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State’s Two Environmental Agencies Seek to Fill Vacancies, Add to Budgets
Series of Bills Target State Coastal Regulation Agency
Trio of Bills Would Inject Much-Needed Cash into RIPTA’s Coffers
Public Supportive of Green Bond Proposal, $16M in Additional Funding for Land Preservation

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Bill to Ban Advanced Plastic Recycling Makes Another Appearance

Rhode Island lawmakers are again weighing a ban on high-heat waste facilities that environmental advocates say would just be burning plastic.

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Bill Would Change Procedure for Reporting, Collecting Roadkill
Study Commission Ready to OK Installing Solar Panels on Medians
R.I. Law Would Have Offered Transit Pass Program for State Employees, But No One Followed Through

McKee’s Budget Offers Only Modest Increases to Environmental Programs

Rhode Island's environmental agencies, the Department of Environmental Management and the Coastal Resources Management Council, account for 1.1% of total state budget expenditures.

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Whitehouse Bill Would Tighten, Clarify Process of Approving Offshore Wind Projects
R.I.’s Plastic Bag Ban Took Effect Jan. 1
Remaking CRMC High On List of Government Reforms for 2024

R.I. Environmental Projects Benefit from Federal Infrastructure Money

ecoRI News has identified $700 million combined to date in federal dollars so far from both the BIL and IRA to pay for environmental projects around Rhode Island.

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CRMC Critical of RIDOT’s Plan to Replace East Bay Bike Path Bridges
Designating Rights of Way to the Shoreline a Lengthy, Cumbersome Process
Fishermen’s Advisory Board Members Resign, to Protest Offshore Wind Process
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