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Our mighty Cuyahoga has never received the full Chicago River green-dye treatment, but it has some green tales to tell. Here are five interesting stories you may not have heard. 5. The Cuyahoga River was dyed green in 2008. Mysteriously. In January of that year, the City of Akron...
Read More Posted by Jared Shepherd So Buzzfeed won’t create our buzzquiz ideas. No biggie. We made our own. Just scroll down and click “Let’s Play!” to get started.
Read More Posted by Jared Shepherd As Marvel Studios’ “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” release date edges closer and closer—an event in which we hold particular interest—we’ve got superheroes on the brain. Of course, Captain America’s alter ego was Steve Rogers, whose comic book origins state he was a fine arts student and budding illustrator....
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I can’t believe how these things have taken off. BuzzFeed quizzes. Which Willy Wonka character are you? Which bagel are you? What should your college major actually be? BuzzFeed quizzes are all the rage. But while their topics really do run the gamut, we came up with eight you’ll...
Read More Posted by Jared Shepherd Quite dapper for a sewer tunnel tour, no? These gents were friends of English civil engineer Joseph Bazalgette attending a tour of the main drainage works of his new London Sewage System in 1862. Tours of anything similar today are accompanied by hard hats rather than top hats, but...
Read More Posted by Jared Shepherd Hollywood and the stars of “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” left their mark in Cleveland in 2012. At our facilities, they left their marks right on the walls. Yes, two Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District facilities served as shooting locations in May of 2012 for Marvel’s Captain America: The...
Read More Posted by Jared Shepherd ABC Entertainment News | ABC Business News If you’ve ever wondered how astronauts go potty in space, here’s a video. But don’t worry, it’s totally SFW. This NASA clip featured on ABC News shows astronaut Cady Coleman playing with food in a very educational way to help answer one...
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Image via clearpointresidencies.com This rendering of a Sri Lankan hotel that just got a green light for 2016 takes sustainability to a whole new level. Forty-six floors to be exact. A Fast Company feature described this project as a “living high rise covered in a forest,” inspired by a...
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Gray, green, or in between? For us, that’s an important question. cleveland.com has been presenting a series of articles focused on Project Clean Lake, our 25-year $3 billion plan to reduced combined sewer overflow pollution. The stories have covered the agreement’s history and raised questions about “green alternatives” we...
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A story posted today on cleveland.com asks the question, “Is there a cheaper, greener way” to prevent billions of gallons of sewage and stormwater from polluting Lake Erie? It’s the first in a series of articles set to look at the financial, green, and comparative aspects of our 25-year...
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