Public Health & Recreation

Concern Widens Over LPG Expansion in Port of Providence

Manufactured Wonder of Lawns Closely Tied to Fossil Fuels

Crickets Heard Along Providence’s Heavily Polluted Allens Avenue

City Council Calls Out Port of Providence’s Polluting Ways

Waites Wharf is the subject of concern for a group of local residents who are afraid the possible development of a 150-room waterfront hotel on its polluted land could mean the release of toxic substances.

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Patience Island Rabbit Tests Positive for Highly Contagious Bacteria

3 Major R.I. Waterbodies Show Signs of Improvement

Bill Addresses Monitoring, Improving Air Quality in R.I. Schools

A lack of urgency and a deference to business interests by Rhode Island officials have allowed three high-profile pollution problems to fester. All of the ongoing environmental degradation has been happening for more than a decade.

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Proposed Asphalt Plant Upsets Seekonk Neighborhood

Local Author Finds Interesting, Healing ‘Easy Walks’

Sidewalk Refrigerator Provides Providence with Needed Food

PROVIDENCE — The contaminated piles of fill are nearly gone from a staging area for the 6-10 interchange highway project, but where they came from remains unclear. The Rhode Island Department of Transportation won’t offer details about the sources of the contaminated material.

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Final Clean Up of Chronic Pollution at Historic Mill Site

Watershed Plan to Address Aquidneck Island’s Water Problems

Sakonnet Point Club Denies Pollution Accusations

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Future Use of Contaminated Waites Wharf in Limbo

Pollution Problems Persist at 3 Rhode Island Locations

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Contaminated 6-10 Piles Nearly Gone But Source of Polluted Material Unclear

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