Southern Indiana is a sacrifice zone. This page collects media coverage related to SWICQL’s work, as well as resources about environmental and public health issues in southwestern Indiana.
Resources
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Superpolluters - a documentary film from the Center for Public Integrity
Superpolluters, a film by the Center for Public Integrity, outlines the challenges with air quality in Southwest Indiana.
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Victory! State pulls permit for Coal-to-Diesel Refinery in Dale
August 3, 2023 - After more than five years, the fight over a controversial coal-to-diesel plant in Southern Indiana may finally have come to an end...
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Letter: Public health and our environmental sacrifice zone in rural Southern Indiana
In 2024, U.S. News and World Report rated Indiana worst in the nation for Natural Environment. Southern Indiana is in fact an environmental sacrifice zone….