Environment

Black Voices: Climate change is real. How might it affect Bloomington’s spring bloom?

By Agness Lungu · Wednesday, April 28,2021 4:53 p.m.

Climate change is affecting everyone and the blooming of trees in Bloomington are no exception

IU student wears same dress for 30 days to advocate for fashion sustainability

By Swarna Gowtham · Wednesday, April 28,2021 3:36 p.m.

Junior Grace Leckey has participated in the challenge every year since 2017.

LETTER: Indiana must pass the Cub Protection Act

By Letter to the Editor · Wednesday, April 28,2021 1:57 p.m.

We must protect big cats from people like Timothy Stark.

OPINION: If the Indiana General Assembly tanks environmental bills, it tanks our future

By Katelyn Balakir · Thursday, April 22,2021 7:13 p.m.

Holcomb must protect our wetlands and veto SB 389.

LETTER: IU must ‘fulfill the promise’ and commit to carbon neutrality

By Letter to the Editor · Thursday, March 11,2021 2:41 p.m.

Students will gather March 24 to demand IU implements sustainable policies.

OPINION: Indiana Senate bill jeopardizes longevity of local ecosystems

By Katelyn Balakir · Thursday, Feb. 11,2021 3:10 p.m.

The Indiana Senate voted to eliminate protections for 80% of the state’s wetlands.

Cities are reopening. What does this mean for the environment?

By Lauren McLaughlin · Thursday, May 14,2020 8:05 p.m.

Reviving the economy and increasing renewable energy could go hand in hand.

As Trump rolls back climate policies, advocates fear repercussions

By Jack Evans · Wednesday, March 29,2017 8:44 p.m.

An executive order signed Tuesday orders the EPA to withdraw Obama's policies.

Pumpkin shortage affects sales of pumpkin foods on campus

By Anne Halliwell · Monday, Jan. 25,2016 8:35 p.m.

The 2015 pumpkin shortage is manifesting in a menu change for Sugar & Spice in the Union.

Plastic bag disposal fee among green objectives in mayoral race

By Annie Garau · Monday, April 27,2015 11 p.m.

Candidates discuss environmental initiatives in the city.

Indianapolis tech company launches on Earth Day

By IDS staff · Thursday, April 23,2015 12:08 a.m.

From IDS reports An Indianapolis woman has designed BINBUDS, software that aims to save "textile trash" from landing in the landfill.

Farmer's Market a weekly source of revenue, joy for Linda Chapman

By Emily Beck · Thursday, April 16,2015 12:56 a.m.

The Market is Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

PCBs in local water continue to spur controversy

By Annie Garau · Wednesday, April 15,2015 12:26 a.m.

By Annie Garau agarau@indiana.edu | @agarau6 It’s been 36 years since the chemicals were banned, 28 years since the city's first lawsuit against Westinghouse Electric Corporation took place and six years since a plan for cleaning up the chemicals was finally agreed upon. Yet the controversy on polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, rages on in Bloomington.