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Newport Shipyard to pay fine, lower emissions in EPA settlement
Newport-based American Shipyard Co. LLC, which does business as Newport Shipyard, has been fined $31,000 in a Clean Air Act settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. more
| 2/27/13
Cape Wind secures financing for wind farm construction
Cape Wind, the company behind a planned 468-megawatt offshore wind farm in Nantucket Sound, announced today that it is one step closer to starting construction. more
| 3/19/13
The Moore Co.’s Fulflex hit with $200K EPA fine
Fulflex Inc., which is owned by The Moore Co., a Providence-based elastics and plastics company, will pay almost $200,000 to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for Clean Air Act violations at its Brattleboro, Vt.-based facility. more
| 5/6/13
EPA to conduct ‘5-year review’ on local Superfund Sites
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is conducting a “five-year review” for 16 New England Superfund Sites, including two in Rhode Island – the Central Landfill in Johnston and Picillo Farm in Coventry. more
| 5/10/13
R.I. can profit from boost in recycling
Rhode Island was the first state to pass a mandatory recycling law, in 1986. Participation rates, however, have rarely matched the notion of the state as a recycling leader. more
5/28/12
Great Shredding Event breaks record, shreds 52,000 pounds
WJAR-TV NBC 10, Shred-It and the Pawtucket Red Sox recently held the ninth annual Great Shredding Event at McCoy Stadium, where more than 52,000 pounds of documents were destroyed. This year’s event saw an increase of 3.5 tons of documents destroyed over the previous year. more
5/28/12
Landfill’s new recycling program to go statewide
Residents in Burrillville and North Smithfield are participating in a pilot program to test the R.I. Resource Recovery Corporation’s new recycling program and equipment. The trial has allowed the corporation time to work out any difficulties before going online with the rest of the state, which is estimated to take place in mid-June. more
Green companies eager to grow support, workers
Chris Fletcher, manager for the Westerly to Newport region at Bartlett Tree Experts, loves to see interns from the University of Rhode Island come each semester, eager to work and learn within the arborist industry. more
Future brightening for solar power in Ocean State
The solar-powered world that green-energy advocates long dreamed of isn’t such a fantasy these days. more
Mass. approves lowest NSTAR rates since ’04
BOSTON – The Mass. Department of Public Utilities has approved NSTAR’s lowest electric rates since 2004. more
5/28/12
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