Tag: Indiana
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U.S. Supreme Court won’t change Indiana ruling: Lake Michigan’s shoreline belongs to all Hoosiers
Photo: Homes along Lake Shore Drive in Long Beach are shown in this May 2017 file photo. The U.S. Supreme Court announced Tuesday that it would not review a Feb. 14, 2018 Indiana Supreme Court ruling that the Lake Michigan shoreline, up to the point where the beach becomes soil, also known as the ordinary…
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Urban gardeners use big ag techniques to conserve soil
The Flanner House, with help from Brandywine Creek Farms, is preparing to create the state’s largest urban farm in the heart of one of the city’s biggest food deserts. It’s not a community garden, but rather a 1.3-acre working farm. Mykal McEldowney/IndyStar Gardeners working a plot at St. Alban’s Episcopal Church on the near east…
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New Tests Reveal 15 out of 15 of Indiana’s Coal Ash Ponds Are Leaking
Photo: Barbara Deardorff draws water from her tap in Wheatfield, Indiana. Dangerous chemicals from a nearby coal ash pond have leached into the local groundwater. As new research reveals widespread contamination, pro-coal industries are pushing to weaken federal rules on coal ash and give regulatory authority back to states like Indiana, which has a dismal…
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Aging water mains reaching breaking point
Fort Wayne’s water officials can tell you where aging water mains will be replaced in the five-year plan to update the city’s water system approved by City Council last month. What the officials can’t tell you – yet – is exactly when. But mains in 25 neighborhoods and intersections around the city are being replaced,…
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How Privatizing Water Systems Costs Taxpayers — & Endangers Them
Illustration by Lisa Lee Lucas for Heavy A yearlong investigation by Heavy found that privatized water management has been a disaster for American towns, with residents paying 59% higher fees for water, on average; suffering high-profile health problems; and bracing for an infrastructure time-bomb. Residents of contracted towns, from Indiana to Florida, are commonly paying…
