Citizens Energy Group says it plans to hire a “vast majority” of the 180 workers at two local wastewater-treatment plants after Suez Water Indiana LLC loses its contract to manage the facilities.
Corn containing the Herculex trait isn’t controlling the western bean cutworm, six entomologists from Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, New York and Pennsylvania wrote in an " open letter to the seed industry" posted on the website of Purdue University.
A study from academic journal Bioscience said 600,000 to 900,000 bats are killed by wind turbines each year in the United States.
The measure pits two aggressive lobbies against each other: animal rights activists and the National Rifle Association.
The former CEO of Angie’s List Inc. has accepted an invitation to sit on the board of a startup launched by a former Angie’s List employee.
Democrat gubernatorial candidate John Gregg says there’s too much logging going on in Indiana state forests, while Republican opponent Eric Holcomb defends the state’s practices.
Farmers may be worried about the multibillion-dollar deals transforming the agriculture industry, but independent seed companies like Indiana-based Beck’s Hybrids see the consolidation as an opportunity.
County officials and the local 4-H group disagree over who should control a proposed $18 million project for a new county fairgrounds.
Tractor overturns remained the leading cause of fatal injuries on the state's farms.
Based on their records and campaign promises, neither of the major party candidates for governor seem likely to radically reshape Indiana’s energy policies.
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs plans to reveal renderings on Thursday for a national cemetery on the city’s north side that has spurred opposition from environmental groups.
Lawyers for a coalition of states and businesses reliant on fossil fuels, including Indiana, made their case Tuesday to a federal appeals court that President Barack Obama’s plan to curtail greenhouse gases is an unlawful power grab.
The utility says the move would allow it to keep burning coal at the Pike County plant and meet strict environmental regulations for sulfur dioxide and coal ash.
Sheridan Community Schools, a small district of about 1,000 students, expects to save millions of dollars in power costs over 20 years with the move.
The decisions Jeff Harrison makes affect 400,000 customers in central Indiana—when they turn on their kitchen faucets, flush their toilets, heat their homes with natural gas, or pay their utility bills.
It’ll be the third consecutive year in which most corn farmers will spend more than they’ll earn. A glut of corn has depressed prices to a decade-low. It’s a similar story for soybeans, the second most common Midwest crop.
The work will concentrate on a 1-acre Anderson site where officials say tests have found the carcinogenic solvent trichloroethylene, or TCE.
The Indiana Office of Utility Consumer Counselor is accepting written requests and comments on the gas rate increase until Sept. 21 and wastewater rate increase comments until Nov. 10.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday added an 18-acre contaminated groundwater site on the west side of Indianapolis to the National Priorities List of Superfund sites. The site has the potential to contaminate water for thousands of residents.
Indianapolis-based Vertellus Specialties Inc. is at odds with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over whether a proposed $454 million sale of the chemical company will provide adequate resources to address environmental cleanup needs.
