Read the full article by Karl Schneider and Sophie Hartley (Indianapolis Star).
“If environmentalists had had their way, Indiana would soon be seeing less water pollution, fewer data centers and more options for at-home solar energy generation. But the 2026 Indiana General Assembly had other ideas, shooting down multiple laws proposed this session that could make Indiana a greener state.
And this is not the first session in recent history where environmental legislation has gone nowhere in the statehouse.
‘We’ve lost ground in the last several years,’ said John Ketzenberger, the director of government relations for The Nature Conservancy in Indiana. ‘It’s really hard to get anything moved through because it’s the right thing to do. As long as that is the case, I’m afraid we’re gonna have incremental wins at best.’
The flashiest piece of environmental legislation to progress through the statehouse this year was designed to scale back the state’s Department of Environmental Management. At the time of publication, the bill was awaiting Gov. Braun’s signature. But few bills, if any, aimed at protecting air, water and land quality sit beside it on Braun’s desk.”…