PROVIDENCE — The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management said the thousands of gallons of gasoline that recently poured into the Providence River had minimal environmental impacts and will not harm aquatic life.
Read MorePROVIDENCE — Rhode Island is getting serious about reducing plastic waste, at least when it comes to talking and convening experts.
Read MorePROVIDENCE — Deadlines have come and gone for the owner of a sunken crane to remove the eyesore form the Providence River.
Read MoreAQUIDNECK ISLAND, R.I. — Mitigating the impacts of contaminated stormwater runoff doesn't have to cost millions and take years to complete.
Read MoreAQUIDNECK ISLAND, R.I. — The ponds, rivers, brooks, and streams that supply the Newport Water Division with drinking water and the island’s popular beaches are relentlessly stressed by contaminated stormwater runoff.
Read MoreWEST WARWICK, R.I. — Years ago Cedar Brook, before it runs beneath Cowesett Avenue, was impounded to create what is now commonly called “Remington Pond.”
Read MoreAll of Rhode Island’s programs, initiatives, and goals are well-meaning actions, but without concrete efforts backing them up, they won’t stem the tide of plastic pollution in any significant manner.
Read MorePROVIDENCE — The Conservation Law Foundation is taking on one of biggest companies in the world and one of the city’s most prominent waterfront businesses in the name of climate change.
Read MoreCHARLESTOWN, R.I. — People flock to live on and visit the coast here, but in the town’s most-densely developed area, excess nitrogen from all those coastal dwellings is threatening the health of three salt ponds that are the foundation of the local tourism industry.
Read MoreBacterial contamination from enterococci, rod-shaped bacteria found in the human intestine and a good indicator of the presence of human waste, is the leading contaminant in Rhode Island’s impaired fresh waters.
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