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The Nature Conservancy, an international environmental nonprofit, is planning to conduct prescribed burns this fall and spring at several East Chicago, Hammond and Gary sites, the organization announced in a Monday news release. TNC will burn grasses, small flowering plants and leaves to prevent the growth of woody shrubs and trees and safeguard the region’s oak savanna habitat, a type of ...

U.S. Steel gave birth to Gary, Indiana, in 1906. The city, named after a chairman of the corporation’s board, started as housing for steelworkers. The Gary Works opened in 1908

Discover the environmental and health impacts of the Gary Works steel mill in Gary, Indiana. Explore the challenges and opportunities for change.

Historic investments in clean energy, jobs and infrastructure offer an unprecedented opportunity to change the narrative in places like Gary, Ben Jealous writes.

A report last month from the Sierra Club named the Gary Works as the largest greenhouse gas polluter among more than 200 industrial plants nationwide.