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- Judge Needs Help Punishing Gas Company
- June's Rains Straining Stormwater Systems
- TLA/Pond View Cleanup Begins May 28
- Be Aware: Lawn Chemicals Applied
- EPA Awards Brownfield Grants to WaterFire
- EPA Fines Warren Shipbuilder
- Cleanup of Closed E. Providence Company Finalized
- R.I. Co. Fined for Clean Air Violations at Vt. Facility
- R.I. Boatyard to Reduce Air Emissions, Pay Fine
- State Coalition Presses EPA for Emissions Action
- R.I. Landlords Fined for Lead-Paint Hazards
- Settlement Reached on Davis Environmental Damage
- Newport Shipyard Required to Reduce Air Emissions
- R.I. to Lower Cap on Power-Plant Emissions
- URI Scientist: Chemical Stew Brewing in Oceans
- R.I. Needs to Reel In Plastic Bag Waste
- EPA: Increase in R.I. Toxic Chemical Releases
- E. Providence Co. Fined for Chemical Violations
- Central Landfill Named in N.E. Dirty Dozen Report
- R.I. to Sue EPA for Clean Air Violations
- Remediation of Queen Anne Square Ongoing
- R.I. Bus Co. Busted for Excessive Idling
- E. Providence Pollution Control Gets $52M Upgrade
- EPA Issues Clean-Up Plan for Woonasquatucket
- R.I. had More Smog Days this Summer Than Last
- Asbestos Removal Underway at Eight Rod Farm
- T.F. Green Takes Air and Water Monitoring Seriously
- DEM Issues Pollution Permit to T.F. Green
- Providence Company Faces Fine for Lead Hazards
- R.I. Roads Sprayed Annually with Herbicides
- Allens Ave. Firms Cited for Environmental Violations
- That Cup Adds Up
- City Facility Faces Penalty for Waste Violations
- Concerns Linger Over Toxics in Queen Anne Square
- City Identifies Toxics Beneath Queen Anne Square
- Save The Bay Unhappy with City Recycler
- R.I. Joins 10 States in Suing EPA on Soot Standards
- Societal Cost of Litter is Largely Hidden
- Queen Anne Square Soil Testing Underway
- Judge Again Defers Pascoag's MTBE Settlement
- R.I. Vehicle Inspectors Rack Up Violations
- DEM Slaps Court Complaint on City Waste Recycler
- Davis Site in Smithfield to Get Groundwater Cleanup
- 500 Open Cases of Environmental Violations in R.I.
- R.I.'s Idling Law: Unenforced or Unenforceable?
- DEM Issues Ultimatum to E. Providence Recycler
- Is Newport’s Queen Park Hiding a Toxic Stew?
- Funding Scarce to Make R.I. Less Toxic
- N. Providence Superfund Site Years in the Making
- Waterfront Metals Recycler Accused of Polluting Bay
- Big Cleanup Proposed for Toxic N. Providence Site
- Complicated Spill Tough to Clean Up
- 'No Causal Link?': MTBE's Long Legacy in Pascoag
- 'It Burns When I Shower'
- Lawsuit Forces Newport to Upgrade Wastewater Management
- There’s What in My Water?
- Big Win for Pascoag; Drop in Bucket for Big Oil
- Parades and Fireworks Dependent on Waste
- Diesel Getting Less Dirty on the Job
- Winter Sand and Salt Harm Sensitive Waters
- Brayton Point Ranked 4th in Mercury Pollution
- BPA: Possible Water Contaminant
- R.I.’s Pollution Problems Long in the Making
- How Did Flame Retardants Become Such a Hot Chemical?
- Waste Regulations Are Not Exactly Universal
- Cigarette Butts Choke R.I.’s Coastline
- Diesel Pollution Still Choking Rhode Island
- What’s Buried in Your Backyard?