Tag: Environmental Protection Agency
Groundwork RI to receive $200K EPA job-training grant
PAWTUCKET – Groundwork Rhode Island will receive a $200,000 grant from the Environmental Protection Agency to help residents learn the skills to secure employment...
R.I. plans to use $14.4M from Volkswagen settlement to fund electric...
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s money from the Volkswagen AG diesel fuel emissions scandal settlement will be used to pay for electric buses and to...
EPA announces $1.1M in R.I. site assessment and cleanup grants
PROVIDENCE – Three Rhode Island entities were named as beneficiaries of $1.1 million in brownfield revitalization grants, the Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday.
The three...
Former landfill sites being repurposed to produce solar energy
PROVIDENCE – Narragansett, South Kingstown and the University of Rhode Island will use former landfills to produce solar energy, ecoRI News reported April 14.
The...
Do you agree with the rollback of automobile efficiency standards that...
In reversing another Obama-era rule, the Trump administration has rolled back the automobile fuel efficiency standards that were set to be in effect through...
Kilmartin joins coalition threatening to sue EPA over landfill methane regulation
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island is among seven states threatening to sue the Environmental Protection Agency for its failure to enforce landfill methane regulation as...
EPA clears the air for polluters on U.S. factory emissions rules
NEW YORK – Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt has issued a new directive that clarifies a powerful but technical facet of the Clean...
JWU, RIDOH lead state efforts in food sustainability, waste and recovery
Rhode Island chefs and food purveyors are well-known for working with local farmers to source sustainable ingredients. The next steps in this food evolution...
Magaziner joins coalition against Trump administration’s Clean Power Plan repeal
PROVIDENCE – General Treasurer Seth Magaziner has joined a coalition of 11 state treasurers and local comptrollers asking the Environmental Protection Agency to halt...
Kilmartin joins lawsuit over EPA’s delay on Clean Air Act requirements
PROVIDENCE – R.I. Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin has joined attorneys general from 12 states and the District of Columbia in a lawsuit against...
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