HEADLINES The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission has given the green light to AES Indiana to acquire the 195-Megawatt Hardy Hills solar project in Clinton County. —Norm Holy The Indiana Department of Environmental Management is accepting comments on a proposed wetland permit drafted after state lawmakers removed protections for more than half of Indiana’s remaining wetlands. —Norm Holy The Indiana Department …
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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 …
Read More »Today, the Indiana Supreme Court issued a ruling that could force consumers of natural gas in Indiana to pay the long-term construction and operational costs of a private sector coal gasification plant in Southern Indiana. Back in 2010, the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission, or the IURC, signed a contract with Leucadia National Corporation to allow the company to pass on …
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