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Site of Invenergy Power Plant Long Ago Deemed Fatally Flawed

Be Careful: Stinging Jellyfish Found in Point Judith Pond

Executive Orders Won’t Slow R.I.’s Plastic Tidal Wave

Human Waste Continues to Impair Rhode Island Waters

PROVIDENCE — Providence Water recently launched a program, “Lead Free is the way to be,” designed to help Rhode Island homeowners who have private-side lead service lines replace those lines.

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Quarry Runoff Into Big River Leaves Visible Scars

Rhode Island’s Forests Generate Plenty of Green

R.I.’s Public Lands Doused with Unknown Amounts of Chemicals

PROVIDENCE — Perfluorinated compounds have long been used in the production of Teflon and other non-stick coatings, and to waterproof clothing. These industrial chemicals also have been linked to cancer.

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Expert Panel Advises Providence Water on Lead Problem

N.Y. Co. Fined $13 Million for 2003 Buzzards Bay Oil Spill

Public Trust Eroded by Waves of Haphazardly Applied Chemicals

The use of solder for drinking-water pipes that contain more than 0.2 percent lead was banned three decades ago, but there is no law that requires these pipes to be replaced.

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Rising Tide of Plastic Changing Southern N.E.’s Landscape

Popular Massachusetts Pond Dosed with Aluminum Sulfate

Aquidneck Island Goes Green to Battle Polluted Runoff

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New Providence Water Program Aims to Get Lead Out

New R.I.-Based Program Takes Aim at Growing Chemical Threat

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Leaded Drinking Water On Tap Across Rhode Island

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