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CHARLESTOWN — The Charlestown Climate Resiliency Commission will meet from 5 to 7 p.m. on Aug. 10 at Charlestown Town Hall in the Town Council chambers. The meeting will focus
For the past four summers, Little Compton has been working on a study to answer an important question: Does the town have enough water?
Experts predict a reset of transatlantic collaboration The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) expects academic collaboration with the United States to improve under the new presidency of Joe Biden. Prospects for a reset of transatlantic relations were discussed online two days before Biden took office by a roundtable of experts from both countries. DAAD President Joybrato Mukherjee views Biden’s choice of geneticist Eric Lander as presidential science advisor and director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy as an indication of academia assuming a high significance in the for...
PFAS contaminate drinking water supplies serving about one-third of Americans. Dec 18th, 2020 Todd McLeish The PFAS compounds extracted from the ground are destroyed using an ultraviolet light technology inside this trailer. EnChem Engineering Inc. University of Rhode Island hydrogeologist Thomas Boving and colleagues at EnChem Engineering Inc. are testing a proprietary new technology for quickly removing and destroying hazardous chemical compounds from soil and groundwater. If proven effective, the technology could soon be applied to cleaning up the abundant per- and polyfluoroalkyl substan...
21st December 2020 12:02 am 18th December 2020 12:03 pm A new technology that quickly removes and destroys hazardous PFAS chemicals from soil and groundwater is undergoing tests in the US. PFAS compounds extracted from the ground are destroyed using an ultraviolet light technology inside this trailer. (Photo courtesy of EnChem Engineering Inc.) If proven effective, the technology could soon be applied to cleaning up per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS, or so-called forever chemicals) that contaminate drinking water supplies serving about one-third of Americans. PFAS compounds are f...