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Announcing our new Executive Director!

Posted by: Emily
Posted: October 17, 2022
Categories: HEC News, News Releases

HEC Announces Our New Leader Sam Carpenter, former executive director of Indiana-based nonprofit fair trade retail outlet Global Gifts, has been named the new executive director of the Hoosier Environmental Council (HEC). Carpenter was introduced at the organization’s […]

Environmental Advocacy & Stewardship Awards

Posted by: Renee
Posted: October 15, 2022
Categories: HEC News, News Releases

Farmers, activists, a legal group, and a canoe company are among the 12 entities to receive awards from the Hoosier Environmental Council at our annual Greening the Statehouse event October 15, 2022. Each year, HEC staff hand-selects organizations […]

Hoosier Environmental Council’s statement on U.S. Supreme Court decision in West Virginia v. EPA

Posted by: Delaney
Posted: June 30, 2022
Categories: Climate Change, News Releases

The Hoosier Environmental Council is deeply disappointed by the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling today that impedes EPA’s, and the nation’s, ability to fight climate change. The Court voted 6 to 3 to overturn an appellate court decision upholding […]