"Well contamination may cost Martinsville $6 million" is the headline of this story in the Mooresville/Decatur Times, following up on the groundwater contamination stories reported here on 6/22/04 and 6/29/04.
"Hidden environment: Heated Daniels-Kernan contest excludes talk of green issues," is the title of a lengthy editorial today in the Ft. Wayne Journal Gazette. An editorial with a similar point appeared in the Sunday Indianapolis Star on June 27; the headline was "State's environmental record should be an issue in governor's race, but it's not." Read more here.
A front-page story in today's Indianapolis Star reports "Antiquated sewers wear on waterways: City still struggling to update system." A quote:
[T]hree years after the city of Indianapolis outlined a billion-dollar, 20-year plan to fix the problem -- and raised sewer rates to help pay for it -- officials are preparing to tell residents next month that they need more money. Possibly another $1 billion or more.Posted by Marcia Oddi at September 26, 2004 05:34 PM