I am not by any means an expert in environmental policy. In my four years at Kent State, I’ve stuck to what I know — sports — and generally haven’t strayed from that area of expertise. When I was approached about being in a practicum course focusing on heavily data-driven reporting on environmental issues, I [...]
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Freshman Broadcast Journalism Major at Kent State University.
‘It’s a sad story’: An East Liverpool historian comments on the town’s downfall and its hopeful hazardous waste resurgence
“It’s a sad story, what happens to a place when you have a one-industry town, and hard times come.” Tim Brooks is a historian based in East Liverpool, Ohio, and I interviewed him over the phone about the industrial past of his town and what it means when considering the hazardous waste incinerator just outside [...]
Two of Northeast Ohio’s most controversial toxic waste sites
IMAGE: A member of a cleanup crew examines a tank at Danton Dry Cleaning in 1994. The storefront spilled toxic waste into its basement, which leaked into the local water supply, and the EPA has been trying to clean up the mess for nearly 30 years. (Cleveland.com) No one can deny the environmental issues and [...]
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