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Providence Moves Closer to LPG Expansion Limits

Asphalt Piles Remain Along Providence Waterfront Month After Paving Company Denied Zoning Variance

CRMC’s Aquaculture Process Called Into Question

Despite not Meeting Stricter Effluent Restrictions, Kenyon Mill Discharge Permit Likely to be Renewed

The Providence Committee on Ordinances recently heard public comment on a trio of controversial agenda items: the increased storage of liquid propane gas along the waterfront; reducing the use of gas-powered leaf blowers; and allowing more electronic messaging billboards.

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Public Concerned About R.I.’s Vanishing Shoreline Access

CRMC Approves First Stages of Construction of Pawtucket Waterfront Soccer Stadium

DEM Considers Three Wastewater Discharge Permits for Woonasquatucket, Carr Rivers

New findings from University of Rhode Island researchers show there is only a 30-minute period during a tide cycle where there is a walkable beach 6 feet wide, the minimum amount of space needed for two people to walk side by side.

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Providence Zoning Board Rejects Paving Company’s Continued Use of Waterfront Site

Paving Company Seeks Permission to Store Asphalt, Other Materials Along Providence’s Waterfront

North Kingstown Reworks Decades-Old Ordinances to Protect Its Pristine Aquifer

Stakeholders still have mixed reactions to new rules regarding Rhode Island’s freshwater wetlands. This summer the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management and the Coastal Resources Management Council filed rules mandating new protections for freshwater wetlands.

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Mean High Tide or High-Water Mark? House Shoreline Study Commission Needs to Figure That Out

Special House Commission Takes First Steps Toward CRMC Revamp

Residents Speak Out Against Charlestown Quarry’s Expanded Operation

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Providence Committee Hears Ordinances to Prohibit LPG, Restrict Leaf Blowers, Allow Brighter Billboards

Public Being Shortchanged by Rhode Island Supreme Court’s Four-Decade-Old Shoreline Access Decision

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New Freshwater Wetlands Rules Create Uniform Buffers

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