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Bill Requires Egg Farmers to Give Hens More Space

Glass Recycling a Problem: Market for Cullet Declining

Carbon Tax Bill Moves Slowly Despite Need for Urgency

Rhode Island Tapped into Water Funds to Fill Budget Holes

PROVIDENCE — The forces working for and against a statewide ban on plastic retail bags and polystyrene containers clashed during a recent House committee hearing.

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Bill Adds Wood to R.I.’s Renewable Energy Portfolio

DEM Losing More Staff as Fiscal 2019 Cuts Loom

Bill Gives Rhode Island Teeth to Cut Carbon Emissions

PROVIDENCE — It was a busy week for bag bans in Rhode Island, as town councils in Bristol and Portsmouth outlawed plastic checkout bags, while the City Council overwhelming approved an ordinance at the first of two public hearings.

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Gun Lobby Opposes R.I. Ban on Ivory, Rhino Products

Mixed Signals from Gov. Raimondo on Carbon Tax Bill

Fiscal 2018 Budget Includes DEM Staff Cuts

JAMESTOWN, R.I. — As plastic bag bans take effect Nov. 1 in both Newport and Middletown, Jamestown is also looking ahead to its own ban that begins on Earth Day 2018.

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Rhode Island’s New Renewable Energy Laws Address Economy and Climate Change

Gov. Replaces Environmental Advocates on CRMC

General Assembly 2017 Environmental Recap: Strong Year for Renewable Energy; Hens Remain Caged

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Statewide Ban On Plastic Bags and Polystyrene is a Slog

Ban-the-Bag Movement Taking Rhode Island by Storm

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Jamestown Quietly Joined Ocean State’s Bag Ban Club

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