Richard Bopp, RPI professor of earth and environmental sciences, will speak on “The Real Story of Contaminants in the Hudson from Sewage to PCBs” on Wednesday, Feb. 14, at 7 p.m. in the Nott Memorial.
His talk is the third in the six-part seminar series, “The Hudson River: From the Wilderness to the Sea,” sponsored by Environmental Studies and the Association for the Protection of the Adirondacks.
The series topic – the Hudson River – was planned to coincide with the dredging issue and the EPA decision, said John Garver, director of environmental studies.
“We want to highlight current environmental issues in a broad-based seminar series that addresses the scientific, political, and cultural aspects of a particular environmental issue,” he said. Previous seminars have focused on lakes and environmental change, global warming and the Adirondacks.
Other lectures in the series, all on Wednesdays at 7 p.m. in the Nott Memorial, are:
- Feb. 21 – “Adirondack Guides from the Hudson's Headwaters: A Short Season, Hard Work, Low Pay” with Chuck Brumley, author and licensed guide;
- Feb. 28 – “The Hudson River School Painters” with Robert T. McLean, art gallery proprietor;
- Mar. 7 – “Folk Music Along the Hudson” with George Ward, singer and folk historian.