Karl Schneider

Environment reporter @indystar. Formerly Naples Daily News, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and News21

Email: [email protected]

[Sophie Hartley @sophienhartley]

Neighbor trouble aside, the home grown national park movement is spreading across Central Indiana as Hoosiers convert monoculture grass lawns into tiny native habitats, for @indystar:

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As Indiana cities see more data centers express interest in setting down roots in the state, local communities and environmental activists are expressing concern about the potential for the new facilities to create local health hazards.

Read more: https://t.co/7fqe2ix1Mz

[Karl Schneider @KarlStartsWithK]

New Title V guidance found here:

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The day IndyStar publishes about Indiana's air quality related to data centers, EPA streamlines permitting requirements for the applications these facilities use. Indiana typically abides by a "no-stricter-than" policy for federal regulations:

Article:
https://t.co/fPgZXOGR0X

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IndyStar reporter @AlysaGuffeyNews is doing an AMA over on r/Indiana regarding data centers. Head over to reddit with your ?s

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Indy is about to lose their authority to enforce the city's biggest sustainability initiative — an energy benchmarking program state lawmakers just prohibited. Some experts think there's a workaround, but the city is mum about next steps, @indystar

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Indiana scrambles to address its energy affordability crisis https://t.co/P9wKJJ37kM

[Karl Schneider @KarlStartsWithK]

Advocates and lawmakers both say they want more time to process the 176-page bill that redefines large portions of state code governing IDEM

https://t.co/p5RfZE4Iqn

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It could cost more than a billion dollars to ship water from Central Indiana to the LEAP district, and the utilities involved say most residential ratepayers won't be impacted. Here's how they actually plan to pay for it:

https://t.co/bW7WQpwz71

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The bill will be heard in the Senate appropriations committee. The full text can be found here:

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Indiana senators just passed along SB277 — a 176-page bill affecting the state's environmental regulation agency. Supporters said it will modernize IDEM and save taxpayer money. Opponents criticized the 4-day notice to review changes they fear will erode environmental oversight.

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In the past decade, bigger and more demanding data centers have sprouted across the Midwest as companies seek cheap electricity, land and generous tax incentives.

Read our investigation into how the data center gold rush may become a political reckoning: https://t.co/Xnx6y3blo7

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NEW: After a White Town Rejected a Data Center, Developers Targeted a Black Area

Four million Americans live within 1 mile of a data center. The communities closest to them are “overwhelmingly” non-white.

https://t.co/QkF4jFECSS

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[Karl Schneider @KarlStartsWithK]

ICYMI: @sophienhartley and I took a look at how the EPA's deregulation efforts last year could affect public health and the environment in Indiana:

https://t.co/iHepn6ra2p

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“There’s kind of a quiet revolt in the heartland," said Bryce Gustafson, an organizer with Citizens Action Coalition.

@marissa_meador takes an in-depth look at data center development in the Midwest for @indystar

https://t.co/phEgQrXBTj

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