By Falon French
During my first month with HEC (way back in the dark ages of the Bush presidency) one of the Lafayette area regional councilors sent me an article on the failure of the environmental movement.  In this article, all of the legal loopholes that allow corporations to poison our air and water were spelled [...]

By Tim Maloney
It was an inspiring time last week as our work on I-69 led to significant victories. On Friday morning, by a unanimous vote, the Monroe County Commissioners defied behind the scenes pressure from INDOT and adopted a strongly worded resolution opposing I-69’s construction in Monroe County.
This vote came the morning after [...]

by Falon French
The Daily Show recently had a segment on the Gulf oil spill where the last 8 presidents were quoted, claiming that they would reduce our dependence on foreign oil. Yet climate legislation – which will actually address our oil addiction and reduce foreign oil imports by $20 billion per year – has [...]

by Falon French
Recently, I went to a major superstore to buy more coffee. What a revelation. Aside from the tiny produce section (that did not tell consumers where produce was produced or what chemicals were used on the food), every aisle was identical. The names on the boxes and cans changed, but [...]

The U.S. uses 100 Billion plastic bags annually, which is the energy equivalent of 12 million barrels of oil (Worldwatch Institute. 2004 study). That’s more than 250 bags per person, per year.
But, Hoosiers can change the numbers in Indiana and in the world by making the simple step to stop taking plastic bags when they [...]

We’ve all seen the results of manure spills – reeking brown water, fish kills, and floating clouds of toxic blue-green algae.  Cleaning up these manure spills can take decades and costs a small fortune.  What’s more, homeowners and residents near the site of the manure spill find themselves in the middle of what might as [...]

Does this sound familiar?  You head down to the lake with your family, or plan a kayaking trip on the river.  When you get to the water though it’s covered in a blanket of slime.  No, it’s not the Blob – it’s blue-green algae.
Unfortunately, you’ve probably already seen it somewhere in Indiana.  Blue-green algae blooms [...]

Senators Evan Bayh (D) and Richard Lugar (R) have both have repeatedly reaffirmed their belief in the science of global warming.  It was therefore a great disappointment that they both voted for the Murkowski amendment, which would have voided a rigorous, science-based “endangerment finding” related to the link between global warming and public health.  The [...]

As the weather warms, heralding summer in earnest, we bring forth the blossoming of many months of effort – HEC’s new website.  You never know how long a website will take until you get going….And, it seemed, a never-ending process: sketching out a vision for a new website, getting buy-in from talented hired talent, staff, [...]