Public Health & Recreation

Instead of Extending Bike Path, Bristol Will Improve Cycling Safety Measures on Town Roads

Wood-Pawcatuck Watershed Association Plans Inaugural 7 Rivers Festival in June

R.I. Programs Explore Health Benefits of Being in Nature

One-Person Litter Patrol has Removed 40,000-Plus Pieces of Trash from Rhode Island Shoreline

Enforcement action has been taken against two Providence landlords who own and operate a property built in 1900 that has had multiple cases of lead poisoning in children.

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Draft Report: Collective Quality of Rhode Island’s Fresh and Salt Waters Shows Little Change Since Last Assessment

Data Show Widespread Toxic Chemical Contamination Across Rhode Island and Massachusetts

Pawtucket’s Remediated Brownfields Improve River, Community Health

PAWTUCKET, R.I. — State lawmakers blasted National Grid last week after the multinational corporation failed to inform residents of recent oil spills in the Seekonk River stemming from the nearby Tidewater Landing site remediation.

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Oil Spilled Into Seekonk River from Pawtucket Brownfield Project

Urban Forest Advocates Celebrate PVD Tree Plan

Former Middle-School Teacher Keeps Watch for Idling Vehicles

COVENTRY, R.I. — Proposed Environmental Protection Agency reporting requirements on a dangerous chemical used to sterilize medical equipment could throw a loop into the pandemic-weathered medical supply chain, and a local facility is on the list of those that could feel the effects.

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Providence’s Street Trees Aren’t Distinctively Native on Purpose

One of New England’s Most Toxic Superfund Sites Moves Closer to Full Remediation

Advocates Push R.I. Officials to Use Federal Money to Replace Lead-Contaminated Water Pipes

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Providence Landlords Busted for Lead Poisoning Violations

State Lawmakers Question Handling of Seekonk River Oil Spills

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EPA Considers New Requirements for Toxic Chemical Used in Medical Equipment Sanitization at Coventry Facility

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