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A Conservative vs. Right to Hunt, Fish, Farmnew

HEC's "Greening the Statehouse" featured a GOP critic of SJR-7
NUVO |
Ed Wenck |
11-22-2013 |
Environment
Toxic algae problems increasing nationwidenew

According to the National Wildlife Federation, which studied the issue, 21 states - including Indiana - issued health warnings about toxic algae this summer, covering about 150 locations.
NUVO |
Indiana News Service |
10-15-2013 |
Environment
Tags: toxic algae
Colleges Cutting Carbonnew

Students take the grassroots divestment movement to university administrations at colleges and universities across Indiana.
NUVO |
Jaclyn Goldsborough |
10-02-2013 |
Environment
"We've Super-Sized Our Weather"new

Republican and evangelical Christian broadcast meteorologist Paul Douglas is on a mission to communicate urgency of climate change.
NUVO |
Jim Poyser |
11-28-2012 |
Environment
Tags: Climate Change, Paul Douglas
Indiana's first zero-net energy librarynew

During the four years the library has been open, it's never paid a utility bill, Brown claims, adding the
building actually produced 1,861 more kilowatt-hours in its first year of operation than it consumed.
NUVO |
Robert Annis |
11-21-2012 |
Environment
Tags: net zero emissions
Drought expanding, but worst may be overnew

A report released Thursday by the U.S. Drought Monitor shows Indiana's drought has continued to worsen, but a state climatologist says the state has now "turned a corner" and conditions should improve.
NUVO |
The Statehouse File |
08-09-2012 |
Environment
Extreme Heat: The New Normalnew

Extreme heat and minimal-to-nonexistent rain are killing crops and livestock around Indiana. Other likelihoods: Higher food costs, reservoir restrictions and the rippling economic pinch.
NUVO |
Rebecca Townsend |
07-06-2012 |
Environment
EcoHouse enables affordable energy upgradesnew

Indianapolis Neighborhood Housing Partnership's EcoHouse program offers qualified participants up to $15,000 in loans to make energy efficient repairs & appliance upgrades.
NUVO |
Cami Ward |
04-05-2012 |
Environment
E-Waste by the Numbersnew

Clear out the junk electronics. Your e-waste is wanted!
NUVO |
Rebecca Townsend |
03-16-2012 |
Environment
Indiana's Environmental Gains, Lossesnew

The Mitch Daniels administration can count a number of conservation gains to its credit. Several judges, however, still must way in on the environmental legacy of I-69.
NUVO |
Rebecca Townsend |
01-21-2012 |
Environment
2011 in Review: Environmentnew

Despite numerous efforts to improve the environment, overall, things just spiraled further out of control as humans were unable to change their consumeristic ways.
NUVO |
Jim Poyser |
12-27-2011 |
Environment
Tags: Kyoto, climate change
Congress Continues Attack on Coal Ash Regulationsnew

A U.S. Senate effort is underway to block more restrictive federal regulation of coal combustion and its byproducts.
NUVO |
Jill McCarty |
11-21-2011 |
Environment
Indianapolis Becomes a Better Place for Birdsnew

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently awarded Indianapolis $70,000 in recognition of the city signing the Urban Conservation Treaty for Migratory Birds.
NUVO |
Aisha Townsend |
11-14-2011 |
Environment
State Warns Against Burning Yard Wastenew

IDEM urges residents not to burn their piles of leaves – even if it’s allowed locally – and to find healthier alternatives when disposing of their yard waste.
NUVO |
Franklin College Pulliam School of Journalism |
11-03-2011 |
Environment
Slideshow: A Trip to the Evergladesnew

At last week’s Society of Environmental Journalists conference in Miami, NUVO managing editor Jim Poyser took a daylong trip to the Everglades.
NUVO |
Jim Poyser |
10-27-2011 |
Environment