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R.I.’s Big Empties Leave Economic, Environmental Void

National retailers are welcomed with great fanfare, but those who trumpeted their arrival go into hiding when these super stores are abandoned and their fields of concrete left to inundate local waters with polluted stormwater runoff.

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Top Lawmakers Ignore Waterfront Environmental Concerns

PROVIDENCE — Rhode Island’s elected representatives didn’t even flinch when, right before the 2016 session ended, they OK’d putting a bond to expand the Port of Providence, which included the possibility of using taxpayer money to fill in 31 acres of Narragansett Bay, on the Nov. 8 ballot.

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Open Season on Rhode Island’s ‘Special’ Places

The Ocean State’s collection of natural resources is frequently called “special.” Rhode Island can’t talk about the greatness of local food enough. But many of the state’s collective actions work against the very commodities we enjoy praising.

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