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Purdue University Northwest’s (PNW) Center for Innovation through Visualization and Simulation (CIVS) along with industrial, education, federal, and elected leaders gathered to recognize a significant grant of nearly $10 million from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s Industrial Efficiency and Decarbonization Office to support decarbonization research, development, and demonstration in the steel industry.
Northern Indiana business leaders have been working hard over the past several years to attract new, 21st century businesses and industries to our region in order to create local jobs and strengthen local economies — and with great success. Our high-quality workforce, proximity to Chicago, business-friendly tax environment, and robust existing infrastructure have all helped make this vision of economic and environmental revitalization a reality.
Rep. Frank J. Mrvan announced that a federal grant from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has been awarded to the Northwest Indiana Community Action Agency (NWICA).
Rep. Frank J. Mrvan announced on Friday that a federal grant from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has been awarded to the Northwest Indiana Community Action Agency (NWICA).
The U.S. Department of Energy has announced that it will contribute about $98 million to help create a carbon storage hub at the BP Refinery in Whiting, Ind.
The entire project — dubbed “Project Crossroads” — is expected to cost close to $138 million. Through the capture and storage of up to 23 million tons of carbon emissions each year in underground wells, officials said they hope to lessen greenhouse gas emissions.
The captured carbon would then be transported by pipeline to sites downstate.
Elected officials in Northwest Indiana lauded the announcement of over $98 million in funds from the U.S. Department of Energy for a carbon capture and storage project by BP.
A project to build a carbon storage hub centered around BP's Whiting refinery has gotten a funding boost from the federal government. BP Carbon Solutions' Project Crossroads has been awarded $98,240,569 from the U.S. Department of Energy.
The eventual goal is to have multiple carbon storage facilities in the area of Northern Indiana, Northeastern Illinois and Southwestern Michigan linked by more than 100 miles of new pipeline. That, in turn, will help with decarbonization efforts in Northwest Indiana.
The U.S. Department of Energy will supply $98.24 million for a carbon storage hub at the BP Whiting Refinery that could lessen the greenhouse gas emissions of the heavy industry along Northwest Indiana's lakefront.
The $138 million project also will have $39.8 million in other funding. The goal is to help decarbonize Northwest Indiana, which is home to some of country's heaviest industry like steel mills and oil refineries.
The Hobart Police Department was awarded $200,000 in funding from the Department of Justice to support officers’ mental health and well-being.
U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan announced the federal grant award Oct.19.
The Hobart Police Department will receive the funds to improve the delivery of and access to mental health and wellness services for law enforcement. The funding will help the department implement peer support, training, family resources, suicide prevention and other wellness programs.
Four Region communities were awarded federal funding through the Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services, or COPS, office.
According to a news release from U.S. Rep. Frank J. Mrvan's office, the Porter County Sheriff's Office, the city of Hobart, Lake Station Community Schools and Valparaiso Community Schools all received funding.
Mrvan congratulated the awardees for "securing these vital federal funds that will help improve safety initiatives in our communities and schools."