The Indianapolis Star boosts economic stagnation, more state government spending, expensive and unreliable energy:

INDIANA'S TOP THREE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES^[1]

1. DWINDLING OPEN SPACE, HABITATS
   Indiana's 4 percent of publicly owned land is among the lowest in the country.  He includes opposition to the I-69 expansion in this category, not because he’s against roads but because of what he says is the potential to destroy 2,000 acres of forest.
2. TOXIC EMISSIONS
   Indiana is third in the nation in toxic emissions, including coal ash and mercury, according to EPA data for 2007.^[2]
3. CARBON FOOTPRINT
   Kharbanda rejects the idea of “clean coal” technology, calling it cleaner coal, and says the costs are “dramatically understated.”  He thinks priority should go to alternative energy sources, such as wind and solar.^[3]

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