Popular Mass. Pond Dosed with Aluminum Sulfate
/HALIFAX, Mass. — For more than a decade, blue-green algae blooms in West Monponsett Pond have often ended summer fun early and rendered the boat ramp useless.
Read MoreAquidneck Island Goes Green to Battle Polluted Runoff
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MIDDLETOWN and NEWPORT, R.I. — The ponds that supply the Newport Water System and its nearly 15,000 service connections with drinking water and Aquidneck Island’s popular beaches are being stressed by polluted stormwater runoff.
Read MoreEPA: Reduce Nitrogen Inputs Into Westport River
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The Environmental Protection Agency recently approved the Westport River total maximum daily load (TMDL) of nitrogen allowable in the estuary, as submitted by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection in early April.
Read MoreMarine Debris Growing Problem for Beaches, Wildlife
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Nearly 1,500 pieces of fishing line at least a yard long were picked up on Rhode Island beaches last September as part of the International Coastal Cleanup. Balloons are also a problem.
Read MoreProvidence Air Pollution Among Worst in New England
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PROVIDENCE — Rhode Island's capital is one of the most polluted cities in New England, according to a new report on air pollution.
Read MorePlastic Pollution Haunts From Sea to Shining Sea
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PROVIDENCE — The amount of plastic choking the planet, most notably the world’s oceans, is unfathomable. The evidence of this unrelenting assault overwhelming. The scale of this toxic pollution horrifying.
Read MoreProvidence Forced to Invest in Stormwater System
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PROVIDENCE — Mayor Jorge Elorza recently signed an agreement with the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management to bring the city’s stormwater management system into compliance with its Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System permit.
Read MoreOcean State Power’s Oil Burning Boosts Rhode Island's Chemical Emissions
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Rhode Island was the only state in southern New England to see its emissions increase in 2015. Pollution went up primarily because the Ocean State Power facility in Burrilliville used oil fuel that year, according to state and federal records.
Read MoreStudy Focuses on Fish That Can Survive Industrial Contamination in New Bedford Harbor
/NEW BEDFORD, Mass. — WHOI biologists Mark Hahn and Sibel Karchner have been studying PCB-resistant killifish in New Bedford Harbor since 1995, as part of an Environmental Protection Agency Superfund Research Program.
Read MoreSettlement Reached for Peterson/Puritan Inc. Superfund Site in Cumberland and Lincoln
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A settlement estimated to be worth more than $40 million was recently by the U.S. Department of Justice, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Protection. The settlement ensures that the cleanup of the Peterson/Puritan Inc. Superfund site in Cumberland and Lincoln, R.I. will move forward.
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