Tag: Environmental Protection Agency
EPA awards Rhode Island $9.5M for clean drinking water efforts
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island has received $9.5 million in federal funding to address PFAS and emerging contaminants found in drinking water across the state, the...
McGaw pushes for legislation prohibiting plastic-waste processing plants
PROVIDENCE – Rep. Michelle E. McGaw, D-Portsmouth, is calling on the General Assembly to advance her legislation aimed at prohibiting high-heat plastic-waste processing facilities in...
Providence rolls out new standardized trash and recycling collection carts
PROVIDENCE – The city is set to roll out new standardized trash and recycling collection carts aimed at improving curbside recycling and reducing landfill...
WARN notice: EaglePicher laying off 38 at East Greenwich location
EAST GREENWICH – EaglePicher Technologies LLC is laying off 38 people at its facility at 2000 South County Trail, according to a Worker Adjustment...
Teamsters union files unfair labor practice charges against Airgas USA, which...
PROVIDENCE – The International Brotherhood of Teamsters has filed nationwide unfair labor practice charges against Airgas USA LLC, alleging the breach of several federal...
Meet the Makers: An ice factory that refuses to melt away
(Editor’s note: This is the 39th installment in a monthly series highlighting some of the region’s unsung manufacturers that make products essential to the...
RI AFL-CIO, Center for Justice join lawsuit challenging elimination of $7B...
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island AFL-CIO and the Rhode Island Center for Justice on Monday joined a lawsuit with businesses and nonprofits across the...
Trump orders funding freeze during review of federal loans and grants
WASHINGTON (AP) – The White House is pausing federal grants and loans starting Tuesday as President Donald Trump's administration begins an across-the-board ideological review...
R.I. Infrastructure Bank awards $638K for water systems in 3 communities
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank has awarded $638,000 in grant funding to small water systems in Newport, Scituate and Little Compton to...
Infrastructure Bank issues $650K grant to remove PFAS from health clinic’s...
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank, the state’s central hub for financing infrastructure improvements for municipalities, businesses and homeowners, has awarded a $650,000 grant...
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