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Environment
Banks OK with 'clean energy financing districts'
March 12, 2011
Scott OlsonIndustry feared original bill would have put mortgage lenders at added risk.
MoreFeds call Indianapolis Power & Light coal-ash ponds 'high hazard'
March 12, 2011
Chris O'MalleyThe Environmental Protection Agency and the local utility are at odds over the condition of the ponds and the extent of remediation
that is necessary.
MoreRide along on a bike commute from Carmel to downtown Indy
March 5, 2011
Gabrielle Poshadlo
IBJ reporter Gabrielle Poshadlo follows Don Jarrels on his daily jaunt downtown. Bonus video: A
look inside Eli Lilly and Co.'s bike-to-work program.
Indiana experts weigh in on environmental issues
March 5, 2011
A panel discussion includes topics ranging from green power initiatives and hybrid cars to landfill policies and environmental
regulations.
MoreParks Foundation plans east-side farm for Gleaners
March 3, 2011
Kathleen McLaughlinThe Indianapolis Parks Foundation plans to use a $150,000 grant from Indiana University Health to start an organic farm on
the east side of the city benefiting Gleaners Food Bank.
MoreUPDATE: Lilly settles pollution suit for $337,500
February 24, 2011
Scott OlsonA complaint filed Wednesday by the U.S. government says Lilly's plant on South Harding Street is emitting high levels of acetonitrile
and methanol, considered hazardous air pollutants by the EPA.
MoreDegree in clean energy to be offered at IUPUI
February 19, 2011
IBJ StaffThe bachelor’s in energy engineering and technology is believed to be one of only a handful of such programs offered
around the country.
More'Clean energy financing districts' face tough sell at Statehouse
February 9, 2011
Chris O'MalleyDistricts would finance solar panels and other clean-energy projects through special tax levies on participating properties.
MoreBill would force owners of electric cars to pay fee
January 29, 2011
Chris O'MalleySpecial charge would help offset lost gas-tax revenue.
MoreU.S. says new rules would cut thousands of coal jobs
January 26, 2011
Associated PressThe Obama administration's own experts estimate their proposal for protecting streams from coal mining would eliminate
thousands of jobs and slash production across much of the country
MoreUniversal curbside recycling program looks iffy
January 15, 2011
Francesca JaroszFinding a way to cover the cost of expanding the program with revenue from sales of recycled goods such as aluminum, plastic
and glass has proved tough, even as commodities prices rise with the improving economy.
MoreBill would let Indiana pharmacies collect old meds
January 10, 2011
Associated PressA bill authored by Republican Rep. Kevin Mahan of Hartford City would revise state law so that pharmacies could accept unused
prescription drugs from customers and dispose of them securely and safely.
MorePurdue professor says ethanol consumption has its limits
January 8, 2011
IBJ StaffCurrent infrastructure for delivering the alternative fuel isn't adequate to use all that the federal government says must
be produced.
MoreNew law prohibits disposing of electronic gadgets in household trash
January 1, 2011
IBJ StaffMarion County residents should dispose of electronics at so-called "ToxDrop" locations.
MoreState's big polluters spewed less last year
December 27, 2010
IBJ StaffEPA data show an 18 percent decrease in toxic emissions among big manufacturers and electric utilities, but it's unclear to
what degree better practices—or the slow economy—had on declining levels.
MoreAbound Solar completes financing for Tipton plant
December 15, 2010
IBJ Staff and Bloomberg NewsCompany closes on a $400 million federal loan to help it take over the empty Getrag plant on U.S. 31 near Kokomo, where it
wants to hire as many as 1,000 workers. The plant was acquired for $25 million.
MoreIndiana resists call for renewable energy mandates
November 28, 2010
Associated PressThe state is one of only 14 nationwide without a renewable energy standard, according to the Pew Center of Global Climate
Change.
MoreEthanol's future clouded by potential loss of tax breaks
November 20, 2010
Chris O'MalleyThe fortunes of Indiana’s 12 ethanol plants, and the farmers and truckers who supply the corn to make the motor fuel
additive, hinge on two decisions facing Congress and federal regulators in the weeks ahead.
MoreCarp czar has huge task of fighting invasive fish
November 20, 2010
Marc D. AllanJohn Goss, a Hoosier who helped create the Great Lakes Compact to conserve water, is coordinating federal, state attack.
MorePRINCE: Why iPad could save investment firms money
November 20, 2010
Douglas PrinceThe device is projected to save Prince Group office at Stifel Nicolaus & Co. more than $3,000 in paper alone.
MoreIndiana environmental activists to push bipartisan agenda
November 15, 2010
Associated PressJesse Kharbanda, executive director of the Hoosier Environmental Council, said the new Legislature will make it more challenging
to sell environmental initiatives mainly because there are more than two dozen freshmen lawmakers he and others will have
to court.
MorePCBs a concern at bankrupt ESI Environmental plant
November 12, 2010
Chris O'MalleyThe EPA says 300,000 gallons of sludge at the firm's northwest-side site are suspected of containing carcinogenic PCBs. A
recent court ruling could expedite clean-up efforts.
MoreIndiana farmers expected to enjoy near-record income
November 11, 2010
Associated PressMany Indiana farmers who had been worrying about a late summer drought are now looking forward to some extra spending money
thanks to high grain prices.
MoreCity commission set to approve refinery plans
November 3, 2010
The Metropolitan Development Commission is expected Wednesday afternoon to approve Heritage-Crystal Clean Inc.'s plan to build
its first used oil re-refinery, on West 10th Street. The project is estimated to cost $40 million and should create 55 jobs
by 2013.
MoreState getting $25M to clean up old GM sites
October 20, 2010
IBJ Staff and Associated PressIndiana will benefit from a $25.2 million environmental trust established to clean up and redevelop eight former General Motors
plants throughout the state, officials said Wednesday.
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Laura-the festivals and tastings are free. What does is strengthen the sense of community with activities. What are those empty lots doing for the Village? it's sad you can't see the good that this progress can do for the area. No one is requiring anyone to shop there. I guess you'd rather see a Dollar store move in or no, we'd rather see the property stand empty b/c change is out of the question.
Read down to the part about Brizzi. Someone needs to subpoena his "purchases" of Red RockPictures and Cellstar and his corresponding bank records, I mean c'mon, I'd like to see his alcohol usage records, too. http://diana-vice.blogspot.com/2011_01_01_archive.html
Wonder if my neighborhood can advertise our "retention" pond and act like it is a beach too?
a new record at the '11 salebration until they realized that it was a futile effort to get their crapwagon moter and crapwagon car up speed. And then they just quietly slunk off into the night and never spoke of it again. Nothing to see here folks.
millions for putting a company's bumper sticker on one of its Lolas. But you gotta take what you can get.