Tag: environment
DEM purchases 43 acres in Charlestown for preservation
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...
EPA awards Woonsocket $300K for site assessments and preparation
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 finishes fiscal ’18 in black, moves ahead on...
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...
What did you do for Earth Day (or within a short...
Earth Day was started in 1970 in reaction to an oil spill off the California coast a year earlier. Since then it has grown...
Audubon Society: Legislation has saved R.I. millions in damages
PROVIDENCE – Federal legislation that discourages development in flood-prone areas saved Rhode Island $134 million in disaster relief expenses over a 25-year period from...
Innovation comes to Newport
A century-old school in Newport is being repurposed into Innovate Newport, an incubator for companies looking to join the region’s tech economy.
While the idea...
11th Hour Racing announces $1.13 million for 8 nonprofits
NEWPORT – 11th Hour Racing has awarded eight nonprofits $1.13 million in grants, the organization announced Monday.
The organization, which develops strategic partnerships in the...
R.I. joins partnership developing transportation emission cap/trade program
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island was among nine Northeast and mid-Atlantic states and Washington, D.C., Tuesday announcing a partnership in a project designed to create...
Boat-hull recycling effort gets grant
BRISTOL – A Rhode Island Marine Trade Association and R.I. Sea Grant fiberglass-boat recycling project just got a boost.
RIMTA announced a grant award for...
NBC rates grow, yield good outcome
Now on the third and final phase of the nearly $1.4 billion Combined Sewer Overflow project, the Narragansett Bay Commission has continued to increase...
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