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Thursday, July 25, 2019, 12:00 p.m.
Growing Smart in Cleveland: Acting Like a Community Shareholder
June 22, 2019 marked the 50th anniversary of the Cuyahoga River fire of 1969. This fire was by no means the first fire on the river (at least 12 others were reported prior to that) or even the biggest (the...
Tuesday, July 23, 2019, 12:00 p.m.
After President Trump indicated he would withdraw the United States from the Paris Climate Accord, a group of nearly 200 mayors, including Mayor Frank G. Jackson, joined the Mayors National Climate Action Agenda and committed themselves to the climate goals...
Tuesday, July 16, 2019, 12:00 p.m.
According to a recent report from the American Lung Association, Cuyahoga County is the 9th most polluted area in the country for annual particle pollution and received an F rating for the number of ozone days. Both ozone and particle...
Tuesday, June 25, 2019, 12:00 p.m.
During the 2015 Paris Climate Change Conference, the international community pledged to limit Earth's warming by 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) over preindustrial levels. It's widely considered an ambitious goal — but one with a potential efficient, inexpensive, and...
Friday, June 21, 2019, 12:00 p.m.
In honor of the 50th anniversary of the Cuyahoga River fire — and to launch a weekend full of community activity — The City Club of Cleveland is partnering with the Cleveland Foundation and The George Gund Foundation to host...
Tuesday, June 18, 2019, 12:00 p.m.
Fifty years ago this week, the Cuyahoga River burned. On that dry summer day, a spark from a passing rail car ignited floating debris in the river. The fire was fed by oil slicks on the river’s surface — sending...
Monday, June 10, 2019, 6:30 p.m.
Scientists worldwide are in large agreement that global warming is occurring — and that human activity is the cause. Seventy percent of Americans agree, according to a 2018 poll from Yale University. Over the past several decades, efforts at the...
Thursday, April 04, 2019, 4:50 p.m.
Directed by the team that brought us “Sustainable,” an essential rumination on the future of agriculture, Matt Wechsler and Annie Speicher follow in that film’s footsteps with RIGHT TO HARM. This time around, they are pointing the camera at factory...
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