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How cities like Portland and Chicago are breathing new life into their urban rivers

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80% Informative

Of the 3.5 million miles of rivers in the U.S. , 50% are too polluted for fishing, boating or swimming.

Urban Rivers is leading the charge to transform the Chicago River .

Efforts to revitalize the rivers began with the 1972 Clean Water Act .

VR Score

85

Informative language

86

Neutral language

66

Article tone

semi-formal

Language

English

Language complexity

43

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

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1

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1

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