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IDEM Delays Clean-Up in Northwest Indiana
January 29, 2008
Environmentalists are concerned about the lack of progress toward cleaning up Northwest Indiana's most contaminated waters.

Lake County Sheriff Responds to IDEM Threats
October 1, 2007

IDEM Threatens After Sheriff Voices Environmental Concerns
September 28, 2007
IDEM threatens to impose fines on Lake County after sheriff voices concerns about environmental hazards from landfill.

Residents Slam IDEM and US Steel
September 27, 2007
Citizens criticized the Indiana Department of Environmental Management for relaxing environmental guidelines and U.S. Steel for not going beyond those guidelines and trying to eliminate discharges altogether.

Better Air Testing Demanded
August 3, 2007
Bucket Brigade finds 14 chemicals in air sample near BP site. Five of them registered well above what other states list as "levels of concern."

Toxic Commissioner?
August 1, 2007
Time and time again Easterly says that IDEM is an economic development tool for the state.

Price for BP's rewards is far too high
July 29, 2007
Some rewards just aren't worth it.

IDEM Has Some Explaining To Do
July 27, 2007
South Bend Tribune editorial questions IDEM.

Congress Disapproves IDEM Permit
July 26, 2007
BP's buffeted plan to increase pollutants discharged into Lake Michigan from its Whiting refinery took a hit in Congress on Wednesday, but found a friend in Gov. Mitch Daniels.

U.S. Senators threaten to block BP Whiting air permit
July 24, 2007
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators, including the Majority Whip, on Tuesday threatened to block approval of an air permit for BP that is required to expand the company's Whiting, Ind., refinery unless the company changed its plans to dump toxic chemicals into Lake Michigan.

BP Fined $8,750 for Waste Water Backup
July 21, 2007
State environmental regulators fined BP $8,750 this spring after a sump pump hose at the company's Whiting oil refinery malfunctioned last year, dumping 1,000 gallons of untreated waste water onto soil within the plant.

'Loophole' Cited in BP Permit Ruling
July 20, 2007
When the Indiana Department of Environmental Management allowed BP to discharge 54 percent more ammonia and 35 percent more suspended solids at its reconfigured refinery, it happened because of a loophole in Indiana law, environmentalists say.

Indiana's Leaders Must Fight for Clean Water
July 20, 2007
There comes a time when Northwest Indiana residents must question why we should risk Lake Michigan's future to enrich the owners of a British company who do not drink our water or bathe along our shores.

State Won't Respond to E-Mail
July 20, 2007
IDEM: State Law Doesn't Require Response to Email

City to Fight BP Over Pollution Waiver
July 19, 2007
The City of Chicago joined the fight Wednesday to stop the BP refinery in Whiting, Indiana, from dumping significantly more ammonia and industrial sludge into Lake Michigan.

Residents Outraged About BP Permit
July 16, 2007
BP will face no appeals of its wastewater permit. Residents are outraged, saying IDEM skipped part of required process.

BP Gets Break On Dumping In Lake Michigan
July 16, 2007
Indiana regulators exempts BP from state environmental laws to allow more ammonia and industrial sludge into Lake Michigan.

IDEM Again in News for Flawed Cleanup Program
July 15, 2007
Investigation of IDEM's Voluntary Remediation Program shows most sites are behind on environmental cleanup plans.

Delays Mar Pollution Cleanup Plans
July 10, 2007

Cleanup Failure
July 9, 2007
IDEM's Voluntary Remediation Program described as, “The kind of program only a hardcore polluter could love.”