Grand Calumet River getting grand cleanup

Scott Ireland and Diana Mally of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, shown last summer, worked to restore the native habitat at Roxanna Marsh as part of a massive EPA project to bring back 13 miles of the Grand Calumet River from the state line to U.S. Steel. The project involved dred…

Grand Calumet River getting grand cleanup

This U.S. Environmental Protection Agency map shows the sections into which the Grand Calumet River has been divided for cleanup projects.

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…

Former State Line owner to pay $13.2M in settlement

Dominion Energy has agreed to pay a $3.4 million civil penalty and spend about $9.8 million on environmental mitigation projects to resolve Clean Air Act violations in three locations, including its former State Line Energy plant in Hammond.

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.

Board delays Valpo sewage composting study

VALPARAISO | The city's Utilities Board tabled a proposal Tuesday to hire consultants Black & Veatch to do a feasibility study and project design for a facility to compost treated sewage sludge.

PHIL WIELAND: Good thing 'Stupid' is not a health category

The state of Indiana's overall health is not good, unless you happen to favor fat, lazy smokers.

Public hearing planned for revised BP refinery permits

The Indiana Department of Environmental Management is hosting a public hearing Thursday on draft permits for BP Products North America Inc.'s Whiting Refinery.

3 cities join to seek brownfield study funds

VALPARAISO | The city is working with Lake Station and Portage to apply for a $600,000 federal grant to check all three for potential brownfield sites.

NWI officials want safety assurances on new oil pipeline

Officials in three counties and an environmental conservation organization support the plan to replace Enbridge Energy Partners LP's aging Line 6B oil pipeline with a new state-of-the-art system.

Mittal, Saint-Gobain to host energy efficiency conference

Manufacturing company executives and energy management experts will be part of an Oct. 4 event in Burns Harbor discussing industrial energy management.

EDITORIAL: Put public notices where public will find them

The Indiana Department of Environmental Management's Office of Air Quality has decided to post notices of public hearings exclusively on its website and no longer in the media. In doing so, the agency has made the public's business much more difficult to follow.

EPA hosts meeting on E.C. Superfund site

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will be hosting a public information meeting July 25 on the U.S. Smelter & Lead Refinery Superfund site in East Chicago.

Continue to include environment in our plans

Turtles bask on tree trunks in the Roxanna Marsh. Scott Ireland and Diana Mally of the the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency have been working to restore the native habitat at the marsh as part of a massive EPA project to bring back 13 miles of the Grand Calumet River.

GUEST COMMENTARY: Indiana's water is cleaner than it once was

We want to make sure Northwest Indiana residents receive accurate information about Indiana’s efforts to address mercury and PCBs in our waterways.

Lake, Porter counties no longer meeting federal ozone standard

Lake and Porter counties are among those not complying with a federal ozone standard, and Indiana will have to develop a plan to meet the air quality rule by 2015.

MARK KIESLING: There are no losers in this refinery agreement

The agreement BP reached to pay $400 million to upgrade its environmental controls at its Whiting Refinery is a winner for all sides.

MARK KIESLING: Gary needs to speed up wetland development

Gary needs to get a handle on the schizophrenic nature of its environmental projects.

NIPSCO enviro improvements to hit bills soon

NIPSCO customers will get hit with their first charges for big environmental improvements at power plants in May but could actually realize overall savings on their monthly bills because of a rapid drop in fuel costs.

Industry, environmental groups spar on ballast water rules

The Great Lakes shipping industry says it is pleased with a New York state environmental agency's decision to delay rules requiring vessel operators to meet the "most stringent" ballast water treatment in North America.