In May, the Indiana Department of Environmental Management released its Criteria Pollutants Air Quality Trend Analysis Report. This report tracked Indiana's air quality from 1980 to 2010 in twelve geographic regions. Our firm has offices in both Indianapolis and South Bend, so I reviewed the air quality trends for the Central Indiana and North Central Indiana regions, which include Marion County and St. Joseph county, respectively. The news for the Central Indiana region (Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan, Putnam, and Shelby counties) is good. Although population and vehicles miles traveled have increased over the past thirty years, the region's emissions have also decreased. The air quality in the North Central region (Elkhart, Fulton, Kosciusko, Marshall, and St. Joseph counties) has also improved over the past thirty years despite an increase in population and vehicle miles traveled. Hopefully Indiana's air quality will continue to improve as businesses and individuals work with environmental attorneys to help them comply with complex state and national environmental regulations. For an in-depth look at the air quality levels across Indiana, please click
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