Competition to destroy ‘forever chemicals’ heats up

Timothy Strathmann, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at the Colorado School of Mines, and colleagues were the first to optimize it for destroying PFAS. The Washington State–based start-up Aquagga has an exclusive license to the ....
March 4, 2024

DOE offers loan to Nevada lithium mine

Ian Lange, director of the Mineral and Energy Economics graduate program at the Colorado School of Mines, says these loans will help companies extract battery materials in the US but that getting permits remains a big challenge.
January 19, 2023

Podcast: Lithium mining’s water use sparks bitter conflicts and novel chemistry

In this "Stereo Chemistry" episode, Jessica Smith, an anthropologist and professor of engineering, design and society at Colorado School of Mines, discusses how mining companies are often focused on the question, "How can we produce minerals and ....
September 13, 2022

PFAS destruction technologies are starting to emerge

“Thermal technologies in general are one of the most promising approaches for actually achieving PFAS destruction,” Timothy J. Strathmann, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at the Colorado School of Mines, tells C&EN.
December 8, 2021

Year in Chemistry 2019: PFAS pollution solutions moved forward

Chris Higgins, who studies emerging contaminants at the Colorado School of Mines, says he expects this “every tool on the table” approach to continue. “It’s such a big liability; you don’t want to put all your eggs in one basket,” he says.
December 9, 2019