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Firm leaves no stones left unturned
Like many professionals, Robert C. Atwood enjoyed his work but had the desire to have his own business. “The company I was working for at the time wasn’t interested in pursuing the hazardous-waste world, so I started on my own,” he said. more
Trucking companies get emissions funding
BOSTON – Twenty-nine private truckers and food-processing companies, including several in Bristol County, Mass., will receive $817,896 in federal and other grants to install technologies to reduce the diesel exhaust emissions of 63 long-haul trucks and diesel engines serving local wholesale markets and warehouses under MassCleanDiesel, a state-sponsored grant program. more
7/2/12
DEM considers pair-trawling regs
This past winter, Rhode Island fishermen made it clear new rules for dealing with the Atlantic herring stock were needed for state waters. They also demanded a say in the matter. more
More trees, less pavement would make city more livable
Gary Cloutier is a Rhode Island native who returned to the Ocean State on May 14 as executive director for Groundwork Providence, a nonprofit dedicated to the greening and cleaning of the metropolitan Providence area through several initiatives. more
Wind farm subject to lease sale
The spinning blades of wind farms off the coast of Rhode Island and Massachusetts came one step closer to reality July 2, when the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management completed its preliminary environmental assessment of a loosely designated area for potential wind-farm development, located in federal waters about 18 miles southeast of Block Island. more
Kially M. Ruiz
Age: 35 more
7/23/12
Property owner faces $421,900 EPA fine
Private Reserve Properties LLC, a Providence company, faces an Environmental Protection Agency penalty of up to $421,900 for what the agency says are repeated violations of federal lead-based paint disclosure laws and regulations. more
| 7/20/12
Chafee seeks federal aid for struggling fishermen
Many independent East Coast fishermen face rough economic seas due to limits in the amount of fish they will be allowed to catch next year. more
New Bedford project getting pollution grant
BOSTON – A New Bedford project was one of four receiving a combined $210,372 in grants in Massachusetts for watershed-pollution assessment and planning work to address water-quality impairments. more
9/10/12
Businesses hope end of Tanyard flooding near
A stormwater-culvert problem that’s dragged on for approximately 20 years, causing drainage trouble for businesses in a long-established neighborhood in Bristol, will finally be resolved thanks to the Tanyard Brook Culvert replacement project. more

By Michael Souza
PBN Staff Writer | 9/17/12

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