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DEM Urges No Contact with Blackstone River After Second Wastewater Leak from Woonsocket Plant
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Providence Pulls Up Its Bootstraps to Reduce Wasting Food Scrap
URI Looks to Tackle Mounting Plastic Pollution with Land-to-Sea Solutions

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DEM Rejects MedRecycler Permit for Medical Waste Facility in West Warwick

PROVIDENCE — Environmental regulators denied a permit for a high-heat medical waste treatment facility following public outcry about potential health and environmental dangers, which led state lawmakers and the governor to take action effectively banning the process within Rhode Island.

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Narragansett Bay Commission Digs into Final Phase of Pollution-Reducing Sewer Overflow Tunnel Project
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New River Advocacy Group Works to Nip Pollution Problems

The Possible Future of Septic Systems: A Simpler, Cheaper Nitrogen-Removing Design

CHARLESTOWN, R.I. — A simpler, less-expensive, advanced on-site wastewater treatment system will soon be undergoing field tests in Rhode Island.

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An untested waste-to-energy facility that received support from influential Rhode Island officials is being assembled in an office park on the border of West Warwick and East Greenwich.

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