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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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Renewed efforts to revitalize Ohio’s ‘rust belt’ remnants

March 3, 2022March 4, 2022 Connor Steffen EPA, Hazardous Waste, Superfund

As 2021 drew to a close, so began a race to reinvigorate in Ohio. For all 88 of the state’s

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Air 

How PPG Teslin makes it hard to breathe in Barberton

February 25, 2022February 25, 2022 Ben Pagani air, Barberton, EPA, PPG

While an excited teen passed their driver’s license test, people in one of Ohio’s poorest communities struggled to breathe. A

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Water 

Algae blooms: Not just a Lake Erie problem

December 13, 2021April 11, 2022 Anna Louden algae, EPA, HABs, toxic, water

Harmful algal blooms are an issue in all 50 states, in Ohio the most famous lake that has had issues

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Hazardous Waste 

A hazardous wasteland called home

October 10, 2018April 27, 2022 valerieroyzman 0 Comments East Liverpool, environment, EPA, Hazardous Waste, health, Heritage Thermal Services, incinerator, Ohio, waste

East Liverpool residents’ concerns still high after 2013 incinerator explosion Written by Cameron Hoover, Adam Kirasic and Valerie Royzman Richard Copeland

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Air Energy 

Coal power plant dispute: positives, negatives of energy producers

October 9, 2018April 27, 2022 Ray Padilla 0 Comments Carbon Dioxide, Coal Fired, Energy, EPA, FirstEnergy, Fred Abdalla, Jefferson County, Jerry Barilla, Mike Wilson, Power Plants, Steubenville, Stratton

Written by: Ella Abbott, Adriona Murphy and Ray Padilla I. Along the Ohio River, where Ohio meets West Virginia, lies

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Hazardous Waste 

What’s a Superfund site, anyway? Here’s a basic breakdown

September 12, 2018October 19, 2018 valerieroyzman 0 Comments contaminated, EPA, hazardous, Superfund, Superfund site, toxic

Well, to answer your question — and pretty obvious from the photo — Superfund sites are not very pretty. According

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Hazardous Waste 

Two of the most common hazardous wastes — including one that could be in your own home

September 11, 2018April 27, 2022 Cameron Hoover 0 Comments EPA, Hazardous Waste, Household Hazardous Waste, PCBs

According to the Environmental Protection Agency, hazardous waste can be “simply defined” as “waste with properties that make it dangerous

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