Tag: Environmental Protection Agency
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...
Taylor Farms New England settles chemical accident violations for $650K
PROVIDENCE – The Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Justice on Wednesday reached a settlement with Taylor Farms New England Inc. to resolve...
Providence tries to solve city’s lead pipe problem
Prandy Tavarez and his wife were expecting a baby when they bought a four-bedroom house in a well-kept neighborhood of century-old homes in Providence....
What Cheer Flower Farm gets $500K in federal funding for brownfields...
PROVIDENCE – What Cheer Flower Farm has been awarded $500,000 in Environmental Protection Agency funding to expedite the cleanup of a brownfields site in...
State receives $62.2M for drinking water upgrades
PROVIDENCE – The state on Tuesday was awarded $62.2 million from the Environmental Protection Agency for drinking water infrastructure upgrades.
The funding through the Drinking...
Attleboro Superfund site part of $1 billion in federal funding
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Walton & Lonsbury Inc. Superfund site in Attleboro was among the projects at 22 toxic waste sites across the country to receive...
EPA reaches settlement for groundwater cleanup at North Smithfield site
NORTH SMITHFIELD – The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday reached a settlement with 13 "potentially responsible parties" for groundwater cleanup at the Landfill and...
RIIB receives $218K grant for North Providence lead pipe replacement
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank recently received a $218,000 federal grant to pay for lead pipe replacement work in North Providence, according...
New clean-energy incentives not enough
The Inflation Reduction Act is stuffed with subsidies for everything from electric vehicles to heat pumps, and incentives for just about every form of...