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R.I. poised to ban single-use plastic bags at retail checkout

Economy 06/22/2022

PROVIDENCE - Kate Weymouth, a former Barrington Town Council member, has been waiting for years to see Rhode Island follow her community and finally...

AG seeks ‘pause’ on proposed medical waste facility review

Economy 04/16/2021

PROVIDENCE – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha wants a state agency to pause its review of a proposed medical waste facility in West Warwick,...

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...

TWO SETS OF HEARINGS on the Clear River Energy Center are scheduled for this week and next, including the final deliberations on licensing the plant by the R.I. Energy Facility Siting Board. / COURTESY INVENERGY

Burrillville power plant hearings take place this week and next

Government 06/19/2019

BURRILLVILLE – The fate of Invenergy Thermal Development LLC’s proposed Clear River Energy Center has the potential of being resolved this week and next. Two...

DEM gets $300K to upgrade online septic permit records system

Government 02/04/2019

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Environmental Management has been awarded a $300,000 grant from the Rhode Island Information Technology Investment Fund to expand...

DEM awards 3 R.I. farms grants for energy efficiency

Government 05/17/2018

PROVIDENCE – Three farms in Foster, Little Compton, and Smithfield will aim to decrease costs and upgrade business operations with a combined $54,000 in...

DEM grants $179K to improve, maintain boat pump-out facilities

Government 09/29/2017

PROVIDENCE - Ten projects across Rhode Island will receive a total of $178,849 in grants to invest in boat pump-out facilities, the R.I. Department of...