A recent study from First Street Foundation found that most of the counties in Indiana will continue to see high heat day increases, with the southern portion of the state seeing the largest increase in what are called extreme heat days. Martin, Harrison and Clark counties are expected to see the greatest increase.

65% of Hoosiers believe global warming is happening. 50% of Hoosiers believe it is caused mostly by human activities. 57% of Hoosiers are worried about global warming. 65% of Hoosiers believe it will harm plants and animals, 64% believe it will harm future generations and only 40% believe it will harm them personally.

Along much of the half-mile stretch, the plan is to convert two of the driving lanes into expanded sidewalks, a multi-use path along the east side, and green space to separate the road and from the walking and biking paths. At least three intersections will get new crosswalks, two of which will be raised and one of which will have flashing lights to warn drivers of walkers.

INDOT's study, called ProPEL Indy, will look at nearly the entirety of the urban interstates, excluding the North Split and a segment of I-65 south of downtown where another project is already in design. There was no PEL study for the $350 million North Split reconstruction project, which garnered severe pushback when first presented to the public in 2017.

Soul Food Project is largely grant funded, and the results so far are promising. The program keeps growing, and research shows urban garden’s such as Guerin’s are much needed in Indy. More than 200,000 Indy residents live in a food desert, according to the Indiana Community Food Access Coalition. This so-called desert happens when more than 33% of an urban population lives a mile or more from a grocery store.

Currently, ecologists from the Indianapolis Office of Land Stewardship are participating in a study conducted by the Natural Areas Conservancy to see how the health of an ecosystem influences temperatures. Sensors have been placed in parks across the city with healthy forests, degraded woods or developed sites to record temperatures. Researchers will also use satellite data to quantify differences.

Leveraging local dollars from the Circle City Forward initiative to attract state and federal grants, the Department of Public Works will spend $37 million on trails and greenways across nine different projects throughout 2022 and 2023, including this one.

"It was like the "perfect storm," said TF-1's Jay Settergren. "So very, very heavy rain that, in a short period of time, caused mudslides. We're seeing a lot of homes completely damaged. Gone. Off their foundations."

The partnership, part of Project Dash, aims to deliver necessary food and household items to families across Marion County who are either unable to leave their home, lacking transportation, facing mental/physical disabilities or otherwise unable to access charitable food.

A new type of therapy aims to help people turn their fears into action. It’s called climate-aware therapy — and it’s so new that there’s only one person we know of who offers it in Indiana.

The Indiana Department of Transportation released its draft plan last week, which describes when, where and how it plans to deploy a network of electric vehicle charging stations capable of charging up cars in a matter of minutes ― and ensure this network is sustainable.

In most of the Indiana cities it studied, the average summer low temperatures have warmed by at least 1 degree since 1970. Indianapolis had the biggest increase where average summer low temps have gone up by more than 3 degrees.

The effort is years in the making and part of the larger Washington Park Detention and Minnie Creek Restoration project. New ponds will be installed in Washington Park and native trees and vegetation planted along Minnie Creek to decrease flooding conditions.

A five-person Fatal Crash Review Team will soon begin work to evaluate dangerous streets and intersections where deadly crashes have happened around Indianapolis.

Eventually, every large building will need to take part in the initiative, but right now, it’s completely voluntary. Businesses put their energy use information into a free online tool. It helps them track energy usage and find ways to cut back. Most of Indy’s electricity still comes from coal, so any cuts in energy use will lead to lower emissions.

The state must submit its implementation plan to the federal government by August 1, anticipating review and approval by September 30. Public comment on the unreleased draft plan will open on July 20 at in.gov/indot.

Extreme weather is causing increasing challenges for the power grid across the United States, and a report found experts are concerned it could result in coordinated power outages in several regions in the Midwest, including Indiana. But AES Indiana says it has a plan in place to avoid an energy shortfall.

According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, too much ground-level ozone can harm people and animals by irritating their respiratory systems, causing coughing, throat irritation and discomfort in the chest, aggravating asthma and other chronic lung diseases, reducing the immune system’s ability to fight off bacterial infections in the respiratory system, inflaming and damaging lungs, and causing permanent lung damage.

Indianapolis officials announced a wave of pedestrian-focused intersection improvements in the southern part of the city this summer, continuing to chip away at its overwhelming lack of infrastructure that exists for non-car users.

Fresh Veggie Summer targets food desert areas with limited healthy food access in Marion County. Free fruit and veggies are available at two pools, Frederick Douglass in Martindale-Brightwood and Willard Park on the Near East side.