Tag: Environmental Protection Agency
Trump moves to ease Obama auto-mileage rules, California’s clout
NEW YORK - The Trump administration, taking aim at one of former President Barack Obama’s signature environmental achievements, is proposing to suspend required increases...
R.I. receives over $200K in federal funds for water quality monitoring
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island received $201,500 in federal funds to help officials conduct water-quality monitoring and alert beachgoers when conditions are unsafe, Sen. Jack...
4 N.E. companies resolve alleged chemical reporting violations with EPA
PROVIDENCE – Atlantic Footcare in North Smithfield, Smith & Wesson in Springfield, Mass., Masters Machine Co. in Round Pond, Maine, and Bath Iron Works in...
New proposal would create tax increment financing district in Providence
PROVIDENCE – A new proposal that would create a tax increment financing district in several neighborhoods of the city, up to the edge of...
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...
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