Just thought I'd share. A friend of mine noticed this today and I had to shoot the pic with my cell phone. It's the coal hopper for a historic train engine in a Washington Court House, Ohio park.
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Published!
The Lammers site pollution investigation has finally seen the light of day. Beavercreek is running it as a 3-part series on Thursdays, starting yesterday. Xenia, Fairborn and Bellbrook are running it as a 3-part series on Fridays starting today. Wilmington is running it as a 2-part series, today and Saturday. (Since this post was first … Continue reading Published!
Best of Twitter 6: Links to others’ green stuff part II
RT @Greenmoms In bad economies businesses need work and people need services, but both are short. Enter bartering. http://tinyurl.com/cd6hl0 12:36 PM Apr 14th If we could suffice with 1948 levels of consumerism, 40hr workweeks could be 13.5hrs. Fascinating. @Orion_Magazine http://tinyurl.com/dnl28y 1:21 PM Apr 14th And is your college ranked on http://greenreportcard.org/? A thoroughly researched project, … Continue reading Best of Twitter 6: Links to others’ green stuff part II
Best of Twitter 5: Links to others’ green stuff part I
Contest: What's the "greenest" concept you can think of? Mine is the "100 Thing Challenge." Only 100 personal possessions. Could you do it? 2:11 PM Feb 20th And visit betterworldshopper.com— a site (and book) that ranks companies for responsibility. Almost all products have a better option. 11:01 AM Feb 25th Cell phone radiation harmful? Who … Continue reading Best of Twitter 5: Links to others’ green stuff part I
Best of Twitter 4: My own green thoughts
Blogging about Applied Sciences, Inc, the world's third largest producer of carbon nanotubes - tech that could double the Volt car's milage. 4:32 PM Feb 12th If it's true that the first passive solar building stateside will be in Yellow Springs (near here), I'm on it like weatherstripping. 8:51 AM Feb 19th If we kept … Continue reading Best of Twitter 4: My own green thoughts
Toxics now, IRE conference later
Since right now I'm technically still on vacation, I'll delay my stories about the IRE conference until Thursday or Friday when I get back to Ohio. Right now I'm in Boston seeing what there is to see, eating and drinking what there is to eat and drink, with a friend who just graduated from MIT. … Continue reading Toxics now, IRE conference later
Superfund multimedia extravaganza!
Or at least, that's what I call my textual-visual-auditory, multi-platform news story about the nearest Superfund site to me, Lammers Barrel Factory. In case you didn't get to see the TV news package a couple weeks ago, here it is again. (If the video's still squished, pardon me. The fix is on the way.) But … Continue reading Superfund multimedia extravaganza!
TV news pollution report
I produced this TV news package for a newswriting class this semester. I'm currently working on a full-blown cross-platform version of this story. That'll include a web (text) version as well as three radio stories, a slideshow, SMS updates, PDF copies of official documents, extended "directors cut" interviews and more. Sadly, until I can render … Continue reading TV news pollution report
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