Hoosier Environmental Council

Indiana, Other States Look To Beat California Egg Law

By Nick Janzen • Dec 6, 2017
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Indiana joins 11 other states in a legal challenge against the state of California over egg production regulations. California passed a law in 2015 requiring all eggs sold there to come from hens raised with room to stand up and fully stretch their wings.

Eggs are a multi-billion dollar industry for Hoosiers and Indiana produces the third most eggs in the country. The state exports about one to four percent of its eggs to California each year.

Hoosier Environmental Council Outlines 2018 Goals

By Lauren Chapman • Dec 4, 2017
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The Hoosier Environmental Council wants to reach out to conservative voters to help accomplish its goals as it heads into the 2018 legislative session.

Bartholomew County CAFO Neighbors Win Property Tax Cuts

By Annie Ropeik • Jul 31, 2017
Some of the residents who will get a property tax break live near this CAFO in Hope, outside Columbus. (Annie Ropeik/IPB file photo)

Half a dozen homeowners in rural Bartholomew County will get to pay less in property taxes because they live near concentrated animal feeding operations, or CAFOs.

The decision comes about a year after the families in the town of Hope appealed to the county about the impact of large hog farms on their home values.

After the county denied their requests in March, the neighbors appealed the case to the State Board of Tax Review.