I stumbled upon a section of the EPA’s website where you receive an entire rundown of the county you live in. I will go through the air and water quality of Portage County. Air quality in Portage County The Air Quality Index (AQI) reports daily air quality. This tells you how well your air is [...]
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Analysis: Cleveland’s Air Quality
While driving into Cleveland early this morning, I was met with, as I do every time I make this morning commute, the gleaming lights from the skyscrapers and tall buildings downtown. It's a beautiful sight that makes the 6 a.m. commute less miserable. Terminal Tower was lit up in orange, green and white -- the [...]
Lead: An Introduction to the Issue
https://vimeo.com/299066795 I recently worked with MacKenzie Michalojko to produce this video in collaboration with Brandon Bounds for our report on lead in drinking water. As the title suggests, this is an introduction to the issue. We talk about how lead in water made national headlines, the health risks of lead poisoning and give a [...]
Superfund Sites and National Disasters
What is a Superfund Site? According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, a Superfund refers to a place that toxic waste was dumped, left alone or generally disposed of improperly. In 1980 congress passed the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act as a response to national outrage when citizens found out about the [...]
How does Ohio Dispose of Hazardous Household Waste?
Summit County ReWorks is a resource available to Summit County residents that provides them a safe place to dispose of common household waste. The service is free to all Summit County residents and the service is intended to ensure that less potentially harmful waste ends up in places like landfills. The initial planning for this [...]
The Proposed Lake Erie Wind Farm: What You Need to Know
What is the project? Icebreaker Wind is touting itself as a revolutionary and forward-thinking project that would create the first freshwater wind farm in the country, the first offshore wind farm in the Great Lakes and the second offshore wind farm in the country. It would place a wind farm in Lake Erie, about 8 [...]
Three Tips to Environmental Reporting
By Brandon Bounds The beautiful thing about journalism is all the stories a reporter can explore. Stories on politics and social inequality tend to gain more traction than others and flood social media. However, stories on climate change and the environment don't tend to get a lot of attention. There are so many issues to [...]
Would a rose by any other name still smell as sweet?
The rose: a long-time symbolization of love and passion. A way to tell a romantic message without using words. Each colored rose holds a different meaning, such as red for enduring passion; white for humility and innocence; yellow for friendship and joy; pink for gratitude, appreciation and admiration; and orange for enthusiasm and desire. But [...]
The dangers of microplastics
We all use microplastics, we just don't know it. According to NOAA, Microplastics are "Microbeads are tiny pieces of polyethylene plastic added to health and beauty products, such as some cleansers and toothpastes." That's right, the things that we use in our daily lives to help us and our appearance are in fact hurting the [...]
Down the drain: Where have all the microbeads gone?
I’m sure at one point, all of us owned some kind of product with microbeads in it. I remember walking down the isles of the drugstore and seeing bottle after bottle of face wash filled with those little blue beads that promised softer, clearer skin. But slowly they began disappearing. Throughout the years, concerns related [...]
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