The state of Rhode Island has contracted two new companies to deliver bottled water to the University of Rhode Island and other higher education institutions across the state. The contract with Poland Springs, URI’s previous provider, expired at the end of 2017. There were rumors that Poland Springs stopped delivering their products to campus because…
Often we find that in the dissemination of information a disconnect occurs. It is a more complicated process to comprehensively divulge information for mass consumption than people give credit for, but isn’t that the mass media’s job? Providing truth to the people so they can function in a democratic society, and acting as watchdog over…
On March 22, 2017 Hydrologist and Senior Water Scientist at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Dr. Jay Famiglietti, gave a lecture on the growing concern around freshwater security and communicating concerns around it. “It can be a challenge to explain why we do what we do and [I] think we should embrace that,” said Dr….