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When Indiana officials created a new industrial park to lure huge microchip firms to the state, they picked a nearly 10,000-acre site close to a booming metropolis, a major airport and a university research center. But the area is missing one key ingredient to support the kinds of development the state wants to attract: access to the huge amounts of water that microchip makers might need. Officials floated a plan to pipe in enormous volumes of water from an aquifer about 40 miles away. But the p

Protecting water rights has not been a hot-button issue in Indiana — until now.

Legislators in and across the country are demanding more information for residents about longevity and repairability of tech devices, which they said is critical in promoting transparency and addressing the environmental impact of electronic waste. The call for action came in a letter signed by 58 state legislators from 28 states. The letter was organized by the U.S. ...

Virginia environmentalists are seeking Farm Bill funding to help Chesapeake Bay conservation efforts. The proposed Chesapeake Bay Conservation Acceleration Act would fund programs designed to improve water quality in the bay. One program helps farmers prevent runoff which has led to increased nitrogen and phosphorus pollution, driving up harmful algae blooms. ...

A citizens' watchdog group has published a report explaining why it sees the Indiana Economic Development Corporation's Limitless Exploration and Advanced Pace project as bad.