Natural Resources

DEM purchases 43 acres in Charlestown for preservation

Natural Resources 06/14/2019

CHARLESTOWN – The R.I. Department of Environmental Management has purchased 43 acres of forested land for $256,500, DEM announced June 11. The parcel abuts the...

THE DEM has purchased 43 acres of land in the Tomaquag Brook-Pawcatuck River watershed - which include stone walls built in the late 1800s - for permanent preservation. / COURTESY R.I. DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

DEM purchases 43 acres in Charlestown for preservation

Natural Resources 06/11/2019

CHARLESTOWN – The R.I. Department of Environmental Management has purchased 43 acres of forested land for $256,500 using funding from the state Open Space...

THE AVERAGE PRICE of regular gas in Rhode Island declined 5 cents this week to $2.76 per gallon. / BLOOMBERG NEWS FILE PHOTO/LUKE SHARRETT

R.I., Mass. gas prices dip this week

Natural Resources 06/10/2019

PROVIDENCE – The average price of self-serve, regular unleaded gasoline in Rhode Island declined 5 cents this week to $2.76 per gallon, 2 cents...

RePowerPVD report highlights Fogarty Elementary for energy reduction efforts

Natural Resources 06/07/2019

PROVIDENCE – The first annual RePowerPVD report, highlighting a voluntary energy-reduction program for large city buildings, has identified Mary E. Fogarty Elementary School as...

SEN. JACK REED announced Rhode Island has received $200,000 in BEACH Act grants overseen by the EPA for beach water quality monitoring. / PBN FILE PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

R.I. receives $200K for beach water quality monitoring

Natural Resources 06/06/2019

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island has been awarded a $200,000 Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coast Health Act grant to support beach water quality monitoring and...

OVER 25,000 single-family homes are considered at-risk to be impacted by storm surge in the event of a Category 4 hurricane in Rhode Island. Above, a machine clears sand off Atlantic Avenue in Westerly after the remnants of Hurricane Sandy battered Rhode Island’s coast in 2012. / PBN FILE PHOTO/BRIAN MCDONALD

Report: Over 25,000 homes at risk during Category 4 Hurricane in...

Natural Resources 06/05/2019

PROVIDENCE – If a Category 4 hurricane were to hit Rhode Island, more than 25,000 single-family homes would be at risk to be impacted...

WOONSOCKET has been selected to receive $300,000 from the EPA for brownfields assessment. / COURTESY ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

EPA awards Woonsocket $300K for site assessments and preparation

Natural Resources 06/05/2019

WOONSOCKET – The city of Woonsocket will receive $300,000 in Environmental Protection Agency Brownfields assessment funding and assistance, the EPA announced Wednesday. The funds will...

SAVE THE BAY received $2.3 million in contributions, gifts and grants in 2018 and raised $1.6 million for an anniversary capital campaign. / COURTESY SAVE THE BAY

Save The Bay finishes fiscal ’18 in black, moves ahead on...

Natural Resources 06/05/2019

PROVIDENCE – Save The Bay Inc. had total revenue of $3.7 million in fiscal 2018, including $2.3 million in contributions, gifts and grants, the...

Raimondo nominates Olton to head PUC

People 06/03/2019

PROVIDENCE – Gov. Gina M. Raimondo has nominated Laura S. Olton to chair the R.I. Public Utilities Commission, the governor’s office announced Monday. Olton’s appointment...