When you think of tainted water in the United States, you probably think of Flint, Michigan. And for good reason. Flint's water crisis has been going on since 2014, and it doesn't look like it's going to come to an end any time soon. But what if I told you that Ohio could [...]
All rain is acidic. No, really. It works like this; As rain falls to the earth it picks up carbon dioxide in the atmosphere which creates carbonic acid. According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), “normal, clean rain has a pH value of between 5.0 and 5.5.” An object’s pH value measures how acidic it [...]
The United States has thousands of contaminated areas known as Superfund sites, according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). From coast to coast, the EPA deems each site exists “due to hazardous waste being dumped, left out in the open, or otherwise improperly managed.” In fact, there are 54 Superfund sites in Ohio, including Summit [...]
These posts, written and produced by students in the Student Media Practicum in Journalism class at Kent State University, will cover a range of environmental issues in Ohio, including reporting on climate change, pollution, oil and gas pipelines, clean water, conservation and energy, among others. "Only within the moment of time represented by the present century [...]
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