Citizens Energy Group pipelines pass internal review mandated by feds
Citizens has more than 120 miles of transmission pipe and hundreds of miles of gas service lines.
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Porous concrete gets big test
The new sidewalk and curb material is easing strain on storm sewers on Ohio Street.
Think hopes to boost sales through Indiana rebate
Electric car maker Think hopes to kick-start sluggish sales through a rebate program available only to Indiana residents.
Storms could dampen Indiana corn yields
The U.S. Department of Agriculture reports only 2 percent of Indiana's corn crop had been planted by last week, compared with a five-year average of 15 percent.
Settlement caps Citizens Energy customers’ deal fees
Ratepayers would pay no more than $14 million to cover charges associated with Citizens’ purchase of Indianapolis water and sewer utilities. Some say the capped amount is too much.
AES buying DPL in $3.5 billion utility deal
AES, which owns Indianapolis Power & Light, is just the latest energy company attempting to bulk up with rising costs from new environmental regulations on the horizon.
Indiana lawmakers push voluntary renewable standards
Senate Bill 251, which passed the Indiana House Utilities and Energy committee Friday, calls for a voluntary goal of producing 10 percent of the state's electricity from renewable energy resources by 2025.
New EPA rules could trigger Indiana emission testing
Drivers across Indiana could be required to have their vehicles undergo emissions testing if new federal Environmental Protection Agency rules set for release this summer are strict enough, a state environmental official said.
Indianapolis Power & Light announces environmental grants
Projects involving youth received the biggest chunk of money this year from the Golden Eagle Environmental Grants program.
Citizens Energy agrees to document utility savings
A not-for-profit public trust that wants to buy Indianapolis' water and sewer utilities has agreed to document all of the savings it says the $1.9 billion deal would create. State regulators still must approve the transaction.
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Dan Ferber is a freelance magazine writer in Indianapolis who writes about science, health and the environment for such publications as Science, Popular Science, New Scientist, Audubon, and Women's Health. He co-authored a new book with Harvard Medical School's Dr. Paul Epstein titled "Changing Planet, Changing Health: How the Climate Crisis Threatens Our Health and What We Can Do about It." It was published this month.
Judge gives probation to three men for water violations
U.S. District Judge Sarah Evans Barker sentenced 61-year-old Michael R. Milem of Carmel, 44-year-old Mark R. Snow of Brazil and Joseph T. Biggio, 51, of Illinois after accepting their guilty pleas for violating the Federal Clean Water Act.
Purdue receives $32 million Afghanistan farm grant
A grant of $31.9 million awarded to Purdue University may translate into a more sustainable agricultural sector for Afghanistan, according to U.S. Sen. Dick Lugar.
Gas distributors oppose $2.7B Rockport gasification plant
Six gas-distribution companies have urged regulators to reject a state plan that would force residential natural-gas customers to effectively subsidize a $2.7 billion coal gasification project proposed for Rockport.
HOLT: New York threatens to ballast Indiana exports
Regulations aimed at stopping invasive species are too stiff.
Organic-food delivery service growing its operations
Indianapolis-based Green B.E.A.N. Delivery planted a seed here four years ago, and now the organic food-shipping service is cultivating its own 60-acre farm in Sheridan.
Sluggish demand for electric car forces layoffs at Ener1
Battery maker Ener1 has laid off about 3 percent of its 770 employees worldwide, partly because of lower-than-expected demand from the Think electric car being assembled in Elkhart. It had about 380 workers in central Indiana.
IPL chief Murtlow leaving electric utility April 1
Indianapolis Power & Light Co. CEO Ann D. Murtlow will leave her position April 1, the electric utility announced Monday afternoon.
Duke proposes new cap on coal-gasification plant
Duke Energy Corp. is asking state regulators to approve the company's newly drafted plan to cap at $2.72 billion the price of an Indiana coal-gasification plant it's building that's been plagued by cost overruns.
Feds call Indianapolis Power & Light coal-ash ponds ‘high hazard’
The Environmental Protection Agency and the local utility are at odds over the condition of the ponds and the extent of remediation that is necessary.