R.I. Sues EPA for Failing to Enforce Landfill Emissions
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Rhode Island and eight other states are suing the Environmental Protection Agency for failing to enforce rules that regulate climate emissions from landfills.
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Report: Mass. Industry Guilty of Excessive Polluting
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Industrial facilities dumped excessive pollution into Massachusetts waterways 124 times over 21 months.
Read MoreSmog Problem: R.I., Mass. Among States Suing EPA
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President Trump’s war on pollution rules prompted nine states to sue the Environmental Protection Agency over its decision to ignore smog regulations.
Read MoreRibbed Mussels Could Improve Urban Water Quality
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MILFORD, Conn. — Ribbed mussels can remove nitrogen and other excess nutrients from an urban estuary and could help improve water quality in other urban and coastal locations, according to a recent study.
Read MoreN.Y. Co. Fined $13M for 2003 Buzzards Bay Oil Spill
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The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the state of Massachusetts, and the state of Rhode Island reached a proposed settlement Oct. 19, which, if approved by the court, will require the Bouchard Transportation Co. to pay more than $13 million.
Read MoreURI Project Treats Sewage with Floating Wetlands
/KINGSTON, R.I. — Many regions of Indonesia are struggling with how to clean up lakes and rivers that have become polluted with sewage, or have had seawater intrude into them. Two University of Rhode Island hydrologists are adapting a new technology they believe will solve the problem.
Read MorePopular 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.
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