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Statehouse has Long Kept DEM Tied to Puppet Strings

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

PROVIDENCE — Topher Hamblett was a constant presence at the Statehouse this spring. As the top lobbyist for Save The Bay, he spent most afternoons among lawmakers continuing the environmental group’s eight-year effort to ban Rhode Island’s remaining cesspools.

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Middletown Joins Newport in Banning Beach Smoking

Environmental Winners and Losers from 2015 Session

Compromise Reached for New R.I. Wetlands Building Law

PROVIDENCE — A bill that bans raising chickens in crowded cages made it through the House but appears likely not to advance through the Senate, likely killing its chances for the 2015 session.

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Rhode Island Closes In On Cesspool Phase-Out

Watered-Down Fireworks Ban Left to Fizzle

House Committee Approves Battery-Cage Ban with Exemption for Only R.I. Farm that Uses Them

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Recycling Business Allowed in East Providence No-Recycling Zone

It’s Official: Rhode Island Cesspools on Their Way Out

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Diluted Battery-Cage Ban Unlikely for This Year

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