Category Archives: Environmental Pollution
INDIANA COAL ASH PITS – WHEN HAVING THE MOST MEANS BEING THE WORST
Any activity which creates a substantial interference with your right to use and enjoy your property can be dealt with through legal channels. Your property includes not only the land itself but also the air above it and any water present….. if due to contamination of the air you breathe and the water you… Read More »
IN THE NEWS – NEW STUDY QUESTIONS POLLUTION LEVELS IN FRANKLIN, INDIANA
Toxic cancer-causing contamination in Franklin may have spread, the Indianapolis Star reports. Over the past five years, both federal and state agencies, overseen by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, have been conducting testing in and around Franklin, beginning a cleanup of sewer systems and surrounding soil. A big concern is that, since 2008 at… Read More »
IN THE NEWS: CEMENT PLANT TO PAY $700K FOR SPEWING POLLUTANTS
A Greencastle, Indiana cement plant has not only been ordered to upgrade its facility but is being fined more than $700,000 after nearly ten years of Clean Air Act violations, Northwest Indiana.com reports. In the process of producing its primary product, Portland cement (a substance used in the construction industry to manufacture concrete), that… Read More »