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Huntingburg option for plant’s wastewater
March 11, 2019 – by Olivia Ingle in the DuBois County Herald Officials involved with the proposal of locating Riverview Energy’s direct coal hydrogenation plant on the north side of Dale are considering options for discharge of the plant’s wastewater, … Continue reading
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Tagged Coal Refinery, Huntingburg, Indiana pollution, Riverview Energy, Valley Watch, water pollution
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At a crossroads, Ohio River agency weighs dueling proposals on role
February 4, 2019 – by Keith Schneider for Energy News Network An industry-backed effort aims to end ORSANCO’s role in setting and enforcing pollution standards. In the course of his decorated career in environmental law, Tom FitzGerald tamed the scourge … Continue reading
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Tagged IDEM, Ohio RIver, ORSANCO, Pollution standards, water pollution
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A Terrifying Superbug Just Showed Up on a US Farm for the First Time
The bacteria found in a hog operation is resistant even to some of our most powerful antibiotics. December 7, 2016 – by Tom Philpott in Mother Jones More than 70 percent of the antibiotics consumed in the United States go … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, air pollution, antibiotics, Disease, farming, resistant antibiotics, water pollution
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EPA Finalizes new Clean Water Rule
May 27, 2015 – by the Office of Environmental Justice, USEPA In an historic step for the protection of clean water, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army finalized the Clean Water Rule today to clearly protect from … Continue reading
Duke Energy spills from 5,000 to 8,000 gallons of diesel fuel into the Ohio River near Cincinnati
August 19, 2014 – UPDATE- USEPA serving as on-scene coordinator in Emergency Response to Ohio River Spill The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is serving as the Federal On-Scene Coordinator for the emergency response to an oil spill that occurred last … Continue reading
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Tagged Cincinnati, Duke Energy, Evansville, Ohio River spill, USEPA, water pollution
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Is Indiana taking proper action against toxins in our waterways?
June 3, 2012-By Ryan Sabalow in Star Watch in the Indianapolis Star About a mile south of Lucas Oil Stadium in Downtown Indianapolis, Tony Chao stood fishing one recent morning on the bank of the White River. A few feet … Continue reading
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Tagged Coal, fish consumption advisories, IDEM, Indiana, Indianapolis Star, mercury, toxic pollution, water pollution
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KY Supreme Court allows NGOs to participate in settlement discussion on Clean Water Violations
May 2, 2012-Editorial in the Lexington Herald Leader In a unanimous rebuff of the Beshear administration’s environmental cabinet, the Kentucky Supreme Court has upheld citizens’ rights to be heard in clean water enforcement actions. “Federal law encourages the states to … Continue reading
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Tagged Coal, Kentucky coal, mountain top removal mining, water pollution
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Indiana leads the way in release of toxic chemicals to water. Rockport’s AK Steel is nation’s largest toxic water polluter
April 3, 2012-A Press Release from Environment America (Use this link to download entire report) Editor’s note: Rockport, IN is already one of the most toxic communities in the entire US. And yet, Local and state officials are wanting to force … Continue reading