An Ominous Reminder

Some time in early August, 2019, an underwater volcano near the island of Tonga in the South Pacific erupted, pouring a massive amount of ash and molten rock into the ocean depths.  The cold ocean water cooled the debris into balls of pumice that floated to the...

Finally, standards!

The severity of the world-wide incursion of PFAS, called “forever chemicals,” has caught the attention of US legislators. In mid-June, three senators from both sides of the political spectrum authored an amendment that would compel the Environmental Protection Agency...