 07, 2007
Environment - The Economist features BP story
The weekly British publication, The Economist, has a well-written story, dateline Chicago, titled "Muddy waters: The murky rules for keeping...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, September 07, 2007
Environment - Purdue sets up CAFO site
The Grant County Chronicle-Tribune reports:WEST LAFAYETTE - A new Web site featuring scientific information about concentrated animal feeding operations was...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, September 07, 2007
Tuesday, September 04, 2007
Environment - More on: Study shows how BP could likely could expand its refinery without the added pollution
This ILB entry from August 25th quotes from an Aug. 23rd story in Crain's Chicago Business that BP's announcement that...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, September 04, 2007
Monday, September 03, 2007
Environment - Even more on: Pollution and justice: Kentucky judge orders state to rehear permit for coal-fired power plant
Updating this most recent ILB entry from August 31st, James Bruggers writes today in the Louisville Courier Journal about this...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, September 03, 2007
Friday, August 31, 2007
Environment - Still more on: Pollution and justice: Kentucky judge orders state to rehear permit for coal-fired power plant
Updating this ILB entry from Aug. 26th, Mark Wilson of the Evansville Courier & Press reports today in a story...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, August 31, 2007
Thursday, August 30, 2007
Environment - Bush admnistration "Rule to Expand Mountaintop Coal Mining" [Updated]
The NY Times reported Aug. 22nd, in a story that begins:The Bush administration is set to issue a regulation on...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, August 30, 2007
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Environment - "BP gets break on soot limits: Indiana decision insulates firm from new federal rules" [Updated]
Michael Hawthorne of the Chicago Tribune reports today:Indiana regulators have granted BP another exemption from environmental standards, this time relaxing...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Sunday, August 26, 2007
Environment - More on: Pollution and justice: Kentucky judge orders state to rehear permit for coal-fired power plant
Following up on this ILB entry from August 10th about a power plant permit in Kentucky, where I wrote: "Although...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, August 26, 2007
Saturday, August 25, 2007
Environment - Study shows how BP could likely could expand its refinery without the added pollution; air variance challenged
Crain's Chicago Business posted some interesting news August 23rd, in a story by Greg Hinz. Some quotes:Bowing to a storm...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, August 25, 2007
Friday, August 24, 2007
Environment - "BP pledges no increase in Lake Michigan discharge limits at Whiting refinery"
Here is the word, as posted on the BP website, dated Aug. 23rd. It begins: WARRENVILLE, ILL.- BP America today...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, August 24, 2007
Monday, August 20, 2007
Environment - Good backgrounder on BP permit
The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette has a good backgrounder today on the BP permit. The editorial column is accompanied by...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, August 20, 2007
Thursday, August 16, 2007
Environment - Federal Judge dismisses shippers' suit against Michigan ballast law
John Flesher of the AP is reporting: TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) -- A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, August 16, 2007
Environment - Petition filed to block BP permit from taking effect
Tom Coyne of the AP reported late yesterday: SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) -- An environmental group on Wednesday appealed a...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, August 16, 2007
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Environment - NPR's All Things Considered has story on BP refinery permit
"BP Refinery Expansion Plan Sparks Opposition" is the title to this story on NPR this evening, reported by David Schaper....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Environment - "Groups gather to meet on BP pollution permit"
Gitte Laasby's consistently good reporting in the Gary Post-Tribune continues with this story today, combining Gov. Daniel's announcement yesterday of...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Monday, August 13, 2007
Environment - Governor Daniels asks former dean of SPEA to conduct 6 weeks study of Indiana's IDEM's BP permit [Updated]
In a press release just issued by the Govenor's office, headed "Governor asks former Indiana University SPEA dean to lead...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, August 13, 2007
Environment - "High stakes for our Great Lakes"
Tim Maloney, Policy Strategist for the Hoosier Environmental Council, has a featured letter to the editor about the BP permit...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, August 13, 2007
Saturday, August 11, 2007
Environment - EPA willing to talk, BP stands by permit
Dueling stories today in the two major NW Indiana papers. "EPA willing to talk with BP, others" is the headline...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, August 11, 2007
Friday, August 10, 2007
Environment - "Mega cow farm in Indiana faces legal issues"
A brief story from the Coldwater, Michigan Daily Reporter, dated August 8th:ORLAND, Ind. — Indiana Environmental Management (IDEM) issued a...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, August 10, 2007
Environment - Pollution and justice: Kentucky judge orders state to rehear permit for coal-fired power plant
After all the stories about the proposed BP and U.S. Steel permits in NW Indiana and the outrage that has...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, August 10, 2007
Thursday, August 09, 2007
Environment - NW Indiana pollution update
"Pollution permits may spur activism" is the headline to this story today by Gitte Laasby of the Gary Post-Tribune. Some...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, August 09, 2007
Wednesday, August 08, 2007
Environment - Continuing coverage of: Communities seek to regulate outdoor wood-fired boilers
Adding to a long list of ILB entries on the regulation of outdoor wood-fired boilers in Indiana, the Michigan City...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, August 08, 2007
Sunday, August 05, 2007
Environment - More on the U.S. Steel Gary Works/Grand Calumet permit, and related issues
The second part of this ILB entry from July 26th quoted from a story by Gitte Laasby in the Gary...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, August 05, 2007
Environment - The outrage over Indiana's pollution of Lake Michigan continues
The outcry began three weeks ago, following a front-page story in the Chicago Tribune (see this ILB entry of that...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, August 05, 2007
Saturday, August 04, 2007
Environment - Indianpolis Business Journal writes about "greenwashing"
An interesting article by Chris O’Malley of the Indianapolis Business Journal headed "It’s not easy being GREEN: Experts say it’s...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, August 04, 2007
Wednesday, August 01, 2007
Environment - "BP permit appeal may be possible"
That is the headline to this story today by Gitte Laasby of the Gary Post-Tribune. Some quotes:Environmental groups and residents...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, August 01, 2007
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Environment - "Megafarms" appear to be a growing issue in Michigan
Christine Ferretti of the Detroit News reports today in a lengthy story:The largest confined dairy operation in the state has...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Monday, July 30, 2007
Environment - "Decades After a NY Plant Closes, Waste Remains"
The lead story in the business section of the Sunday NY Times is on the failure of the Superfund cleanup...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, July 30, 2007
Thursday, July 26, 2007
Environment - Several other Indiana permitting stories
Maureen Groppe of the Indianapolis Star Washington Bureau reports today in a story that begins:WASHINGTON - Four Indiana power plants...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, July 26, 2007
Environment - More on: Details on the BP permit; more stories today
Earlier today I promised more reports of press coverage of the BP water discharge permit, but as I'm just getting...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, July 26, 2007
Environment - More on: Update on fight over Pines transfer station permit
Earlier today, in this entry, I wrote that the ILB would like to post the July 13th Marion County ruling....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, July 26, 2007
Environment - Details on the BP permit; more stories today
In my opinion, the best report on the problems with the recently granted BP permit remains the initial story by...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, July 26, 2007
Environment - Update on fight over Pines transfer station permit
The ILB may have temporarily lost track of this dispute. The last entry indicating its status is this one from...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, July 26, 2007
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Environment - Much more on: Protests grow over BP permit to increase dumping in Lake Michigan
Updating this ILB entry from July 20th, reports of outrage about the BP permit continue. Sylvia A. Smith, Washington editor...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Environment - Neighbors pack zoning board meeting to support CAFO expansion
An AP story this morning out of Anderson reports:A farmer presented plans to triple his dairy cow herd to 6,000...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Monday, July 23, 2007
Environment - "Randolph County at stalemate on CAFO regulations"
Joy Leiker reports in the Muncie Star-Press in a s tory that begins:WINCHESTER -- The debate over Randolph County's fastest...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, July 23, 2007
Friday, July 20, 2007
Environment - More on: Protests grow over BP permit to increase dumping in Lake Michigan
Much more today on this. Gitte Laasby of the Gary Post-Tribune reports:"Clearly something went wrong with the implementation of the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, July 20, 2007
Thursday, July 19, 2007
Environment - Protests grow over BP permit to increase dumping in Lake Michigan
The initial story was published Saturday July 14th by the Chicago Tribune - see ILB entry here. It was headlined...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, July 19, 2007
Ind. Decisions - More on: Federal Judge McKinney to hear case on nerve agent waste
Updating this ILB entry from July 16th, the AP's Rick Callahan writes today in a story that begins:An attorney for...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, July 19, 2007
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Environment - Stories today on NW Indiana's BP NPDES permit and "new source" air permit requirement for any Mitchell powerplant reopening
The NWI Times has two environmental permitting stories today. The first is a continuation of the stories on the recently...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Courts - Farm odors hit the fan in DC Circuit ruling
This ILB entry from just last Friday quoted from an AP story about the Purdue's involvement in an EPA study...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Environment - Even more on: Indiana gives BP break on dumping in lake
From an editorial today in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette: Lake Michigan should not become a victim of Indiana’s economic...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Monday, July 16, 2007
Ind. Decisions - Federal Judge McKinney to hear case on nerve agent waste
Rick Callahan of the AP reports today in a story that begins:INDIANAPOLIS -- Opponents of the Army's shipments of nerve...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, July 16, 2007
Environment - More on: Indiana gives BP break on dumping in lake
In this entry Saturday, the ILB posted quotes from the Chicago Tribune story that was headlined "Indiana gives BP break...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, July 16, 2007
Sunday, July 15, 2007
Environment - "Huge task faces Puget Sound's anointed savior"
So reads the headline to a column by Warren Cornwall in the May 20, 2007 Seattle Times. Here is how...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, July 15, 2007
Environment - Two stories today of neighborhood concerns about Indiana industrial sites
"What is it going to take to shut this place down?" is the headline to a story today in the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, July 15, 2007
Saturday, July 14, 2007
Environment - Indiana gives BP break on dumping in lake
Michael Hawthorne of the Chicago Tribune reports today: The massive BP oil refinery in Whiting, Ind., is planning to dump...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, July 14, 2007
Friday, July 13, 2007
Environment - Several agricultural-related stories today
Leonard Thornton has a story in the Bedford Times-Mail headlined: "Tensions rise over turkeys." It is accompanied by these two...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, July 13, 2007
Ind. Gov't. - "State ethics panel OKs pollution panelist"
The Indiana Air Pollution Control Board (APCB) includes 4 "ex officio" voting members (representing the heath commissioner, the DNR director,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, July 13, 2007
Sunday, July 08, 2007
Ind. Gov't. - Indiana’s voluntary environmental cleanup program a failure?
Dan Stockman of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette has a lengthy report today on the failings of Indiana's voluntary cleanup...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, July 08, 2007
Friday, July 06, 2007
Environment - More on: Post-Raponas wetlands guidelines issued, criticized
On June 18th ILB posted this entry, quoting from a NY Times editorial that began:The Environmental Protection Agency and the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, July 06, 2007
Environment - Even more on: Communities seek to regulate outdoor wood-fired boilers
Adding to the ILB's now very long list of stories about the regulation of wood-fired boilers is this brief report...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, July 06, 2007
Environment - More on the recent statewide strategic planning meeting on how to restrict concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs)
Seth Slabaugh of the Muncie Star-Press reports today under the headline "CAFO foes applaud BSU study: The study shows the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, July 06, 2007
Wednesday, July 04, 2007
Environment - Hassan Barrel Company president indicted over toxic waste storage
The ILB has had several earlier entries about the Hassan Barrel Company of Fort Wayne. The first one, from Oct....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, July 04, 2007
Tuesday, July 03, 2007
Environment - "Lawsuits are becoming a more popular strategy to stop or slow down large livestock farms"
Seth Slabaugh of the Muncie Star-Press writes today:HARTFORD CITY -- Citizens from 14 counties spoke at a recent statewide strategic...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, July 03, 2007
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Environment - VP Cheney's impact on the environment
The Washington Post has been running a 4-part series on the role of Vice President Cheney. Today's is Part 4,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Environment - IDEM to act against Randolph County and Huntington CAFOs
Seth Slabaugh of the Muncie StarPress reports:WINCHESTER -- The Indiana Department of Environmental Management has issued a notice of violation...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Saturday, June 23, 2007
Environment - What happens when the landowner denies access?
The are a number of Indiana statutes which allows proper officials to enter upon private property for inspection. For instance,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, June 23, 2007
Monday, June 18, 2007
Environment - Post-Raponas wetlands guidelines issued, criticized
A year ago, on June 19, 2006, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its 5-4 ruling in Raponas v. U.S. -...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, June 18, 2007
Friday, June 15, 2007
Environment - More about Supreme Court's recent CERCLA-related voluntary clean-ups opinion
Re the Supreme Court's June 11th opinion in United States v. Atlantic Research Corp. (see earlier ILB entry here), here...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, June 15, 2007
Monday, June 11, 2007
Environment - Important CERCLA-related SCOTUS opinion issued today
From the early AP report: "Court Allows Recovery of Voluntary Cleanup Costs." [Thanks to How Appealing] The case is United...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, June 11, 2007
Friday, June 08, 2007
Environment - "Bacteria clean up oil pit in Knox"
Rick Callahan of the AP has a report that begins:A tar-filled pit that was among Indiana's hundreds of abandoned gas...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, June 08, 2007
Saturday, June 02, 2007
Environment - Closing the farm proves challenging to IDEM
The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette has an editorial today exploring the potential ramifications of IDEM's action to revoke the permit...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, June 02, 2007
Monday, May 28, 2007
Environment - "Cleaning Up the Clean Water Act"
Today's NY Times has an editorial endorsing pending proposals to strengthen the Clean Water Act:A series of murky Supreme Court...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, May 28, 2007
Friday, May 25, 2007
Environment - Wabash Environmental trial in federal court concludes
Howard Greninger of the Terre Haute Trib-Star reports:INDIANAPOLIS — Derrik Hagerman made false statements in monitoring documents required to be...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, May 25, 2007
Thursday, May 24, 2007
Environment - Wabash Environmental trial continues in federal court in Indianapolis
Updating this ILB entry from yesterday, May 23rd, Howard Greninger of the Terre Haute Tribune-Star reports, in another long story...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, May 24, 2007
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Environment - Update on Wabash Environmental trial begins in federal court in Indianapolis
Updating this ILB entry from Monday, May 21st, it looks like Deb McKee of the Terre Haute Tribune-Star is providing...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Monday, May 21, 2007
Environment - Wabash Environmental trial begins in federal court in Indianapolis
The Terre Haute Tribune-Star reports today:The trial of Wabash Environmental Technologies LLC begins today with jury selection in federal court...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, May 21, 2007
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Environment - Great Lakes Commission here in Indy yesterday and today
Patrick Guinane of the NWI Times reports:Officials from eight states and two Canadian provinces are meeting in Indianapolis to discuss...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Environment - Former meth lab leaves unfit home
Indiana passed a methamphetamine cleanup law in 2005 and cleanup rules were just finalized recently. Here are ILB entries from...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Thursday, May 10, 2007
Environment - More on: IDEM revokes approvals for confined feeding operation in Huntington County; writ sought
This ILB entry from May 4th quotes from a Fort Wayne Journal Gazette story that:Officials at the Indiana Department of...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, May 10, 2007
Friday, May 04, 2007
Environment - IDEM revokes approvals for confined feeding operation in Huntington County
Rebecca S. Green of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette writes today:Officials at the Indiana Department of Environmental Management have revoked...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, May 04, 2007
Wednesday, May 02, 2007
Ind. Law - Debriefing on why confined feeding changes failed
In this ILB entry from April 29th, we quoted from a story by Angela Mapes of the Fort Wayne Journal...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, May 02, 2007
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Environment - Several recent stories
"IDEM boss kicks off Porter County Earth Day" was the headline to a long story yesterday by Vicki Urbanik in...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Thursday, April 19, 2007
Environment - CAFO hearing; Pines transfer station
CAFO Hearing. "Dairy farm faces hearing on creek spill" is the title of a story today by Rebecca S. Green...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, April 19, 2007
Saturday, April 14, 2007
Environment - Still more on: Two CAFO stories today
Rebecca S. Green of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette reports today:A Huntington County dairy suspected of leaking manure into an...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, April 14, 2007
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Environment - More on: Environment - Two CAFO stories today
Updating yesterday's ILB entry on Huntington County manure spills, Seth Slabaugh of the Muncie StarPress reports today:MUNCIE -- An attorney...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, April 12, 2007
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Environment - Two CAFO stories today
"Manure pollutes Salamonie waterway" is the headline to a story by Rebecca S. Green in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Sunday, April 08, 2007
Law - More on: "6 Ohio Cities Rush to File Suits Against Makers of Lead Paint"
Updating this ILB entry from Jan. 6, 2007, that began with this quote from a NY Times story:Racing against a...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, April 08, 2007
Environment - Great Lakes Compact bill dies in Indiana Senate Committee
The ILB has had several entries on the proposed Great Lakes Compact, "a binding interstate and international agreement that would...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, April 08, 2007
Thursday, April 05, 2007
Environment - Vermont may be first state to regulate outdoor wood fired boilers
From the Rutland, Vermont Herald today:MONTPELIER — Vermont is poised to become the first state in the country to adopt...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, April 05, 2007
Environment - More on: US Supreme Court delivers two important Clean Air Act decisions
Updating this April 2 ILB entry, there have been a large number of reactions and analyses written already this week...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, April 05, 2007
Monday, April 02, 2007
Environment - US Supreme Court delivers two important Clean Air Act decisions today
This Sept. 19, 2006 ILB entry was headed "State of Indiana sides with Duke in case against EPA." Take a...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, April 02, 2007
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Environment - "CAFO bill worries health officials"
Joshua Stowe of the South Bend Tribune reports today:A state Senate bill that would void St. Joseph County's feedlot ordinance...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, March 29, 2007
Sunday, March 25, 2007
Environment - "Farmland values surge as demand fueled by ethanol propels corn prices upward"
Indianapolis Star business writer Jeff Swiatek has a story today headlined "Seeing more green Farmland values surge as demand fueled...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, March 25, 2007
Saturday, March 24, 2007
Environment - Ethanol; flood buyouts; coal-based power plants
Business Week had a Special Report earlier this week titled "Ethanol's Growing List of Enemies: As demand for the alternative...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, March 24, 2007
Friday, March 23, 2007
Environment - Still more on CAFO bills pending in General Assembly, and a revelation from North Carolina
When last the ILB looked at CAFO bills in this General Assembly, it was March 4th and Feb. 27th. Pam...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, March 23, 2007
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Environment - "Judges Say E.P.A. Ignored Order in Setting Emission Standards"
Felicity Barringer of the NY Times reports today on yesterday's DC Circuit opinion in Sierra Club v. EPA. Some quotes:A...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Saturday, March 10, 2007
Environment - "Midwest Has 'Coal Rush,' Seeing No Alternative"
"Midwest Has 'Coal Rush,' Seeing No Alternative" is the headline to a story this morning on the front-page of the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, March 10, 2007
Friday, March 09, 2007
Environment - "Lawmakers call for Great Lakes cleanup"
An AP story reports:WASHINGTON – A massive plan to restore the Great Lakes for future generations needs to be a...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, March 09, 2007
Sunday, March 04, 2007
Environment - More on CAFO bills pending in General Assembly
Rick Callahan of the AP has a lengthy story today in the LCJ headlined "Legislators tackle livestock headaches: Factory-style farms...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, March 04, 2007
Friday, March 02, 2007
Ind. Law - Yet more on: Communities seek to regulate outdoor wood-fired boilers
The ILB has had a slew of entries on the topic of regulating outdoor wood-fired boilers/furnaces. First there was outrage...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, March 02, 2007
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Environment - Fairly disquieting story on EPA plan for air emissions from manure
According to a Congressional Quarterly story this afternoon, EPA is "EPA Developing Exemption for Manure Emissions." Here is the story,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Environment - Survey of CAFO bills pending in General Assembly
Seth Slabaugh of the Muncie Star-Press has a good survey article today titled "Bills aim for CAFO trust: Inspections, training...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Environment - Great Lakes compact; EPA libraries destruction update
Great Lakes Compact. Acoording to a story in the Chicago Sun-Times from Nov. 18, 2005 (see this ILB entry):Fear that...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Wednesday, February 07, 2007
Environment - "Ag panel weighs site restrictions on mega-farms"
Tuesday's House Agriculture and Rural Development Committee meeting is the subject of a story today by the AP's Rick Callahan....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, February 07, 2007
Monday, February 05, 2007
Ind. Gov't. - "Battle lines drawn over farm feed lots"
Niki Kelly of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette has a great story today on the battle over CAFOs and CFOs...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, February 05, 2007
Sunday, February 04, 2007
Environment - Carroll County residents frustrated with dairy plans
Following up on this entry from Jan. 30th, check this story by Joe Larsen in the Lafayette Journal & Courier....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, February 04, 2007
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Ind. Gov't. - More on: Three CAFO bills to be heard by Senate committee today
Following up on yesterday's followup, check out this article from Hoosier Ag Today with Gary Truitt headed "Miller Backs More...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Monday, January 29, 2007
Ind. Gov't. - Three CAFO bills to be heard by Senate committee today
Rick Callahan of the Gary Post-Tribune reports:Three wide-ranging bills targeting the state's largest livestock farms are expected to draw spirited...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, January 29, 2007
Thursday, January 25, 2007
Economic Development - More on the Minnesota iron nuggets plant
This ILB entry from May 2004 began:The "iron nuggets plant" issue - whether a plant to process iron ore into...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, January 25, 2007
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Environment - 28-year battle over proposed Mallard Lake Landfill featured in IBJ
Chris O’Malley of the Indiana Business Journal has comprehensive coverage of the Mallard Lake Landfill battles in an article dated...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Ind. Decisions - More on "Court tosses challenge to hunter harassment law"
The First Amendment Center has picked up the AP version of the hunter harassment law story, posted here on Jan....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Sunday, January 21, 2007
Ind. Law - New flood maps will impact insurance rates
Rebecca S. Green reports in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette today, in a story headlined "Allen, Adams residents get chance...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, January 21, 2007
Friday, January 19, 2007
Environment - Still more on: A state panel plans public hearings this month on its model rules for local regulation of large livestock farms
The revived Indiana Land Resources Council (ILRC) has been holding public hearings on local zoning for CAFOs.. Seth Slabaugh of...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, January 19, 2007
Environment - Indianapolis attorney to aid in East Chicago dredging project
Steve Zabroski of the NWI Times reports today:EAST CHICAGO | The local sponsor of the Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, January 19, 2007
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Environment - More on: A state panel plans public hearings this month on its model rules for local regulation of large livestock farms
Following up on this ILB entry from last Sunday on the "revival" of the Indiana Land Resource Council and its...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Ind. Courts - Wabash Valley businessman accused of falsifying federal documents will not go to trial until later this year
The Terre Haute Trib-Star reports today:INDIANAPOLIS — A Wabash Valley businessman accused of falsifying federal documents will not go to...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Environment - SB 154 "What is ‘recycling’?" Plus the ILB's environmental rulemaking concerns
"What is ‘recycling’?" is the question asked by this Fort Wayne Journal Gazette editorial today. Some quotes:[P]roposed legislation to review...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Sunday, January 14, 2007
Environment - Reverse the blanket exemption from nuisance liability for CAFOs
Marty Lucas of BigEastern.com had a very good post this week titled "Time to restore nuisance law property rights." Marty...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, January 14, 2007
Environment - A state panel plans public hearings this month on its model rules for local regulation of large livestock farms
An AP story today reports:MUNCIE – A state panel plans public hearings this month on its model rules for local...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, January 14, 2007
Monday, January 08, 2007
Environment - "Indiana's outdoors vanishing quickly"
Phil Potter of Tri-State Outdoors in the Evansville Courier & Press writes about how Indiana compares unfavorably with Illinois in...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, January 08, 2007
Saturday, January 06, 2007
Environment - Another view on ethanol [Updated]
An earlier ILB entry today cited a NY Times story about how the demands of new ethanol distilleries is driving...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, January 06, 2007
Environment - Ethanol, CAFOs, and Insurance
Ethanol. "Rise in Ethanol Raises Concerns About Corn as a Food" is the title of an important story in yesterday's...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, January 06, 2007
Monday, January 01, 2007
Environment - Changes to federal mine reclamation law impact Indiana
John Lucas of the Evansville Courier&Press had a story yesterday that began:Agencies in Indiana and surrounding states responsible for overseeing...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, January 01, 2007
Friday, December 29, 2006
Environment - Interesting report today on wood-burning outdoor boilers
Regulation of outdoor wood burning boilers/furnaces appears to be being kicked back and forth between different levels of government. Recall...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, December 29, 2006
Wednesday, December 27, 2006
Environment - More on: US EPA accuses local woman of failing to disclose possible lead-paint hazards to tenants and buyers
Updating this ILB entry from July 28, 2006, that quoted an Indianapolis Star story that began "The U.S. Environmental Protection...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, December 27, 2006
Environment - Possibility of up to six more environmental cases on the U.S. Supreme Court docket this year
Check SCOTUSblog for a list of six more environmental cases that the Supreme Court might add to its docket this...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, December 27, 2006
Monday, December 25, 2006
Ind. Gov't. - Summing up Kyle Hupfer's career as DNR chief
Phil Bloom, Fort Wayne Journal Gazette Outdoors editor, wrote Sunday:His name appeared in 68 articles in The Journal Gazette during...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, December 25, 2006
Saturday, December 23, 2006
Environment - "Chemical plants to get security rules"
James Bruggers of the Louisville Courier Journal reports today:Sitting between a freeway and the Ohio River, the chemical plants of...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, December 23, 2006
Ind. Decisions - "Judge gives RiverPlace green light: Ruling doesn't address issue of project's effect on White River"
"Judge gives RiverPlace green light: Ruling doesn't address issue of project's effect on White River" is the headline to a...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, December 23, 2006
Law - 1st Circuit rules on RCRA citizen suits and standing
An important ruling on RCRA citizen suits and standing was issued yesterday by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, December 23, 2006
Thursday, December 21, 2006
Environment - No coal mining at Glendale Fish and Wildlife Area
The Indiana Department of Natural Resources has issued a press release announcing that there will be no coal mining at...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, December 21, 2006
Wednesday, December 20, 2006
Environment - "IDEM's answer gives false idea of county power to ban hog farms"
"IDEM's answer gives false idea of county power to ban hog farms" is the headline to a story in Tuesday's...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, December 20, 2006
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
Ind. Decisions - Proposed Pines transfer station update
Our most recent earlier entry on the Pines transfer station in NW Indiana was posted Oct. 12 and reported that...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, December 19, 2006
Monday, December 18, 2006
Environment - Wood-fired boilers; Great Lakes firing range plan
Wood-fired boilers. Wood-fired boilers, a topic on which the ILB has posted entries once or twice before, is (are?) the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, December 18, 2006
Wednesday, December 13, 2006
Environment - Dredging Grand Cal; EPA Libraries
Dredging Grand Cal . "HAMMOND | Separate streams of governmental attention are finally coming together to clean the Grand Calumet...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, December 13, 2006
Friday, December 08, 2006
Ind. Decisions - More on yesterday's CAFO opinion
The Muncie Star-Press reports today on yesterday's Court of Appeals opinion in Elizabeth Thomas v. Oolman Dairy , which was...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, December 08, 2006
Tuesday, December 05, 2006
Environment - More on: Astonishing report about U.S. EPA trashing its library collection
Updating this ILB entry from Nov. 21st, GovExec.com reports that:Four Democratic representatives likely to lead key oversight committees next year...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, December 05, 2006
Monday, December 04, 2006
Law - "The Supreme Court Oral Argument in the Global Warming Case Reveals What's Wrong with the Standing Doctrine" [Updated]
Michael C. Dorf, the Isidore & Seville Sulzbacher Professor of Law at Columbia University, has an interesting article on Findlaw.com's...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, December 04, 2006
Thursday, November 30, 2006
Law - More on global warming, federal preemption issues
Following up on this entry from last weekend ("Another important oral argument before the Supreme Court next week") on global...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, November 30, 2006
Monday, November 27, 2006
Environment - Some stories today, on mercury, DNR and ballast water
"Federal mercury limits lax, some say" is a story by James Bruggers of the Louisville Courier-Journal. Some quotes:Twenty-two states --...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, November 27, 2006
Saturday, November 25, 2006
Law - Another important oral argument before the Supreme Court next week
David G. Savage of the LA Times writes:WASHINGTON — The polar icecaps are melting, summers growing hotter and hurricanes becoming...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, November 25, 2006
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
Environment - Astonishing report about U.S. EPA trashing its library collection
A news release from the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility begins:EPA IS HASTILY DISPOSING OF ITS LIBRARY COLLECTIONS — Orders...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, November 21, 2006
Friday, November 17, 2006
Environment - "Factory farms are harmful to the public and the environment, researchers report"
A story today by Marla Cone of the LA Times reports:Growing so large that they are now called factory farms,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, November 17, 2006
Thursday, November 16, 2006
Environment - U.S. EPA Enforcement Highlights
From a U.S. EPA press release:CHICAGO, Nov. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 today announced that its...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, November 16, 2006
Environment - "Mittal eyes sludge disposal"
"Mittal eyes sludge disposal: 1.1 million tons of sludge dumped on ground during past 20-plus years" is the headline to...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, November 16, 2006
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
Ind. Gov't. - "Guns in state parks rule gets first public hearing"
In September the Indiana DNR chief adopted an "emergency" rule lifting the ban on handguns in state parks. For background...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, November 15, 2006
Monday, November 13, 2006
Environment - IDEM Enforcement head resigns
Matt Klein, appointed IDEM's head of enforcement and compliance in the Daniels administration, has resigned effective December 1st....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, November 13, 2006
Sunday, November 12, 2006
Environment - Coal is big
"Committed to Coal, and in a Hurry, Too" was the headline to this story in the Nov. 7th NY Times....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, November 12, 2006
Sunday, November 05, 2006
Ind. Law - More on: Communities seek to regulate outdoor wood-fired boilers
Adding to numerous earlier entries on outdoor wood-fired boilers or furnaces, inlcuding this partial ILB list, are two recent stories...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, November 05, 2006
Thursday, November 02, 2006
Environment - "As Investors Covet Ethanol, Farmers Resist "
A fascinating front-page story in the NY Times today, headed "As Investors Covet Ethanol, Farmers Resist." Here is how it...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, November 02, 2006
Sunday, October 22, 2006
Environment - Two hazardous waste sites focus of stories in Sunday papers
Major stories today on the Feddeler landfill in Northwest Indiana and on the Hassan site in Fort Wayne. Feddeler landfill....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, October 22, 2006
Thursday, October 12, 2006
Environment - More on NW Indiana environmental issues
Updating yesterday's ILB entry on the Pine transfer station and Feddeler landfill: Pines transfer station. The Chesterton Tribune has a...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, October 12, 2006
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Environment - Several NW Indiana environmental issues in the news
The first is Feddeler landfill. Here are some of the stories from the Munster (NW Indiana) Times:Oct. 11, 2006. State...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Sunday, October 08, 2006
Environment - Feddeler landfill threat; outdoor wood-burning furnaces
Two stories this weekend, neither very reassuring for varying reasons. Feddeler Landfill. Sharlonda L. Waterhouse of the Gary Post-Tribune reported...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, October 08, 2006
Environment - Stories on DNR Strip Mining, Dust Control for Farmers, and CSO Consent Decree Signed by Indianapolis [Updated - already]
DNR Strip Mining. Don Jordan, Hoosier Times Indiana Outdoors columnist, writes today:Much to the consternation and outrage of Indiana's hunters...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, October 08, 2006
Saturday, October 07, 2006
Environment - More on: "What's next? Strip mining in state parks?"
Updating this ILB entry from Oct. 2nd, the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette has an editorial today titled "Protecting public land":...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, October 07, 2006
Monday, October 02, 2006
Environment - "Waterfront Development Tests New Jersey’s Handling of Toxic Dumps"
A fascinating story about disputed cleanup levels for hexavalent chromium at a site across the Hudson from Manhattan, by Laura...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, October 02, 2006
Ind. Gov't. - More on: "DNR should stop its practice of manufacturing controversies"
What's next? Strip mining in state parks? Well, yes. See 10/2/06 AP story here and an 10/1/06 Evansville Courier& Press...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, October 02, 2006
Wednesday, September 27, 2006
Ind. Law - "Emergency" rulemaking at the Department of Natural Resources
My thoughts. A properly promulgated administrative rule in Indiana has the force and effect of law. The law governing state...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, September 27, 2006
Saturday, September 23, 2006
Ind. Law - DNR lifts ban on handguns in state parks
Yesterday a number of Indiana papers reported that handguns will no longer be banned in state parks. Here is the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, September 23, 2006
Friday, September 22, 2006
Ind. Decisions - 7th Circuit acts on CWA case, post-Raponas
"U.S. Supreme Court wetlands decision today muddies waters" was the headline to an AP story June 20th about the Supreme...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, September 22, 2006
Thursday, September 21, 2006
Ind. Law - Communities seek to regulate outdoor wood-fired boilers
Updating this Sept. 11th ILB entry on municipalities taking up the ball on regulating wood-fired outdoor furnaces and boilers, Lauri...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, September 21, 2006
Environment - "Ban on New Forest Roads Upheld by Federal Judge"
Another west coast federal district court decision potentially impacting Indiana today. The LA Times reports, in a lengthy story by...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, September 21, 2006
Wednesday, September 20, 2006
Environment - Important decision impacting the Great Lakes
"Deadline set for ballast regulation: EPA must control ships' discharged water by 2008, U.S. judge rules" was the headline to...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, September 20, 2006
Tuesday, September 19, 2006
Law - Re the nominee to be administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs at the White House's OMB
Cindy Skrzycki, who writes the weekly The Regulators column for the Washington Post, writes today about the Bush nominee to...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, September 19, 2006
Ind. Gov't. - Harrison County's proposed countywide conservation easement program
Grace Schneider of the Louisville Courier Journal reports today:The Harrison County commissioners set aside an hour during their meeting last...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, September 19, 2006
Ind. Gov't. - State of Indiana sides with Duke in case against EPA
Platts News Service reported yesterday:Duke Energy, 10 states and two electric utility groups have filed briefs with the US Supreme...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, September 19, 2006
Ind. Decisions - General Motors granted summary judgment in PCB suit for damages and medical monitoring costs [Corrected]
Ed Feigenbaum of Indiana Daily Insight has this item today: In Allgood v. General Motors Corp., a case in U.S....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, September 19, 2006
Friday, September 15, 2006
Environment - "President of Wabash Environmental Technologies charged with environmental crimes"
Howard Greninger of the Terre Haute Tribune-Star has a long and detailed report today that begins:TERRE HAUTE — Derrik Hagerman,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, September 15, 2006
Ind. Decisions - OEA judge rules in favor of much-disputed Pines transfer station
Vicki Urbanik of the Chesterton Tribune, begins her otherwise excellent story today with a common error, calling an Office of...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, September 15, 2006
Tuesday, September 12, 2006
Environment - "Was Manure-to-Power Venture Just Bull?"
From the LA Times, a lengthy must-read story in this era of turning corn into gold, and pig manure into...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, September 12, 2006
Monday, September 11, 2006
Environment - Revised ordinance for outdoor wood boilers set for review
The ILB has had many entries on the state environmental agency's efforts to regulate outdoor wood-fired boilers. The effort stalled...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, September 11, 2006
Thursday, August 31, 2006
Enviroment - "Calif. Diverges from U.S. with Greenhouse Gas Cuts"
Interesting NPR story by Elizabeth Shogren this morning:Morning Edition, August 31, 2006 · Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and California's Democrat-controlled...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, August 31, 2006
Environment - 3rd Circuit Rules DuPont Can't Get Help From U.S. for Voluntary Cleanup
"3rd Circuit: DuPont Can't Get Help From U.S. for Voluntary Cleanup" is the headline to a story by Sharon P....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, August 31, 2006
Monday, August 28, 2006
Environment - Scant land forces creative thinking for new parks
The Chicago Tribune has an interesting story today by Noreen S. Ahmed-Ullah. Some quotes:Building parks once meant claiming meadows, digging...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, August 28, 2006
Environment - States sue other states for pollution. Could this happen here?
"Pollution in the Water, Lawsuits in the Air: With Damage to Ecosystem Jeopardizing Tourist Industry, Oklahoma Fights Back" is the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, August 28, 2006
Sunday, August 13, 2006
Environment - "Ohio, Michigan megafarms spur clashes over air, water pollution" [Updated]
The Toledo Blade publishes a very long and comprehesive story today about mega-dairy farms, reported by Tom Henry, and it...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, August 13, 2006
Environment - "Local activists starting to fill void left by Dustins"
"The new ENVIRONMENTALISTS: Local activists starting to fill void left by Dustins" is the headline to an editorial by Stacey...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, August 13, 2006
Thursday, August 10, 2006
Environment - News from NW Indiana
The state water pollution control board meet in Portage yesterday. The Munster (NW Indiana) Times has two reports, both frm...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, August 10, 2006
Wednesday, August 09, 2006
Environment - Star writes: State regulators need to resolve violations at an Eastside coke plant.
From an editorial today in the Indianapolis Star:One deadline after another has passed, and state environmental regulators still haven't issued...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, August 09, 2006
Monday, August 07, 2006
Environment - Evansville seeks to regulate outdoor wood-fired boilers
The Evansville Courier& Press has a story today by Bryon Rohrig that reports:Although discussion and likely passage of a ban...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, August 07, 2006
Sunday, August 06, 2006
Ind. Law - "Who should pay price for meth messes?"
"Who should pay price for meth messes? Proposed law makes property owners responsible for cleanup cost." That is the headline...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, August 06, 2006
Wednesday, August 02, 2006
Courts - Cincinnati proposes full-time county housing court to eliminate lead hazards
The Cincinnati Enquirer reports today:The chairman of the city's health committee Tuesday proposed that the city help create a full-time...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, August 02, 2006
Friday, July 28, 2006
Environment - US EPA accuses local woman of failing to disclose possible lead-paint hazards to tenants and buyers
A story in the Indianapolis Star today by Tammy Webber reports:The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has accused a Hamilton County...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, July 28, 2006
Sunday, July 23, 2006
Environment - A special report on the Fernald uranium foundry cleanup
"Final chapter for Fernald: Uranium plant goes from A-bomb cog to toxic site, and now to nature park" is the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, July 23, 2006
Tuesday, July 04, 2006
Environment - "Tapping the Latent Power in What's Left Around the Barnyard "
On the front page of the Business section of today's NY Times is this story, headlined "Tapping the Latent Power...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, July 04, 2006
Sunday, July 02, 2006
Environment - Honda plans the Greensburg plant to "have the smallest environmental footprint of any Honda auto plant in North America"
This encouraging news from the June 28 Honda press release announcing the new automobile manufacturing plant in Greensburg, Indiana:Honda will...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, July 02, 2006
Friday, June 30, 2006
Ind. Courts - Office of Environmental Adjudication moving
Mary L. Davidsen, Director and Chief Environmental Law Judge of the Indiana Office of Environmental Adjudication, writes to say the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, June 30, 2006
Wednesday, June 28, 2006
Environment - Indiana's new status as Mecca for massive livestock operations
North Judson attorney Marty Lucas of Bigeastern.com had an excellent entry yesterday on "Indiana's new status as Mecca for massive...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, June 28, 2006
Tuesday, June 20, 2006
Environment - More on yesterday's wetlands decision
Here are some quotes from Linda Greenhouse's front-page coverage in today's NY Times:The Supreme Court on Monday came close to...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, June 20, 2006
Monday, June 19, 2006
Environment - U.S. Supreme Court wetlands decision today muddies waters
The Supreme Court ruled today in favor of John Rapanos, in Rapanos v. U.S., by a vote of 5-4. Rapanos'...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, June 19, 2006
Enviroment - Stories today
New blog. James Bruggers, environmental reporter for the Louisville Courier Journal, whose stories have been cited frequently by the ILB,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, June 19, 2006
Sunday, June 11, 2006
Environment - Mt. Rumpke under a cloud
"Mt. Rumpke under a cloud: Landfill family expects opposition to growth" is the headline to a lengthy story today in...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, June 11, 2006
Saturday, June 10, 2006
Environment - New Albany sewers investigated
"New Albany sewers investigated: Alleged sabotage, finances looked at" is the headline to a story today in the Louisville Courier...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, June 10, 2006
Thursday, June 08, 2006
Environment - There are limits to the reach of the information superhighway
The Indianapolis Star had a front-page story yesterday by Tammy Webber headlined "Fish warnings fail to hook those most at...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, June 08, 2006
Tuesday, June 06, 2006
Environment - Several water stories of interest
James Bruggers of the Louisville Courier Journal reports:Southern Appalachian streams are among the most stressed in the nation, according to...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, June 06, 2006
Sunday, June 04, 2006
Environment - Wetlands project holds open house
The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette reports today, in a story by Sarah A. Melsch:A year ago, Eagle Marsh was farmland,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, June 04, 2006
Saturday, June 03, 2006
Ind. Gov't. - Still more on: Dunes Inn idea is a bust - no bids received
The Chesterton Tribune's Vicki Urbanik had a story Friday reporting the Save the Dunes' rebuttal to the following statements by...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, June 03, 2006
Environment - Still more on: Gravel pits in the news in Martinsville and Carmel
Updating these ILB entries from April 27th and April 29th, the Indianapolis Star reports today:Noblesville -- A rejected attempt by...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, June 03, 2006
Friday, June 02, 2006
Ind. Gov't. - More on: Dunes Inn idea is a bust - no bids received
Updating yesterday's ILB entry are these items today. The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette has this editorial, titled "Dunes inn doomed:"The...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, June 02, 2006
Thursday, June 01, 2006
Ind. Decisions - More on: Appeals court rules for medical waste plant
Updating this ILB entry from May 20, 2006, Andy Grimm of the Gary Post-Tribune reports today:The state Supreme Court will...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, June 01, 2006
Friday, May 19, 2006
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues two today
In the Matter of Adoption of C.E.N. - adoption, affirmed In IDEM and Midwest Medical Solutions v. Lake Co. Solid...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, May 19, 2006
Wednesday, May 17, 2006
Law - "Justices to Hear Environmental Appeal on EPA Emissions Rule"
"Justices to Hear Environmental Appeal on EPA Emissions Rule" was the headline to a story yesterday in the Washington Post...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, May 17, 2006
Tuesday, May 16, 2006
Environment - "Corn-as-fuel may help farmers, cost consumers"
The Indianapolis Star business writer, John Ketzenberger, provides an economics lesson today in his column, headed "Corn-as-fuel may help farmers,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, May 16, 2006
Monday, May 15, 2006
Law - Two significant U.S. Supreme Court decisions today; important air review granted
Two cases out of Ohio, DaimlerChrysler Corp. v. Cuno, 04-1704, and Wilkins v. Cuno, 04-1724, involved the issue of the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, May 15, 2006
Environment - Too many unanswered questions about Dunes lodge; Environmental Impact Statement
Tne Indianapolis Star today has a front-page story by Jason Thomas about the state's plan to lease part of the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, May 15, 2006
Friday, May 12, 2006
Environment - "Septic Tanks Hold Surprises, Some Odious, for New Exurbanites"
The Washington Post yesterday had a lengthy and useful report yesterday, giving the scoop on septic tanks, complete with graphics....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, May 12, 2006
Environment - Saving Kentucky's historic tobacco barns
See this story today, with a great photo, in the Louisville Courier Journal. The Washington Post ran a long feature...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, May 12, 2006
Tuesday, May 02, 2006
Enviroment - "Beverly Shores couple challenges state hunter harassment law"
On Oct. 14, 2005 the Munster (NW Indiana) Times ran a story by Bob Kasarda (see ILB entry here, 2nd...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, May 02, 2006
Saturday, April 29, 2006
Environment - More on: Gravel pits in the news in Martinsville and Carmel [Updated]
Updating this ILB entry from Thursday on gravel pit issues in Martinsville and Carmel, the Indianapolis Star reports on the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, April 29, 2006
Friday, April 28, 2006
Environment - "State EPA chief questioned in grand jury landfill probe"
Illinois... This story is from the Chicago Tribune. Some quotes: Gov. Rod Blagojevich's environmental chief has been questioned before a...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, April 28, 2006
Thursday, April 27, 2006
Environment - "The D.C. Circuit gives environmental regulators a refresher course in the law -- again"
From an editorial today in the Washington Post headlined "The D.C. Circuit gives environmental regulators a refresher course in the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, April 27, 2006
Environment - Gravel pits in the news in Martinsville and Carmel [Updated]
Martinsville. The Martinsville Reporter-Times reports that "Neighbors get to state their case against gravel pit." Aaron Blevins writes:WAVERLY. The Indiana...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, April 27, 2006
Friday, April 21, 2006
Environment - ProLiquids bankruptcy hearing continued
"ProLiquids bankruptcy hearing continued: IDEM notifies firm it will likely face legal enforcement action" is the headline to this story...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, April 21, 2006
Thursday, April 20, 2006
Environment - First EPA chief urges action to reduce greenhouse gases
The AP is reporting:BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) -- William Ruckleshaus, the first head of the Environmental Protection Agency, says it's time...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, April 20, 2006
Wednesday, April 19, 2006
Ind. Gov't. - More on: Move IDEM lawyers to AG's office?
Updating this March 24th ILB entry, titled "Move IDEM lawyers to AG's office?", the new issue of the Indiana Lawyer,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, April 19, 2006
Friday, April 14, 2006
Environment - State CAFO strategy questioned
"CAFOs dominate rural strategy session" is the headline to a story by Seth Slabaugh in the Muncie Star-Press. Some quotes:WINCHESTER...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, April 14, 2006
Tuesday, April 11, 2006
Environment - Largest ethanol refinery east of the Mississippi?
"Largest ethanol refinery east of the Mississippi? Dunkirk might land an ethanol plant equal to one being called the biggest...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, April 11, 2006
Monday, April 10, 2006
Environment - 30% of water in state streams is too dirty to fish and/or swim in waterways on list tripled since '02
The Indianapolis Star today has a lengthy, front-page story by Tammy Webber headlined "Troubled Waters." It begins:Almost 1,600 Indiana streams...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, April 10, 2006
Ind. Gov't. - DNR head featured
"Natural Resources director off to flying startchief tackling tough issues" is the headline to a story by Lesley Stedman Weidenbener...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, April 10, 2006
Saturday, April 08, 2006
Environment - US EPA fines Reilly $88,468
"EPA fines Reilly $88,468: Officials not told right away about chemical releases" is the headline to a story today in...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, April 08, 2006
Thursday, April 06, 2006
Environment - First EPA head Bill Ruckelshaus to speak at IU Bloomington
IU-Bloomington has this release today, reading in part:BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- William Ruckelshaus, the first head of the Environmental Protection Agency,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, April 06, 2006
Environment - "Six swine CAFO permits sought"
"Six swine CAFO permits sought: 'We're facing an onslaught,' a Randolph County CAFO opponent says" is the headline to a...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, April 06, 2006
Wednesday, April 05, 2006
Environment - US EPA Region V Administrator Skinner resigns
Chicago Business reports:(Crain’s) — Thomas V. Skinner, regional administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Region V office in Chicago...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, April 05, 2006
Ind. Law - Madison County officials can’t talk about Mallard Lake landfill
An interesting story by Stephen Dick in the Anderson Herald Bulletin today. Some quotes:When the Madison County commissioners took a...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, April 05, 2006
Tuesday, April 04, 2006
Environment - work on the Williamsburg Natural Pork Production operation will begin
The Richmond Palladium-Item reports: Dirt will start moving later this month at Centerville and Randolph County Line roads near Williamsburg...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, April 04, 2006
Monday, April 03, 2006
Environment - Group appealing IDEM permit
The Monticello Herald Journal's Doug Howard reports:Over a hundred people crammed into a corner of the Monticello-Union Township Public Library...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, April 03, 2006
Sunday, April 02, 2006
Law - How paint companies lost a multi-billion dollar lead paint suit
This Feb. 24 ILB entry included this quote from the AP:Three former makers of lead paint are liable for a...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, April 02, 2006
Wednesday, March 29, 2006
Environment - "How Environmentalists Lost the Battle Over TCE"
"How Environmentalists Lost the Battle Over TCE" is the headline to a lengthy story today in the LA Times. The...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, March 29, 2006
Tuesday, March 28, 2006
Environment - Editorial on proposed "Wells mega-farm"
The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette has a good, balenced editorial today on a proposed "Wells mega-farm." To see the NPDES...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, March 28, 2006
Environment - Kentucky partners fined $70,000 in wetlands banl case
The Louisville Courier Journal reports today, in a story by James Bruggers:Two partners who failed to restore Nelson County farmland...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, March 28, 2006
Friday, March 24, 2006
Ind. Gov't. - Move IDEM lawyers to AG's office?
Indiana Legislative Insight's hot-off-the-press new issue (subscription only, quoted with permission) reports that the AG has entered into a three-month...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, March 24, 2006
Friday, March 17, 2006
Environment - DC Circuit issues important Clean Air ruling today [Updated]
State of New York et al v. EPA (DC Cir., 3/17/06) Here is the AP report. Some quotes: ALBANY, N.Y....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, March 17, 2006
Saturday, March 11, 2006
Environment - Weakening the Toxics Release Inventory program
Yesterday's NY Times had an op-ed piece headed "A Dark Cloud Over Disclosure." Some quotes:President Bush and the Environmental Protection...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, March 11, 2006
Thursday, March 09, 2006
Environment - Ten-year moratorium on new hog farms in North Carolina will end soon, with no viable solution in sight
The Raleigh North Carolina News & Observer reports today, in a story headlined "Farmers seek state help on hog waste":North...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, March 09, 2006
Environment/Econ. Dev. - State's Pilot Shovel-Ready Program now in place
According to the new program's page on the Indiana Finance Authority website:The Pilot Shovel Ready Program is a new state...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, March 09, 2006
Wednesday, March 08, 2006
Environment - Community fights proposed dairy farm; Mount Rumpke would double under proposed expansion
WNDU-TV, South Bend, has a report headed "Community still fighting proposed dairy farm." It begins:Lakeville, IN - A proposed dairy...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, March 08, 2006
Environment - Even more on proposed Pines transfer station
Following up on yesterday's ILB entry, here is a story in today's Gary Post-Tribune, by Diane Krieger Spivak, headlined "Garbage...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, March 08, 2006
Tuesday, March 07, 2006
Environment - More on proposed Pines transfer station
The Munster (NW Indiana) Times reports today, in a story by Matthew Van Dusen:Lawyers for communities opposed to a waste...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, March 07, 2006
Saturday, March 04, 2006
Environment - More on: "Dairy CAFO wins case against BZA"
"Blackford board wrong to deny dairy farm hearing" is the headline to this AP story today in the Fort Wayne...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, March 04, 2006
Friday, March 03, 2006
Environment - "Dairy CAFO wins case against BZA"
"Dairy CAFO wins case against BZA" is the headline to a story by Seth Slabuagh in today's Muncie Star-Press. Some...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, March 03, 2006
Thursday, March 02, 2006
Environment - EPA Proposes Allowing Ethanol Plants to Emit More Pollution
An AP story today, headlined "EPA Proposes Allowing Ethanol Plants to Emit More Pollution," reports:WASHINGTON — In an attempt to...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, March 02, 2006
Wednesday, March 01, 2006
Environment - Stories today on CAFOs, tire fire, gravel pit protest
CAFOs. The South Bend Tribune has a story today by James Wensits headed "Dairy permits threatened: County Council could enter...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, March 01, 2006
Tuesday, February 28, 2006
Environment - More on "De Groot faces charges over construction"
Updating Saturday's ILB entry (2/25/06), the Huntington Herald-Press reports today, in a story by Beth Shindle:The Polk Township dairy farmer...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, February 28, 2006
Environment - "Pork producer challenges environmental law"
"Pork producer challenges environmental law" is the headline to a story today by Seth Slabaugh in the Muncie Star-Press. Some...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, February 28, 2006
Ind. Law - Senate rejects efforts to amend eminent domain bill
Lesley Stedman Weidenbener reports today in the Louisville Courier Journal that:The Indiana Senate yesterday rejected two efforts to limit the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, February 28, 2006
Ind. Law - House rejects effort to strip DNR of authority over deer farms
A report today in the Louisville Courier Journal:The Indiana House defeated a bill yesterday that would have stripped the Department...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, February 28, 2006
Sunday, February 26, 2006
Environment - Selling off parts of national forest in Indidna and Kentucky
The federal plan to sell off parts of the national forest, last written about in the ILB on Friday, is...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, February 26, 2006
Saturday, February 25, 2006
Ind. Law - Several interesting zoning stories this week
"Property rights versus farmland protection at issue in Porter County rezoning" was the heading to an ILB entry dated Dec....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, February 25, 2006
Environment - "Company suing to open medical waste facility"
"Company suing to open medical waste facility" is the headline today to a story in the Gary Post-Tribune. For background...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, February 25, 2006
Environment - "De Groot faces charges over construction"
A story in the Huntington County Herald-Press, by Judy Fitzmaurice, reports:A Polk Township farmer who has sparred with state regulators...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, February 25, 2006
Friday, February 24, 2006
Environment - Hoosier National Forest; Lead Paint
National Forest. The Indianapolis Star today has an editorial today headlined "Forest land selloff isn't a smart deal." Some quotes:Even...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, February 24, 2006
Thursday, February 23, 2006
Environment - Heavily industrialized areas in Marion and Lake counties pose higher cancer risk
A front-page story in the Indianapolis Star today, by Tammy Webber and Mark Nichols, reports the results of a new...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, February 23, 2006
Tuesday, February 21, 2006
Environment - Two stories about tire processing facilities today
A press release issued by Indiana Attorney General Steve Carter this afternnon reports:Muncie -- Criminal pleas have been entered in...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, February 21, 2006
Ind. Law - "Garton targets fenced-hunting bill "
"Garton targets fenced-hunting bill: Senate leader wants issue settled in court" is the headline to a story today in the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, February 21, 2006
Monday, February 20, 2006
Environment - Class-action toxic tort lawsuit filed against Alcoa in Warrick Circuit Court
"Ex-miner sues Alcoa over waste: Blames exposure for health problem" is the headline to a long story today by Mark...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, February 20, 2006
Environment - More on Pines Transfer Station
The Munster (NW Indiana) Times reports today, in a story by Brian Williams:Start of construction on a waste transfer station...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, February 20, 2006
Environment - Clean Water Act at issue in U.S. Supreme Court oral arguments
More than half of the nation's streams and wetlands could be removed from the protections of the federal Clean Water...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, February 20, 2006
Sunday, February 19, 2006
Environment - "Groups oppose timber sale"
The Louisville Courier Journal has an extended version of an AP story today on a plan for logging in the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, February 19, 2006
Thursday, February 16, 2006
Environment - Ethanol plant granted air permit in Clymers, Indiana [More]
The Indianapolis Star has a brief item today on its website reporting:The Andersons, an agribusiness based in Maumee, Ohio, says...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, February 16, 2006
Tuesday, February 14, 2006
Ind. Gov't. - Canned deer hunting bill stymied, at least for now
Niki Kelly of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette reports today:Senate President Pro Tem Robert Garton, R-Columbus, sent the bill to...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, February 14, 2006
Monday, February 13, 2006
Ind. Law - Even more on Canned deer hunting preserves
Thanks to TDW, we can update Sunday's ILB entry on canned hunting with a link to a South Bend Tribune...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, February 13, 2006
Friday, February 10, 2006
Environment - Stories today re IDEM on: CAFOS; Benzene
CAFOS. The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette has an editorial today on IDEM enforcement of CAFO regulations. Some quotes:Daniels’ appointee responsible...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, February 10, 2006
Thursday, February 09, 2006
Environment - Ethanol: The last word
This is the best article I've seen on ethanol, from Tuesday's NYTimes Science Section. Don't miss the graphic: "What it...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, February 09, 2006
Environment - Batesville has problems with outdoor wood-fired boilers
If I read this story correctly, no one in Batesville has heard of IDEM's proposed ordinance to consider regulation of...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, February 09, 2006
Tuesday, February 07, 2006
Environment - More on: IDEM: No enforcement on CAFOs for next 3 years
Last Thursday the ILB posted this entry, quoting from the Brownfield Network (America's Ag News Source) that in turn quoted...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, February 07, 2006
Monday, February 06, 2006
Environment - How Clean is Clean in New Jersey?
"Finding the Bottom of a Polluted Field" is the headline to fascinating and very long story in the Sunday NY...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, February 06, 2006
Friday, February 03, 2006
Environment - Gary Post-Trib has another good wood-fired boilers story
Tim Zorn of the Gary Post-Tribune has good coverage again today of the wood-fired boilers issue. His comprehensive Jan. 22nd...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, February 03, 2006
Thursday, February 02, 2006
Environment - IDEM: No enforcement on CAFOs for next 3 years
The Brownfield Network (America's Ag News Source) reports today:What a difference a year makes. Last year at this time, the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, February 02, 2006
Environment - More on: EPA Deal Eases Fines for Farms That Pollute; What this Means for Indiana
The Muncie Star-Press, in a story by Seth Slabaugh, reports today on the EPA agreement with the first three Indiana...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, February 02, 2006
Environment - Louisville coalition wants to halt program to regulate toxic air
The Louisville Courier Journal reports today:Nineteen Louisville companies, unions and trade associations announced yesterday that they have joined forces in...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, February 02, 2006
Wednesday, February 01, 2006
Ind. Law - Canned deer hunting preserves would continue under House amendments
Existing high-fence deer hunting preserves would be allowed to continue operations under amendments to HB 1349 passed in the House...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, February 01, 2006
Tuesday, January 31, 2006
Environment - House amendment would prohibit regulation of wood-fired boilers
A press release of State Representative Eric Koch, dated yesterday, announced:(STATEHOUSE) Jan. 30, 2006 – An amendment by State Representative...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, January 31, 2006
Environment - Deal Eases Fines for Farms That Pollute; What this Means for Indiana
An AP story in the NY Times yesterday reported:WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 (AP) — The Bush administration will exempt thousands of...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, January 31, 2006
Sunday, January 29, 2006
Environment - More on "Too many unanswered questions about Dunes lodge; Environmental Impact Statement"
The Chesterton Tribune Friday carried a letter from noted Indiana environmentalist Charlotte Read on DNR's plan for the Indiana Dunes...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, January 29, 2006
Environment - Group tackles runoff at Lake Wawasee; Much more on Confined Feeding
"Group tackles runoff at Lake Wawasee" is the headline to this story today by Kara Hull in the Fort Wayne...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, January 29, 2006
Friday, January 27, 2006
Environment - Ash borers and septic systems in news
The Muncie Star-Press has a report today headlined "Ash borer burden shifted to homeowners" by Seth Slabaugh. Some quotes:In November,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, January 27, 2006
Wednesday, January 25, 2006
Environment - Too many unanswered questions about Dunes lodge; Environmental Impact Statement
The Gary Post-Tribune carried a story yesterday (no longer available online) headlined "Too many unanswered questions about Dunes lodge." Some...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, January 25, 2006
Sunday, January 22, 2006
Enviroment - Wood-fueled boilers stoke pollution debate
"Wood-fueled boilers stoke pollution debate" is the headline to a comprehensive story today by Tim Zorn in the Gary Post-Tribune....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, January 22, 2006
Friday, January 20, 2006
Ind. Law - Canned hunting draws fire in Fort Wayne editorial
The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette contains this editorial today. A quote:An Indiana House committee and a North Manchester lawmaker demonstrated...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, January 20, 2006
Thursday, January 19, 2006
Environment - Ex-EPA Chiefs Blame Bush in Global Warming
The Washington Post is reporting today:WASHINGTON -- Six former heads of the Environmental Protection Agency _ five Republicans and one...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, January 19, 2006
Wednesday, January 18, 2006
Environment - More on the Pines transfer station
The Michigan City News-Dispatch is reporting, in a story headlined "City Council supports appeal against IDEM":Michigan City might assist Pines...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, January 18, 2006
Ind. Gov't. Bill to spare high-fence hunting sure to draw fire [Updated]
Will Higgins of the Indianapolis Star writes today:The controversial practice of hunting deer in high-fence preserves, set to be banned...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, January 18, 2006
Tuesday, January 17, 2006
Ind. Gov't. - Canned hunts win new allies: Bill would overturn DNR director’s ban
"Canned hunts win new allies: Bill would overturn DNR director’s ban" is the headline to a story by outdoors editor...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, January 17, 2006
Sunday, January 15, 2006
Environment - Contaminated INDOT property in Dyer remains the subject of apparent foot-dragging
"State official says gas station too expensive to clean up" was the heading to this ILB entry from Nov. 17,...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, January 15, 2006
Thursday, January 12, 2006
Environment - A Future Legal Battleground: Environmental Regulation
"A Future Legal Battleground: Environmental Regulation" was the subject of a story today on NPR's Morning Edition. The focus was...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, January 12, 2006
Environment - Administrative hearing on Pines transfer station set for Jan. 19th
"Lawyers to argue for stay against waste station" is the headline to a story today in the Munster (NW Indiana)...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Thursday, January 12, 2006
Wednesday, January 11, 2006
Environment - What you need to know for recycling electronics in Indiana
Via a press release today from e.Scrap:Today, the Indiana Recycling Coalition (IRC) announces the kick-off of a statewide campaign to...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, January 11, 2006
Tuesday, January 10, 2006
Environment - A number of environmental stories today
Hazardous release. "Settlements in styrene leak top $2 million: Claims continue to be negotiated as trial looms" is the headline...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, January 10, 2006
Monday, January 09, 2006
Environment - More on wood-burning outdoor boilers
The ILB's first entry on outdoor wood-fired boilers, dated Dec. 5th, quoted from this comprehensive story in the South Bend...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, January 09, 2006
Environment - "Cleaning up brownfields is a good real estate investment"
"Cleaning up brownfields is a good real estate investment" is the title to an editorial today in the Munster (NW...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, January 09, 2006
Friday, January 06, 2006
Environment - LaPorte County joins Pines transfer station appeal; IDEM may close NW Indiana office; More on wood boilers
Pine transfer station. The Michigan City News-Dispatch and the Chesterton Tribune report that LaPorte County will join the appeal. From...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, January 06, 2006
Tuesday, January 03, 2006
Environment - Toxic release inventory under fire, still
Cindy Skrzycki's Washington Post column, The Regulators, reports today:Opposition is growing to a Bush administration plan to change the reporting...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, January 03, 2006
Monday, January 02, 2006
Ind. Law - More on IDEM's request for comments on whether and how to regulate outdoor wood-fired boiler
Updating the ILB entry from Dec. 29th, here is some background on the origin of IDEM's request for comments on...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, January 02, 2006
Saturday, December 31, 2005
Environment - Porter County birds; a different look at mountain-top mining; own your own natural gas well
Porter County Birds. This story by Diane Krieger Spivakwas was published by the Gary Post-Tribune Dec. 20th (see ILB entry...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, December 31, 2005
Tuesday, December 27, 2005
Environment - Sparks fly over outdoor wood-burning furnaces
"Sparks fly over wood-burners" was the headline to this comprehensive story by Mike Lewis in the Dec. 26th Bedford Times-Mail....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, December 27, 2005
Saturday, December 24, 2005
Environment - Hammond Superfund cleanup; Marshall County hogs
"Hammond Superfund cleanup nearly done" is the headline to this story today in the Munster (NW Indiana) Times. Some quotes:...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, December 24, 2005
Tuesday, December 20, 2005
Environment - Harrison County farmland program; Porter County birds
Grace Schneider of the Louisville Courier Journal reports:The Harrison County commissioners postponed action last night on an ordinance that would...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, December 20, 2005
Law - The Office of Management and Budget wants to give agencies guidance on their guidance.
The Washington Post column, The Regulators, by Cindy Skrzycki, has an interesting story today headlined "The Office of Management and...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, December 20, 2005
Monday, December 19, 2005
Environment - Grand Calumet cleanup; CAFOs in rural counties
Grand Cal. The Munster (NW Indiana) Times reports today:HAMMOND | Separate streams of governmental attention are finally coming together to...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, December 19, 2005
Environment - The impact of mountaintop mining in Kentucky
The ILB has had numerous entries on the issue of moutaintop mining in the past. Today the Louisville Courier Journal...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, December 19, 2005
Sunday, December 18, 2005
Environment - New industrial park in Kentucky wins round in court
"New industrial park wins round in court" is the headline to this story by James Bruggers in the Louisville Courier...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, December 18, 2005
Wednesday, December 14, 2005
Environment - Northwest ethanol smell still lingers
"Northwest ethanol smell still lingers" is the headline to a story today in the South Bend Tribune. Some quotes:The smell...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, December 14, 2005
Tuesday, December 13, 2005
Environment - Residents oppose hog farm: It's near an area used by sandhill cranes
"Residents oppose hog farm: It's near an area used by sandhill cranes" is the headline to this story today in...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, December 13, 2005
Environment - Great Lakes overhaul plan approved; diversion plan also up for signature
The Chicago Sun-Times reports today:Although he pledged no funding for a new Great Lakes restoration plan, President Bush's environment chief...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, December 13, 2005
Monday, December 12, 2005
Environment - Two more Indiana papers pick up corn-fired boiler story
Two more papers, the Louisville Courier Journal and the Evansville Courier& Press have picked up (here and here) the syndicated...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, December 12, 2005
Sunday, December 11, 2005
Environment - Chicago Tribune reports on the "Toxic risk on your plate"
The headline: "Toxic risk on your plate: Seafood for sale in area stores is contaminated with mercury, Tribune testing shows....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, December 11, 2005
Saturday, December 10, 2005
Environment - Pros and cons of wood-fired (or corn-fired) outdoor boilers [Updated]
Monday the South Bend Tribune had a story titled "Wood-burning outdoor boiler catching heat: Citing health, environmental concerns, neighbors object...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, December 10, 2005
Friday, December 09, 2005
Environment - Biodiesel plant, ducks unlimited
Biodiesel. The Gary Post-Tribune reports today:HAMMOND | The city is leading the fight against air pollution and dependency on foreign...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, December 09, 2005
Environment - More on: Ethanol plant earns Wells limited backing
Updating this ILB entry from Wednesday titled "Ethanol plant earns Wells limited backing," the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette has an...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, December 09, 2005
Wednesday, December 07, 2005
Environment - Federal judge in Michigan halts plans for Mason Tract drilling
"Federal judge halts plans for Mason Tract drilling" is the headline to this story this afternoon on the Detroit Free-Press...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, December 07, 2005
Environment - State seeks EPA funds for clean land plan; Indiana Toll Road RFPs
Brownfields. "State seeks EPA funds for clean land plan" is the headline to a story today in the Gary Post-Tribune....Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, December 07, 2005
Environment - Ethanol plant earns Wells limited backing
"Ethanol plant earns Wells OK with tax backing" is the somewhat misleading headline to this story today by Rebecca Green...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, December 07, 2005
Environment - More on: Concern about proposed Jasper County CAFO bordering the Jasper/Pulaski Fish and Wildlife Area
The AP has picked up yesterday's Gary Post-Tribune story (see ILB entry here), and the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette has...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Wednesday, December 07, 2005
Tuesday, December 06, 2005
Environment - Concern about proposed Jasper County CAFO bordering the Jasper/Pulaski Fish and Wildlife Area
The Gary Post-Tribune reports today, in a lengthy story by Jon Seidel headlined "Hog farm ruffles haven in crane migration...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Tuesday, December 06, 2005
Monday, December 05, 2005
Environment - Wood-burning outdoor boiler catching heat
"Wood-burning outdoor boiler catching heat: Citing health, environmental concerns, neighbors object to resident's heat source" is the headline to this...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, December 05, 2005
Sunday, December 04, 2005
Environment - State of New York Brownfield Cleanup Program "badly flawed in execution"
"A Cleanup That's Easier Legislated Than Done" is the headline to the story today in the NY Times that could...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, December 04, 2005
Saturday, December 03, 2005
Environment - Interesting stories today, particularly as juxtaposed
"Report Accuses EPA of Slanting Analysis: Hill Researchers Say Agency Fixed Pollution Study to Favor Bush's 'Clear Skies'" is the...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Saturday, December 03, 2005
Monday, November 28, 2005
Environment - National Environmental Policy Act under siege
In a Christian Science Monitor long article today headlined "A tough look at a key environmental law: A congressional group...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Monday, November 28, 2005
Sunday, November 27, 2005
Environment - Kentucky gas/oil boom; Pines transfer station appeal
Kentucky oil and gas boom. "State's oil, gas boom spurring concerns: Critics push for tougher rules to protect people, environment"...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, November 27, 2005
Ind. Gov't. - A new look at Wayne County agricultural zoning
The Richmond Palladium-Item has a column today by Steve Higinbotham of Hagerstown, Wayne County Director of Development. He writes:Agriculture in...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Sunday, November 27, 2005
Friday, November 25, 2005
Environment - INDOT settles claims with U.S. EPA for illegally filling a wetland near Indianapolis International Airport
On 2/6/05 the ILB posted an entry citing an Indianapolis Star story by Tammy Webber. Some quotes from that story:The...Posted by Marcia Oddi on Friday, Novem