NWI Green Party Crossroads

‍, the NWI Green Party needs you to march with us this Independence Weekend. We have spots in parades in the two cities where our local Greens are on the ballot this November. Help us carry signs and hand out cards as we walk in the parades in Portage and Hobart. This is a great opportunity for our local movement to be visible and to share information about our Green values. Among the red, white and blue join us in a wave of green as we promote our environmental values and social justice.

Saturday, July 1st, Portage - a leisurely 1 mile walk down Central Avenue and Willowcreek Road. Parade begins at 10am, please arrive before 9:45. Lineup is in the field next to the Old Portage Mall, please enter at Central Ave and Roy Buckley Way. Look for us, probably near the back. Will have a green wagon with flags. There are weather related concerns for Saturday that may alter or cancel the parade, check our facebook page for any updates.

Tuesday, July 4th, Hobart - a slightly more robust 1.5 miles through downtown Hobart. Parade begins at noon, we will gather starting around 11am. Lineup is at the Hobart Middle School along 8th Street west of Fleming Street. If you're coming by car, it would be best to avoid traffic by coming into Hobart from the south along 10th Street or up State Road 51 and parking in the 900 block of Lake Street and walking to the parade gathering area at the Middle School two blocks away. Please note the Hobart parade is long walk in the sun, so bring some water, hat and sun screen.

The Northwest Indiana Green Party is gathering in Hobart for our July Meeting. We are returning to Sip Coffeehouse on Main Street this Sunday July 16th at 2pm. Catch up and strategize with us around some of their delicious food and drinks. Sip Coffee is located at 310 Main Street, Hobart. Join us as we plan our busy July parades and summer festivals around Northwest Indiana.

NWI Greens Speak at EPA and IDEM Public Hearings

On Wednesday June 28th, two public hearings on issues that will directly affect  the environmental Northwest Indiana were attended by local environmental and environmental justice advocates from the region. In Chicago the EPA took public comment on the proposed coal ash regulations while in Lake Station the Indiana Department of Environmental Management Air Quality Division sat for public comment on their draft plan for Ozone attainment status. Members of the Northwest Indiana Green Party were at both venues to add our comments to the proceedings.

The rally in the Chicago took place during a break in a day-long public hearing before the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on a proposed rule to require utilities to clean up toxic coal ash. Representatives from more than 20 states from New Mexico to North Carolina testified. Joseph Conn spoke at the hearing representing the Green Party of Northwest Indiana, urging EPA rule makers to ensure the new rule requires NIPSCO to completely clean or remove all coal ash mixed with sand from a landfill at its Michigan City generating station. Steel revetments along the Lake Michigan shoreline holding back the toxic mix are rusted and in places leaking.

In Lake Station advocates from Lake and Porter County filled the room at the Public Library for public comment on IDEM's Draft Plan for Ozone Attainment. The over all message to the Air Quality Division representatives was that Indiana needs to do better. Among the speakers were NWI Indiana Green Party members Rev. Michael Cooper and Joseph Conn. Rev. Michael stressed that in order for our region to meet the targets of air quality the state needs to be incentivizing greener technologies in industries as well as incentivizing cleaner electric cars and trucks in the Crossroads of America. Though the advocacy of your local NWI Green Party this important public comment gathering right here in the region was forced to be held.

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