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Today in history, 1969: The heavily polluted Cuyahoga River catches fire due to trapped debris and oil slicks, likely ignited by a passing train. It was not unusual, extinguished quickly and caused little damage, but it became a symbol for the Clean Water movement. /1
Today in history, 1969: The heavily polluted Cuyahoga River catches fire due to trapped debris and oil slicks, likely ignited by a passing train. It was not unusual, extinguished quickly and caused little damage, but it became a symbol for the Clean Water movement. /1
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Don't neglect Love canal, or the Hackensack and Passaic Rivers... The EPA isn't done yet, but some people want to cut it out of government.
not.
Quite apt for that time period
Typical of people that feel entitled to privilege. "Someone else will clean it up".
Brought back images of the Iron Eyes Cody commercial, and how sad those made me.
The actors and writers both made it extremely believable!
This administration is sick.
#FROTUS
#EPA
#CLEANWATER
#WaterISthenewOil
What a nightmare of an administration
#HistorMatters
Learned about it when my brother ran the Burning River Ultra Marathon two years back
'Nature's Way' - Spirit ⭐⭐⭐⭐
It led to this beautiful song by Randy California.
Cuyahoga - R.E.M. (1987) ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Once rivers started getting cleaned-up, wealthy started buying up river fronts for their private residences, restaurants & clubs.
I wonder what the wealthy river front landowners will do as the sewage begins to flow, again?