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When the 2021 legislative session began, more than 75 bills related to the environment had been filed in Indiana’s General Assembly. But as the session passes its halfway point, more than two-thirds of those bills are now dead. —Norm Holy Radio station WBIW reports a new project will focus on assessing, protecting and improving water quality for the Lower Salt …

The tiny rural town of Dale, in southwestern Indiana, has been fighting off a proposed coal-to-diesel refinery to be built on five hundred twelve acres of farmland on the edge of town. The Environmental Working Group has reported on a proposal before the Indiana legislature. It shows that humor is not dead. Whereas whale oil provides bright, dependable light that …

Former Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt has been hired as an energy lobbyist, in Indiana. Pruitt resigned from the EPA in July, 2018, amid reported ethical violations and mismanagement of funds. Pruitt registered last week as a lobbyist, in Indiana. He was hired by Denver-based Hallador Energy Company which maintains substantial coal mining interests throughout Indiana. Hallador owns Sunrise …

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