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Diluted Battery-Cage Ban Unlikely for This Year

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

PROVIDENCE — The state environmental agency is getting better at issuing permits but it’s getting worse at stopping polluters, according to critics of the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management’s proposed 2016 budget.

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‘Green Bank’ Would Support Environmental Projects

Ban on Consumer Fireworks Being Considered

Rhode Island Carbon-Tax Idea Called Bad for the Economy

PROVIDENCE — Conservative members of the General Assembly continue to hammer away at RhodeMap RI, the contentious new statewide planning guide. Skeptics have targeted the social equity portion of the plan as an invitation for HUD to influence local housing and property rights.

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Bill Restricts Use of Battery Cages in Egg Production

Compromise Reached for Building Near R.I. Wetlands

R.I. Business Leader Links Climate and Economy

PROVIDENCE — A bill in the General Assembly offers a radical approach to addressing climate change. The act would place a carbon tax on all fossil fuels that enter Rhode Island. The tax would feed into a state-run fund that would help finance solar and wind projects, green-energy research and transportation initiatives.

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Gov. Raimondo’s Budget Tool Ignores Climate Change

Rebuild or Retreat is the Unanswered Question

Businesses Call for More Renewable Energy

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Critics Say DEM Ignores Environmental Enforcement

Concerns RhodeMap will Lead to Social Equity

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Bill Proposes Taxing All Fossil Fuels that Enter Ocean State

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