EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD: Grand Calumet River getting grand cleanup

In the mid-1990s I was working for the Indiana Department of Environmental Management. Staff members there informed me they envisioned a long-term project to assess the environmental conditions of the Grand Calumet River from the state line to the Marquette Park lagoons and to restore the Gr…

Gary airport will have to move pollution pile

Environmental regulators have told the Gary/Chicago International Airport Authority it must undertake a costly project to haul away contaminated soils uncovered by its runway expansion.

EDITORIAL: Dispose of polluted soil at airport

Gary/Chicago International Airport's runway expansion is intended to turn the airport into Northwest Indiana's economic engine. As the project nears completion, however, the escalating cost threatens to pollute the airport's future prospects.

Cook County toxic emissions increase by 25 percent

Toxic pollutants released in Cook County increased more than 25 percent between 2010 and 2011 compared to a national increase of about 8 percent, according to data released Wednesday by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Governor appoints two new members to Little Cal Commission

INDIANAPOLIS | Gov. Mitch Daniels this week appointed two new members to the commission that oversees Little Calumet River levees in Lake County and reappointed two Valparaiso residents to other state boards.

Garbage art display to draw attention to pollution

CHICAGO | A group of environmentalists and artists say they know one way to draw attention to pollution in Midwest rivers: Put its garbage on display.

Teachers learn to educate about water

PORTER | Signs circled the room with the words "Oceans," "Rivers," "Glaciers" and "Clouds" at the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore headquarters Saturday as educators learned how to teach about water.

New federal map

New federal map for what to plant reflects warming

Valparaiso letter writer should look at problems near him

In regard to the negative letter from William Finik, of Valparaiso, regarding the Gary/Chicago International Airport, pollution appears in many forms. I have noticed the accidents caused by drugs and DUIs in Valpo. Also, coke and meth, and heroine addicts. I understand Porter County has a ve…

Community continues to eye refinery permits

WHITING | Environmentalists, community members and regulators have a message for BP: We'll be watching.

East Chicago waterway agency separates from city

EAST CHICAGO | The city is severing its financial ties with the state agency responsible for maintaining East Chicago's 13-mile canal system.

Address all pollution sources, not just people who smoke

With all the attention being brought out about smoking causing cancer and other illnesses, what about all the other sources that contribute to ill health?

EPA seeks $2.4 million in fines from Hammond Sanitary District

HAMMOND | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is seeking $2.4 million in fines from the Hammond Sanitary District for the discharge of pollutants and raw sewage into the Grand and Little Calumet rivers.

KATHY LUTHER: We humans are polluting our water

We in Northwest Indiana have polluted water. I'm not just talking about any kind of pollution; I'm talking about Escherichia coli. Yes, E. coli, otherwise known as bacteria, pathogens, indicators and other names I can't mention in a family paper.

EDITORIAL: Academics tackling environmental challenge

At the intersection of the need for additional energy and the need to protect the environment -- and thus health -- lies a challenge: How can both needs be met at the same time?

Judge: NIPSCO pollution settlement off balance

HAMMOND | A federal judge sent a pollution settlement between NIPSCO and the government back to the parties to deal with concerns he suggested make it imbalanced.

EDITORIAL: Power plant's jobs, taxes will be missed

The State Line Energy power plant will shut down at the end of next year rather than be retrofitted with pollution control equipment.

EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD: Ensuring quality of life takes hard work

People who are lucky enough to live near the Great Lakes never stop talking about that elusive, intangible idea "quality of life." What is it? Good work, playing hard, clean air to breathe and water to drink, times with family and friends outside on a breezy summer day. We might be floating …