Feb. 2012 HEC e-news is now available.

By: Kim E. Ferraro
Attorney and Director of Agriculture and Water Policy
Hoosier Environmental Council
Indiana’s agricultural industry supports HB 1091, a bill that proposes to shut the door of the courthouse to families seeking redress from odors, water pollution and plummeting property values from nearby confined animal feeding operations (CAFOs). To generate support for the bill, the [...]

A funny thing happened on the way to better transit in central Indiana.  HB 1073, championed by a wide range of business and public interest groups along with many local elected officials, stumbled in the House Ways and Means Committee on Thursday, January 26, failing by a narrow one vote margin.  The obstacle to passage [...]