The Green Cheapies

The Roads of the Future May Be Closer Than We Think

Chad W. Lutz

Revolutionizing an industry can't be easy. Revolutionizing the world, damn near impossible.

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Hello Green Brick Road

Chad W. Lutz

Researchers at the Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands finished conducting an experiment earlier this summer testing a new eco-friendly road surface that just might, literally, save the planet.

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Ohio's Great Aquatic Face Off

Hallie Witwer

No one wants to see an entire ecosystem brought down.

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Green Adventures in Boating

Tony Parete

Remember your grandfather’s old boat? Smelly, oily, rotten, and parked behind the garage under a tarp for ten years? As they used to say in those Virginia Slims cigarette ads, “we’ve come a long way, baby!”

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Ohio: The Hub of It All

Chad W. Lutz

Here in Ohio, steps have been taken to improve our infrastructure to ensure that we stay as competitive as possible with the rest of the metropolitan world.

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Engulfed

Chad W. Lutz

But scientists are saying it’s way too early to start calling the size and scope of the spill’s destructive legacy just yet. Already some 1,900 birds have died as a result of the spill just within its first three months. And it can only get worse. The Gulf of Mexico is home to over 1,200 species of fish and some 29 different species of marine mammals. Twenty-one years after the Exxon Valdez scientists are still mopping up the ugly consequences of data that show only, “increasing disease and mortality rates,” with many species now existing on the brink of extinction.

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The End of the World As We Know It

Hallie Witwer

Something tells me that the Ohio Division of Wildlife should keep its eyes and ears open because 2011 could turn out to be quite an interesting year…

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Going Green (No, Orange! Red!)

Chad W. Lutz

Since 2008, the balloon, which is illuminated at night, is now used to indicate the city’s current air quality. During the day, high intensity LCD banners and screens flash the same shades of Green (good), Orange (meh), and Red (dust off the SARS mask) to indicate levels of pollution.

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