What environmental issues are Hoosiers facing this Earth Day?

from Noon Edition · host Indiana Public Media

It’s been almost 56 years since the founding of both the Environmental Protection Agency and the first Earth Day in response to public outrage about pollution.A lot's changed since then, with several pieces of landmark legislation passed to protect the water, land, and air of the USA.Over the past year, big changes have been made at the federal and state level to weaken or eliminate existing environmental regulations.On this week’s Noon Edition, we talked with environmental policy experts about the key environmental issues facing Indiana and the United States, from data centers to water pollution, and what environmental deregulation means for Hoosiers.Guests: Kerwin Olson, Executive Director of the Citizens Action CoalitionChristian Freitag, Executive Director of Conservation Law CenterDavid Van Gilder, Senior Policy and Legal Director of the Hoosier Environmental CouncilJanet McCabe, Former deputy administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency

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It’s been almost 56 years since the founding of both the Environmental Protection Agency and the first Earth Day in response to public outrage about pollution. A lot's changed since then, with several pieces of landmark legislation passed to protect the water, land, and air of the USA. Over the past year, big changes have been made at the federal and state level to weaken or eliminate existing environmental regulations. On this week’s Noon Edition, we talked with environmental policy experts about the key environmental issues facing Indiana and the United States, from data centers to water pollution, and what environmental deregulation means for Hoosiers. Guests: Kerwin Olson, Executive Director of the Citizens Action Coalition Christian Freitag, Executive Director of Conservation Law Center David Van Gilder, Senior Policy and Legal Director of the Hoosier Environmental Council Janet McCabe, Former deputy administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency