Tag: Janet Coit
DEM awards 3 R.I. farms grants for energy efficiency
PROVIDENCE – Three farms in Foster, Little Compton, and Smithfield will aim to decrease costs and upgrade business operations with a combined $54,000 in...
DEM announces opening of state park farmers markets
PROVIDENCE – Three weekly farmers markets are now open in Rhode Island state parks, the R.I. Department of Environmental Management announced Friday.
The three markets...
DEM announces 3 state beaches to open May 12
PROVIDENCE – Three Rhode Island state beaches will be open weekends from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. starting Saturday, the R.I. Department of Environmental...
R.I. DEM awards $3.75M in matching grants to preserve green space
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Environmental Management awarded $3.75 million in Green Economy Bond grants to 17 projects to help communities and organizations...
Raimondo, DEM announce $3.7M in brownfield cleanup and redevelopment funds
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Gina M. Raimondo joined with the R.I. Department of Environmental Management to announce $3.7 million in grants for the cleanup and...
RIDEM announces $380K in grants available for food, farming businesses
PROVIDENCE – Farm and food businesses looking to grow in Rhode Island can apply for up to $380,000 in grants available from the R.I....
Who’s paying for Invenergy power plant?
A lawsuit filed this month by Invenergy Thermal Development LLC against National Grid Rhode Island and ISO New England is raising new questions for...
DEM awards $6.8M in matching grants to improve water quality, flooding...
PROVIDENCE - The R.I. Department of Environmental Management awarded $6.8 million in matching grants to 33 projects, the DEM announced Thursday.
The projects are focused...
DEM receives $500K federal grant for salt marsh resiliency study
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Environmental Management was awarded a $500,000 federal research grant to lead a nationwide study to examine strategies to...
EPA awards $3.9M for coastal water projects in R.I. and Mass.
PROVIDENCE – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Tuesday a $3.9 million grant to Restore America’s Estuaries under the Southeast New England Program.
“We are...