Tag: Indiana
Pioneer lands $10.5 million USDA loan to build solar energy field east of the village
PIONEER, Ohio — The tiny Williams County village of Pioneer — about a hour’s drive west of Toledo and near the Michigan-Ohio-Indiana states lines — is ending 2024 with a major announcement that will soften the blow from its experience of trying to get one of the nation’s biggest indoor salmon-rearing facilities built nearby.
Enbridge pipeline oil spill in Wisconsin larger than all of the company’s spills combined in 2023
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is investigating a 69,000 gallon oil spill from Enbridge Line 6, about 60 miles west of Milwaukee.
Enbridge pipeline oil spill in Wisconsin larger than all of the company’s spills combined in 2023
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is investigating a 69,000 gallon oil spill from Enbridge Line 6, about 60 miles west of Milwaukee.
Agricultural runoff damages water and kills wildlife. Is a drainage stopper the solution?
Drainage systems carry away excess water, but they also take fertilizers that can fuel harmful algal blooms. Researchers, companies, and farmers are deploying systems that can control that flow.
Future of salmon-rearing project in Pioneer murky as AquaBounty shuts down its last production facility
PIONEER, Ohio — A tiny Williams County village near the Ohio-Indiana-Michigan border soon hopes to learn what will happen to land inside its industrial park where a company had aspirations of building America’s largest indoor salmon-rearing facility.
Agricultural runoff damages our water and kills wildlife. Could a simple drainage stopper be the solution?
The sight of the first snow on the horizon of Bill Wiley’s 500-acre farm in Shelby County, Ohio, is a welcome relief. The 2024 growing season has been incredibly dry.
“We are about eight inches behind regular precipitation for the year,” he said.
But Wiley, who farms corn, soybeans, wheat, pumpkins and gords, has installed two inline water control structures that control the flow of drainage water from two of his fields.
Michigan wants to become a hub for hydrogen
Michigan is part of an effort to build hydrogen infrastructure in the Midwest. The Midwest Alliance for Clean Hydrogen has received $22 million from the Department of Energy to plan several projects.
Environmental cred questioned for Biden-backed ‘hydrogen hub’ in Northwest Indiana
By Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco, WBEZ
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Energy News Roundup: Line 5’s potential reroute plus mining permits stoke fears of contamination
Wisconsin officials put a controversial pipeline reroute one step closer to construction last week when they issued permits for Enbridge Energy, a Canadian oil company, to move a section of Line 5 off of Tribal land in the far northern part of the state. Construction and agricultural industry groups cheered the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources’ decision.
PFAS Roundup: Minnesota votes to continue conservation and PFAS cleanup, Indiana ends firefighter foam collection program
Over 77% of voters in Minnesota approved an extension of the Environmental and Natural Resources Trust Fund (ENRTF), that will continue to pay for conservation efforts for another 25 years. Funding for this casts a wide net, from outdoor education and trail investments, to invasive species and PFAS removal. The ENRTF was approved as an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution of the State in 1988, and generates funding from the Minnesota State Lottery.