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‘Truth, Reckoning and Right Relationship’: A Rights of Nature Epiphany

At an Earth Day gathering last week, activist Tish O’Dell said she’s come to realize that her efforts to secure legal rights for nature have to some extent been thwarted by human beings' stunted relationship with rivers, streams, wild animals and ecosystems.

By Katie Surma

Fighting for a Foothold in American Law, the Rights of Nature Movement Finds New Possibilities in a Change of Venue: the Arts

By Katie Surma

Swimmers in Lake Erie.

Cleveland Resilience Projects Could Boost Communities’ Access to Water and Green Spaces

By Kathiann M. Kowalski

What Happened to the Great Lakes Offshore Wind Boom?

By Nicole Pollack

Downtown Cleveland

Cleveland Accelerates Its Ambitions for Hitting Net Zero Energy

By Kathiann M. Kowalski

A view of downtown of Cleveland on January 30, 2023.

Cleveland Regional Planning Agency Building Community Input Into Climate Change Plan

By Kathiann M. Kowalski

A house near the Gavin Power Plant on September 11, 2019 in Cheshire, Ohio. In 2002, the company that owns the Gavin Power Plant, American Electric Power, reached a settlement with the town's residents for $20 million so they would move and not hold the power plant liable for any health issues.

New Report Card Shows Where Ohio Needs to Catch up in Cutting Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Kathiann M. Kowalski

Carol Snyder of Northwood, Ohio holds up a jar with water collected from Lake Erie at Maumee Bay State Park August 4, 2014 in Oregon, Ohio. Toledo, Ohio area residents were once again able to drink tap water after a two-day ban due to algae-related toxins.

Funding Poised to Dry Up for Water Projects in Ohio and Other States if Proposed Budget Cuts Become Law

Kathiann M. Kowalski

A postcard shows Rockefeller Park in Cleveland, Ohio the early 20th century. Credit: Sepia Times/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Cleveland’s Tree Canopy Is in Trouble

By Kathiann M. Kowalski

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