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Providence City Council Continues Efforts to Ban LPG Expansion

Public Expresses Support for Expanded Shoreline Access

Rhode Island Needs to Act Aggressively on Climate Emissions

Providence Moves Closer to LPG Expansion Limits

PROVIDENCE — For three years, a paving manufacturing company operated out of the Port of Providence without the required zoning variance. Now, a month after the company was denied a use variance, it shows no signs of moving on.

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CRMC’s Aquaculture Process Called Into Question

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

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

Rhode Islanders got their first crack at public comment at last week’s meeting of the House commission to study shoreline access. Longtime beachgoers and shoreline advocates shared their experiences of being arrested for trespassing, navigating Barrington’s arbitrary no-parking laws, and finding increased restriction to the coast by private landowners.

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CRMC Approves First Stages of Construction of Pawtucket Waterfront Soccer Stadium

DEM Considers Three Wastewater Discharge Permits for Woonasquatucket, Carr Rivers

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

PROVIDENCE — The Zoning Board of Review unanimously denied a variance request from a pavement manufacturing company that sought to continue the use of a leased portside Allens Avenue site for the storage and processing of concrete, stone, aggregate, and asphalt.

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

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

New Freshwater Wetlands Rules Create Uniform Buffers

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

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

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

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