Indiana Living Green
Indianapolis — The Nature Conservancy won one of the city’s first Sustainability Awards for its new headquarters in the category of water. Called the Efroymson Conservation Center, the headquarters at 620 East Ohio St., received recognition from Mayor Greg Ballard for the storm water management system.
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The Bloomington Alternative
The groups assert that biomass incinerators are in fact not in the public interest, saying that they instead pose undue risks to public health, local water resources and the environment.
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The Star Press
MUNCIE — Indiana school districts are lagging behind the rest of the country in procuring locally grown fruits and vegetables for students.
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IBJ
Staff at a southern Indiana high school are burning calories at a new school gym. But school leaders hope they’ll soon do something more: produce electricity for the workout facility.
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InsideINdianaBusiness.com Report
The Indiana Office of Energy Development is accepting applications for the second round of Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grants. A total of $4.8 million will be available to smaller Indiana cities, towns and counties for the purchase and installation of energy efficient technology. Applicants can compete for grants in five areas of interest.
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Nominations now being accepted for:

· Five Years’ Continuous Improvement

· Energy/Renewable Resources

· Greening the Government

· Outreach or Education

· Pollution Prevention

· Recycling/Reuse

· Land Use

The Indiana Governor’s Environmental Excellence Awards recognize exemplary projects across Indiana. Projects must demonstrate significant and measurable results, be innovative, comprehensive and documented.

Who Can Apply?
The awards are open to all Indiana facilities, state and local units of government, individuals, and technical assistance organizations that operate or support environmental protection efforts of outstanding quality. Eligible technical assistance organizations include, but are not limited to: public entities, educational groups, trade associations, individuals, public interest and community and labor groups. Nominated projects/facilities must be: located in Indiana; focused on significant environmental protection activity; able to provide at least a year of quantifiable results; innovative; voluntary; in compliance with environmental health and safety laws; and, willing to share
information with others via state publications or Web sites.

Nominations must be received
by IDEM by 5 p.m. EST
on Friday, April 23, 2010.

To learn more, call 800.988.7901 or visit the IDEM site

Anderson Herald Bulletin
WASHINGTON - A national group is honoring Indiana Sen. Richard Lugar for his support of efforts to increase the number of U.S. buildings that are energy-efficient. Read More

Medical News Today (press release)
The study appears in the online edition of the journal Environmental Science and Technology (ES&T), a publication of the American Chemical Society and is … Read More

Greene County Daily World
In tough financial times for Indiana school districts, listening to the possibilities made sense to the Bloomfield board and administrators. …
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Muncie Star Press
Bruno Pigott, assistant commissioner of the Indiana Department of Environmental Management’s’ Office of Water Quality presented the award during a ceremony …Read More