Tag: Environmental Protection Agency
R.I. Infrastructure Bank awards $1.7M to Chariho, Foster, Scituate schools to...
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank, which helps provide financing for infrastructure improvements for municipalities, businesses and homeowners, in partnership with the R.I....
Five R.I. school districts receive electric school bus fleet
PROVIDENCE – Five Ocean State school districts will receive a total of 45 electric school buses under a $12.4 million federal allocation.
The funding, awarded...
Rhode Island partners with 120Water to document lead levels
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island has entered a new partnership to digitally collect and document lead levels in water throughout the state.
The partnership with Indiana-based...
EPA sets strict emissions standards for heavy-duty trucks, buses in bid...
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday set strict emissions standards for heavy-duty trucks, buses and other large vehicles, an action that...
2 R.I. companies fined for EPA violations in Providence apartment project
PROVIDENCE – A pair of Rhode Island companies have settled with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for violating the Clean Air Act when demolishing a...
Bristol County, Mass., communities receiving electric, low-emission school buses
FALL RIVER – Two Bristol County, Mass., communities will receive a cut of $30 million in federal funding to advance a fleet of electric and...
Meet the Makers: A history of helping with the heavy lifting
(Editor’s note: This is the 17th installment in a monthly series highlighting some of the region’s unsung manufacturers that make products essential to the...
Amo nominated for House Committee on Science, Space and Technology
PROVIDENCE – Recently elected U.S. Rep. Gabe Amo, D-R.I., is anticipating a spot on the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, where he says he...
RIPPLE EFFECTS: As Narragansett Bay gets cleaner, economic outcomes remain murky
Talk to anyone who lives in Rhode Island, and it’s likely they could tell you a story connected to Narragansett Bay, says Mike Jarbeau,...
North Kingstown, Glocester share $915K for wastewater management upgrades
PROVIDENCE – North Kingstown and Glocester are receiving a total of $915,000 in federal funding for wastewater management upgrades, members of the R.I. congressional...
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