Pollution

The plight of the river, which empties into Lake Erie at Cleveland, helped inspire the Clean Water Act. Now it attracts kayakers and anglers and could soon be removed from an EPA watchlist.

Pollution, caused by abandoned mines, is hurting Ohio’s small streams. A local nonprofit is combining science and art to solve the problem.

The city of Dayton is threatening to sue Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and the Department of Defense over forever chemicals in the city's drinking water.

This episode originally aired on May 6, 2020.The Trump administration has continued to weaken air pollution regulations despite warnings that long-term…

The Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission has received a federal grant money to clean up the former location of Westland Mall. After decades of neglect,…

This episode originally aired on May 6, 2020.The Trump administration has continued to weaken air pollution regulations despite warnings that long-term…

Ohio lawmakers are considering a pair of Republican-backed bills that would toss out current and future bans on single-use plastic bags passed by local…

GOP lawmakers could stop a Bexley ban on plastic bags if the state legislature passes two bills before the end of the year.These bills, House Bill 242 and…

Bexley City Council voted Tuesday to ban single-use plastics, just hours after Cuyahoga County voted on its own plastic bag ban.The measure will ban local…

A team of Ohio State researchers have developed a material that could help reduce plastic pollution.Until now, bioplastics made from renewable resources…