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Ohio Water Quality: Water Pollution Control Loan Fund

May 2, 2023May 3, 2023 Maggie Harris

The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (Ohio EPA) offers a loan program to assist Ohio communities in need of sewage system

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East Palestine’s Waste Removal

May 1, 2023May 7, 2023 Maggie Harris

https://arcg.is/1D8rqe Months after the train derailment in East Palestine, crews have been paid overtime for their work in removing hazardous

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Columbiana County Humane Society provides shelter for animals after the East Palestine Derailment

April 30, 2023April 30, 2023 Avery Savage

East Palestine’s train derailment drove local residents to evacuate and leave many animals behind. The Columbiana County Humane Society is

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Where is East Palestine’s waste being taken?

April 27, 2023April 30, 2023 Ben Weaver

Large earth-moving machines kick up dust as bucket after bucket of soil is removed from the site of the East

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East Palestine derailment affects rescue ranch in Pennsylvania

April 4, 2023April 4, 2023 Avery Savage

On Feb, 3, a Norfolk Southern train carrying hazardous chemicals derailed in East Palestine, Ohio. Of the 151 rail cars,

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Citizens of East Palestine: Rebecca Durr

March 21, 2023March 21, 2023 Ben Weaver

Weaver: A miniature Chernobyl. That’s the phrase being used to describe a chemical spill following a train derailment that occurred

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Lamppost Farm owner concerned about long-term business effects from derailment

March 17, 2023March 31, 2023 Maggie Harris

For the past 15 years, Melanie Montgomery has been the director of ministry and education for Lamppost Farm in Columbiana,

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Ohio car emission problem: What is being done?

March 11, 2023March 21, 2023 Jacob Hansen air pollution, car emissions, EPA, NOACA, Ohio EPA, Sam Rubens, Tim Kovach

The Cleveland area has a huge problem with air pollution and ranks 14th out of 199 U.S. metropolitan areas  for

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Two people in orange vests are in a gray metal boat on a wetland that has green algae on it.
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H2Ohio: Stopping wetland loss

March 10, 2023March 21, 2023 Sophie Young

Restoring Ohio’s wetlands Michele Copoly lives in west Akron, on land that used to be one large peat bog.  Since

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Flora and fauna 

The Effects of Zebra Mussels

March 10, 2023March 22, 2023 Jacob Matson

What is an invasive species? Is it something that just invades an area? Well that is very close to what

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