Big surprise? IDEM was - so far as I ever knew - underfunded, overwhelmed, and pretty useless. Not much of a problem so long as the federal EPA kept watch over Hoosiers. Seven years of George W. Bush and the federal EPA is not much help to us."'They make it clear they see it as their jobs to issue more permits for businesses that can expand from jobs. They've been clear that's how they see their main role although they say they protect the environment,' Bowden Quinn, a former environmental liaison with IDEM and now a conservation director with the Hoosier chapter of the Sierra Club, told the newspaper."
Taking Down Words had this to say under Priorities, priorities: What should guide IDEM policy?:
Ignoring the obvious fact that Daniels and his crew have been completely unsuccessful at raising personal income in this state, (hint: it's going in the opposite direction), I'm curious why the Governor feels the need to set income growth on a pedestal like this. Shouldn't the goal of IDEM be to do what's best for all Hoosiers, no matter if that means telling a business to come up with a better emissions plan or telling an environmentalist to go hug a tree?
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