Karl Schneider

1 week ago | indystar.com | Karl Schneider

Indiana homeowners hoping to take advantage of tax credits on new clean energy upgrades and purchases could lose thousands of dollars in incentives if the U.S. House’s federal budget proposal moves forward. The federal spending plan, dubbed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, currently ends homeowner savings on solar panel and battery installations, efficient appliances and other energy-saving home improvements such as new doors and windows, biomass stoves and energy audits.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Karl Schneider |Sophie Hartley

Amanda Malott’s son Andre "AJ" Edwards Jr. was 14 when he went down to play near the Silver Creek dam with some friends last year. A large billboard loomed over the creek where the boys were headed, encouraging southern Indiana locals to “Check out New Albany’s Silver Creek Landing.” It depicted several people standing above a small dam, and one figure dangling their legs over the edge.

4 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Karl Schneider

The diesel-like smell sometimes rising off Lake Michigan near BP’s oil refinery in Whiting gets so bad that surfer Mike Calabro and his girlfriend suffer headaches and need to get out of the water for relief. Growing up in Whiting, Calabro learned how to surf at the beach next to the refinery. He lives in Chicago now but still makes the 40-minute drive down to his old stomping grounds to hit the waves.

1 month ago | indystar.com | Karl Schneider

Indiana’s wild lands not only offer Hoosiers the opportunity to explore, they hold a bountiful selection of edible gifts. As the outdoors fully shake off the winter slumber, we use this edition of Scrub Hub to speak with an expert and find out what tasty treats nature offers us during the spring.

1 month ago | indystar.com | Karl Schneider

President Trump has proposed a 55% cut to the U.S. EPA's budget. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin has proposed further cuts to his own agency. These cuts could create more pollution to Indiana's air and water, advocates say. The health of Hoosiers and Indiana’s environment may bear some of the costs of massive cuts the Trump administration is calling for at the U.S. EPA, according to a former agency official and local advocates.