The state recently awarded $1 million in grant funding to eight Indiana organizations, including two in Marion County, for projects that increase recycling efforts.

The Indiana Department of Natural Resources is working with two other water quality agencies to collect data and samples for a new project called the White River Mainstem Project.

Indiana manufacturers are now eligible for on-site technical assistance and training from the Purdue Manufacturing Extension Partnership and the Indiana Department of Environmental Management.

The study aims to find out where the gaps are in the states recycling infrastructure -- everything from curbside bins to the facilities that process recycling.

The environmental engineering firm Golars, some of the gas station owners it serves, and the United States Small Business Owners Association filed suit against the agency last week.

Some parts of Indiana that have struggled with pollution are now meeting federal air quality standards, according to data from state and federal environmental agencies.

The bill aims to help local governments cut costs by allowing them to fix or reconstruct a drain in a state wetland without a permit from the Indiana Department of Environmental Management.

An administrative law judge ruled Indianas environmental agency broke its own public comment rules when it issued an air pollution permit for a planned $2.5 billion coal-to-diesel plant in Spencer County.

In a letter to ArcelorMittal this week, IDEM says the northwest Indiana facility has been retesting when test results are higher than they should be. ArcelorMittal denies the accusations.

Budget cuts at the Indiana Department of Environmental Management and other state environmental agencies around the country are threatening public health, according to a new report by the Environmental Integrity Project.