Tag: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Reed calls for passage of national workplace safety legislation
PROVIDENCE – U.S. Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., is teaming up with lawmakers and labor unions to establish protections for workers exposed to extreme heat.
The...
A SLOW RETREAT: Voluntary buyouts, relocations part of Warren’s pioneering climate...
When Richard Grundy moved AVTECH Software Inc. from Newport to Warren 15 years ago, the renovated Cutler Mill seemed to offer the ideal flexibility...
Summer 2025 Blue & You Regional Speaker Series launches June 18
NEWPORT – The fifth annual Summer 2025 Blue & You Regional Speaker Series, a collaboration between Innovate Newport, Ocean Tech Hub and the Grow Blue Strategy,...
‘Pirate’ fishing vessels a target of federal bill
Fred Mattera, president of the South Kingstown-based Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation, can recall when foreign commercial fishing vessels could often be spotted off the...
VentureWell launches inaugural phase of Ocean Enterprise Accelerator
PROVIDENCE – The nonprofit VentureWell has convened 15 blue technology startups from across the nation and other ocean innovation leaders in Rhode Island for...
Amo highlights R.I.’s blue economy during Subcommittee on Environment hearing
PROVIDENCE – The Subcommittee on Environment on the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology held its first hearing of the year on March 26,...
Federal commercial real estate cancellations surprise R.I. landlords
PROVIDENCE – Mary Sadlier was surprised when she opened an email from the General Services Administration last week.
The agency informed Sadlier the federal government...
R.I.’s ‘Squid Squad’ targeted in DOGE purge of NOAA
The head of squid research at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Narragansett Bay facility is among the hundreds of agency employees nationwide who...
DEM: Removal of sunken barge in Providence River to begin this...
PROVIDENCE – Removal of the 113-foot-long sunken barge in the Providence River is slated to begin this week, the R.I. Department of Environmental Management...
McKee issues statewide drought advisory
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee issued a statewide drought advisory Wednesday based on the recommendation of federal, state and local experts that make...
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