Gov. Mike Braun hopes to “look for efficiencies” in Indiana’s environmental rules to make them more business-friendly. His pick to head the Indiana Department of Environmental Management is likely the right person for the job.

The Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) has advised the public to avoid waters around Flint Creek in Tippecanoe County, after a report of a significant number of dead fish.

Some of the projects the Indiana Department of Environmental Management is considering include ways to expand clean energy, improve energy efficiency, increase electric vehicle use, expand access to public transit, and reduce food waste.

Gary advocates have filed a federal civil rights complaint against the Indiana Department of Environmental Management. They said the agency's decision to renew a permit for a waste processing facility disproportionately harms Black and Brown residents in Gary a community that's already overburdened by pollution.

Smart and programmable thermostats are both supposed to help people save energy which is good for the environment and your wallet. But even though half of all U.S. households have these thermostats, only a third use them to control the temperature.

Advocates in Gary say the Indiana Department of Environmental Management broke the law when it granted a permit for a plant that would turn waste into jet fuel.

Both advocates and the Environmental Protection Agency have raised environmental justice concerns about the plant's location.

The penalty is part of a settlement Metalworking Lubricants Company reached with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Indiana Department of Environmental Management late last week.

This means children, seniors, and anyone with a heart or lung condition should avoid strenuous work or outside exercise.

The explosion Sunday in a raw materials section of the sprawling Cleveland-Cliffs Indiana Harbor West mill on the Lake Michigan shoreline “was caused by rainwater meeting the hot slag.”