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Providence Waterfront Metals Recycler Heads to Court
Sources of Newport’s Drinking Water Contaminated
Organizations Put EPA On Notice About Stormwater Pollution
Another Complaint Filed Against Waterfront Recycler

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Scituate Reservoir Tests Positive for PEDs

A water test performed last March at the Scituate Reservoir — the drinking-water supply for 60 percent of Rhode Islanders — revealed trace amounts of a synthetic steroid found in performance-enhancing drugs.

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Underground Tanks Leak Oil Into Blackstone River
Don’t Blame Animals Only for Pollution Problems
Metals Recycler Fouls Up Providence Waterfront

Rhode Island Quarry Fined for Clean Air Violations

BRADFORD, R.I. — Copar Quarries, which operates a local rock quarry, has agreed to settle claims by the Environmental Protection Agency that it violated federal clean air standards. According to a complaint filed by EPA’s New England office, Copar Quarries failed to conduct the required emissions testing, keep proper inspection log books and notify the agency when it began operating several pieces of equipment in 2011.

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Ticks, Lyme Disease Remain a Concern in Winter

PROVIDENCE — When does tick season start? According to local tick expert Thomas Mather, it never ends.

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How to Close Dump Has Dartmouth, DEP at Odds
Researchers: Seniors At Risk from Climate Change
What’s Percolating Beneath Truk-Away Landfill?
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