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The Cuyahoga River Fire Fuels America’s Environmental Movement

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🗓️ 22 June 2026

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

June 22, 1969. The Cuyahoga River in Cleveland, Ohio catches fire, sparking a movement to clean up the country’s polluted waterways. This episode originally aired in 2023.

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Cuyahoga River in Cleveland, Ohio.

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The crew of eight workmen toil under the

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afternoon sun. Sighing wearily, one of them sets his tools down and walks to the boat's edge. Disgust

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overcomes him, though, as he gazes at the murky waterway below, its surface covered in a thick

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layer of oil. The Cuyahoga River snakes through the heart of Cleveland, dividing the city in two.

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