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General Assembly Allows Cesspools to Stay Put

Rhode Island Takes First Step Toward Statewide Composting

General Assembly Approves Renewables Program

New England Governors Push for More Pipelines, Power Lines

BARRINGTON, R.I. — Rhode Island officially has one community with a permanent bag ban, after the Town Council voted 3-2 on June 2 to make its prohibition on plastic shopping bags permanent.

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Senate Bill Offers Tamer Response to Composting

Warwick Sewer Issue Continues to Cause Community Stink

Green Bullets Bill Misses Target

PROVIDENCE — Unlike the House hearing the previous week, there was considerable pushback against a statewide ban on plastic bags during an April 2 Senate hearing — most of it from one person.

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Support Grows for Statewide Plastic Bag Ban

Rhode Island Food-Scrap Bills Debated

DEM Looks to DMV for Customer-Service Tips

Rhode Island is undergoing a major demographic shift. A growing population is putting significant pressure on the state's urban centers and open space.

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EPA Helps Providence Address Climate Change

Residents’ Fight with East Providence Recycler Persists

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Town Council Votes to Keep Barrington Plastic Bag Ban

Sen. Archambault Claims Bag Ban Bad for Business

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