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A SHADE PAVILLION at Grinnell's Beach in Tiverton, part of a $393,000 recreation grant-funded renovation, previously awarded by DEM. / COURTESY R.I. DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

DEM makes $5M available for outdoor recreation development or acquisition

Government 09/10/2019

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Environmental Management has made $5 million in matching grants available to municipalities and Native American tribes to acquire,...

Wright’s Dairy Farm named R.I.’s 2019 Outstanding Dairy Farm

Food & Agriculture 09/04/2019

NORTH SMITHFIELD – Wright’s Dairy Farm has been named the 2019 Outstanding Dairy Farm by the Rhode Island Pastures Committee, the R.I. Department of...

THE USDA'S Natural Resource Conservation Service has called on aquaculture oyster producers in Rhode Island to apply for financial and technical assistance through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program as part of an effort to restore oyster reefs in protected water bodies as part of the Rhode Island Oyster Initiative. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/CAROLINE BLUMBERG

USDA calls on oyster farmers to apply for Rhode Island Oyster...

Food & Agriculture 07/12/2019

WARWICK – The U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resource Conservation Service has called on aquaculture oyster producers in Rhode Island to apply for financial...

THE R.I OER, R.I. DEM AND COMMERCE RI endorsed the Revolution Wind Farm and the contract between National Grid Rhode Island and Orsted in advisory opinions Friday. / BLOOMBERG NEWS FILE PHOTO/ERIC THAYER

OER, DEM and Commerce RI support Revolution Wind contract in advisory...

Government 03/22/2019

PROVIDENCE - The R.I. Commerce Corp., the R.I. Office of Energy Resources and the R.I. Department of Environmental Management filed advisory opinions on the...

DEM makes $270,000 in grants available for food and farming businesses

Food & Agriculture 02/28/2019

PROVIDENCE – The R.I Department of Environmental Management reminded local farm and food businesses Thursday that $270,000 in funding is available to support local...

Study recommends long-term investment to improve R.I. park system

Government 01/18/2019

PROVIDENCE – A “strategic, sustained, long-term investment to increase the self-sufficiency and economic potential” of the state’s park system is needed, the R.I. Department...

Raimondo, DEM announce $210K in grants to local farmers, community groups

Food & Agriculture 06/01/2018

PROVIDENCE – Gov. Gina M. Raimondo joined the R.I. Department of Environmental Management and partners May 30 at the Statehouse to announce more than...

RHODE ISLAND WILL USE its $14.4 million from a federal settlement over diesel fuel emissions to fund electric buses and charging stations for electric vehicles along the I-95 corridor. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/KRISZTIAN BOCSI

R.I. plans to use $14.4M from Volkswagen settlement to fund electric...

Economic Activity 05/10/2018

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s money from the Volkswagen AG diesel fuel emissions scandal settlement will be used to pay for electric buses and to...

JANET L. COIT, director of the R.I. Department of Environmental Management, highlighted the benefits of $3 million in matching grants that DEM made to 15 municipalities to develop or renovate recreational facilities. / PBN FILE PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

DEM awards $3M for recreation projects in R.I.

Government 04/24/2018

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Environmental Management awarded $3 million in matching grants to 15 municipalities to develop or renovate recreational facilities, Gov....