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South Kingstown and Ocean Mist Push for New Seawall

R.I. Developers Pushing for Building Closer to Wetlands

Senate Hearing Supports Continued Use of Controversial Pesticide Linked to Bee Decline

Opponents Slam Rhode Island’s ‘First in Nation’ Carbon Tax

PROVIDENCE — None of the eight members serving on the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority’s board of directors use the agency’s standard, fixed-route bus service regularly. Bills introduced in both […]

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House Debates Health and Safety of Cage-Free Eggs

Providence Divestment from Fossil Fuels Moves Slowly

Rhode Island Lawmakers Debate GMO-Labeling Bills

PROVIDENCE — In mid-January, at a Statehouse press conference, Rhode Island’s largest environmental advocacy group, along with an unlikely ally, the state’s builders association, called for better enforcement of environmental laws. The pleas sounded like an echo from 1991.

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Barrington Revises Bag Ban to Include Thicker Plastic

Freshman Rep. Introduces Carbon Tax for Rhode Island

Court Rejects East Providence Recycler’s Case

EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Many Rumford residents are fed up with businesses they claim are polluting their neighborhood. Efforts to close TLA/Pond View, a recycler of construction debris, are in a third year and the facility is still operating.

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Enforcement of R.I.’s Environmental Laws Lax

Barrington Debates Changing Its Bag Ban

CVS, Shaw’s Bring Plastic Back

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Statehouse has Long Kept DEM Tied to Puppet Strings

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Recycling Business Allowed in East Providence No-Recycling Zone

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