A large industrial fire that ignited stored plastics at a the site of a former factory in Richmond, Indiana has led thousands of local residents to be evacuated. The flames are still burning, but under control, and authorities hope to have all flames put out by Saturday. Those living within 0.5 miles of the plant […]
By Greg Alvarez Last week I predicted it wouldn’t be long before we had more news on Fortune 500 wind power purchases. Well, a whole seven days passed before there were new deals to report. Wind Powers the Open Road for GM General Motors (GM) just announced wind power purchase agreements with projects in Ohio […]
By Jeremy Deaton and Laura A. Shepard In Indiana, solar employs nearly three times as many people as natural gas, according to the Department of Energy. You might think, given the numbers, that legislators would want to protect the state’s nascent solar industry. You would be wrong. Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb (R) signed a bill […]
A U.S. Steel plant in Portage, Indiana has spilled wastewater containing a potentially cancer-causing chemical into Burns Waterway, a tributary about 100 yards from Lake Michigan. The leak prompted the closure of four beaches and a riverwalk at the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, and Indiana American Water in Ogden Dunes—the nearest municipal water source—to shut […]
Lawmakers in Indiana have introduced a new measure that could wipe out the state’s net metering system within a decade and squash the state’s burgeoning solar energy sector. For the past 12 years, Indiana’s net metering policy has credited homeowners and businesses with rooftop solar systems for the excess power their panels generate and send […]
By Jamie Smith Hopkins To see one of the country’s largest coal-fired power plants, head northwest from this Ohio River city. Or east, because there’s another in the region. In fact, nearly every direction you go will take you to a coal plant—seven within 30 miles. Collectively, they pump out millions of pounds of toxic […]
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