Why This Photo Of A Burning River Should Give You Hope

There's a picture of water I think about a lot. It's not a loon on a misty lake. It's not the classic Canadian image showing the back of a favourite paddling mate in the bow of a canoe. It's a picture of a burning river.This year marks the 50th anniversary of the last fire on the Cuyahoga River in Ohio. In June 1969, a slick of oil and debris floating on the river ignited. This was not the first time that flame and river had met on the Cuyahoga. By 1969, there had been just over a century of riv