Statehouse has Long Kept DEM Tied to Puppet Strings
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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It’s Official: Rhode Island Cesspools on Their Way Out
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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