Providence Bag Ban Pushes Environmental Awareness
/PROVIDENCE — The potential change in the city that the new ban hopes to produce is both in environmental and economic improvement.
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R.I. Needs to Protect Its Waters From EPA Rollback
/Earlier this month the Trump administration got the ball rolling on a Clean Water Act overhaul that could put U.S. waterways at risk.
Read MoreFederal Grants to Fund R.I. Environmental Protections
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Restore America’s Estuaries and the Environmental Protection Agency are awarding $2.3 million in funding to local organizations working for clean water and healthy coastal ecosystems in southeast New England, including seven Rhode Island projects.
Read MoreRestoration Plan Drafted for Birds Killed by 2003 Buzzards Bay Oil Spill
/State and federal environmental agencies have released a draft plan to restore common loons and other birds that were killed by the 2003 Bouchard Barge No. 120 oil spill in Buzzards Bay.
Read MoreR.I.'s Climate Efforts in Perpetual State of Study
/PROVIDENCE — The Resilient Rhode Island Act of 2014 created a mirage of political action. Lawmakers use it as a shield, to deflect having to do anything that truly addresses the mounting pressures caused by a changing climate.
Read MoreMass. Resident Fined for Erecting Coastal Barriers
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FAIRHAVEN, Mass. — The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection has fined local resident Anwar Faisal $46,950 for unauthorized work performed at his Bella Vista Island property.
Read MorePetition Asks Mass. Legislature to Give Bees a Chance
/Environment Massachusetts recently delivered a petition signed by 20,000 residents asking state officials to restrict the use of bee-killing pesticides known as neonicotinoids.
Read MoreR.I. Lawmakers Advance Few Environmental Bills
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PROVIDENCE — It was a meager year at the Statehouse for addressing climate change, renewable energy, and other environment-related matters.
Read MoreBag Ban and Straw Law Won't Advance Out of House
/PROVIDENCE — The 2019 session of the General Assembly won’t be remembered as a standout year for environmental bills.
Read MoreR.I. Bag Ban and Straw Law Remain in Statehouse Play
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PROVIDENCE — With less than a week before the tentative end of the 2019 legislative session, a few environmental bills are advancing.
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