WARSAW — A representative of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency had words of praise for emergency responders who put the brakes on a January oil spill in Warsaw. Police responded on Jan. 22 to a report of people trespassing at a closed factory site off Argonne Road known formerly as the Arnolt property. What they …read more.

Governor Mike Pence today offered the following statement regarding Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller’s decision to enter Indiana into a lawsuit challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s final “Waters of the United States” rule.  “I am pleased that Indiana will join more than two dozen other states that are challenging the final ‘Waters of the United …read more.

Three brothers, one a resident of North Webster, have pleaded guilty to participating in a biofuels scam that federal investigators are calling “one of the largest tax and securities fraud schemes in Indiana history.” Chad Ducey, 39, Fishers entered a guilty plea Tuesday and his two brothers, Chris Ducey, 48, North Webster, and Craig Ducey, …read more.

By SHEILA CANAVAN United State Environmental Protection Agency The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is seeking nominations from individuals who represent small businesses, small governments and small not-for-profit organizations to provide input to a federal panel that will explore risk reduction in the use of trichloroethylene. This panel will focus on the agency’s development of a …read more.

Indiana’s environment is cleaner than it’s been in our lifetimes. But such substantial progress here, and in other parts of the country, is not enough for the Environmental Protection Agency. Smart, necessary regulations make sense. However, that’s the opposite of what we have with the new directive to strictly limit carbon emissions from the nation’s …read more.

Indianapolis – On Friday, Governor Mike Pence and Lieutenant Governor Sue Ellspermann sent a letter to both the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers urging them to withdraw the proposed rule that redefines “waters of the United States” protected under the Clean Water Act. In October, Governor Pence joined eleven …read more.

On Sept. 20, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced its proposed rules that will limit the amount of carbon dioxide that new power plants can emit. Indiana Gov. Mike Pence said that will result in higher electric costs “at a time when our economy can least afford it.” “As I had informed President Obama in …read more.