Air Quality in Indiana - A Cause Worth Attention

Across Indiana, businesses and community groups are partnering to address the need for improved air quality in the Hoosier state. This growing coalition of committed volunteers is working to reduce ozone, PM 2.5 and other harmful pollutants contaminating the air.

Their work, in conjunction with the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM), is making a real impact in the air quality of our Hoosier state through Air Quality Action Plans and a comprehensive strategy for public outreach. In April, IDEM released a 300-page report on the issue that demonstrates the considerable progress in our air quality across the nation over the past ten years, reducing ozone and fine particles in the air.

In light of these initiatives and reports, this blog aims to report on the issue and communities and businesses’ efforts to improve air quality in Indiana, while allowing the environmentally sound operations of industrial, agricultural, commercial and governmental activities vital to our state’s prosperous economy.

This blog will take special interest in reporting on the intersection of the promotion of healthy air quality with that of legislation and standards set forth by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). 

Check in regularly for updates as I shed light on the issue and its impact in Indiana.