The analysis uses data including income, age, tree cover, and surface temperature to calculate a so-called “tree equity score” for different sections of the city.

The Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) denied a permit application to turn wetlands in Marion County into a retail complex last week. Gershman Partners submitted a permit in February to transform wetlands in Franklin Township – on the northeast corner of East County Line Road and South Arlington Avenue – into an area with warehouses and a hotel. IDEM rejected the proposal stating the developers did not show “reasonable alternatives” to destroying the wetlands.

Indiana University's Environmental Resilience Institute got a $5 million grant from the federal Inflation Reduction Act to help more cities build out their green infrastructure over the next five years.