Tag: Environmental Protection Agency
State waits on regulating ’emerging chemical of concern’
PROVIDENCE - Rhode Island state health officials are holding off regulating a group of man-made chemicals used in non-stick products that are linked to...
$2.3M made available for coastal resiliency and clean water projects in...
NORTH KINGSTOWN – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the nonprofit Restore America’s Estuaries have made $2.3 million in competitive grants available to restore...
Pollution got worse in 2018 thanks to 2 overlooked sectors
NEW YORK - In the debate over climate change, the heaviest polluters - think: power plants, trucks and cars - get the most attention...
EPA N.E. launches collaboration program with maritime, food and beverage, outdoor...
PROVIDENCE - The Environmental Protection Agency New England launched a sector-based program Wednesday to work with the maritime, food and beverage, and outdoor recreation...
Cleanup efforts to continue at 4 R.I. ‘Superfund’ sites after EPA...
PROVIDENCE – The Environmental Protection Agency has completed comprehensive five-year reviews of four sites in Rhode Island that have been designated federal “Superfund” contamination...
EPA to hold informational workshop on brownfields grant
PROVIDENCE – An informational workshop on the brownfields grant application will be held from 8:30 a.m. to noon on Wednesday, Dec. 12.The session is...
CLF Ventures receives $580K grant to reduce diesel emissions
NEW BEDFORD – The tugboat MV/Kodiak will get new marine engines to reduce diesel emissions, thanks to a $579,991 federal grant to consumer-services nonprofit...
New Bedford pet food company settles alleged EPA violations
PROVIDENCE – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reached settlements with seven New England companies for alleged violations of chemical accident prevention and reporting...
Ferguson receives environmental merit award
WENLEY FERGUSON, director of habitat restoration for Save The Bay, recently received the Environmental Protection Agency’s New England Environmental Merit Award at a ceremony...
Milos advances genomics innovation, this time on home turf
Patrice Milos, president and CEO of Providence startup Medley Genomics, is no stranger to Rhode Island. Although she’s lived here since 1989, until a...
