Tag: R.I. Department of Environmental Management
State awards $662K in 2024 Local Agriculture and Seafood Act funds
PROVIDENCE – More than 40 local farmers, fishers and specialty food producers will share $662,000 in funding from the 2024 Local Agriculture and Seafood...
Providence scrap yard fighting $25K environmental fine, $160K in back taxes
PROVIDENCE – A lawyer for an embattled scrapyard on the Providence riverfront is arguing the state is trying to shut down the business with...
McKee’s proposed cabinet raises include 43% boost for health director
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Administration on Tuesday held a brief public hearing on proposed salary increases for a dozen members of Gov....
R.I. gets $52.9M for Cliff Walk, 37 other projects
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island will get more than $52.9 million in federal funding to support 38 local projects, including $5 million to repair the...
Report: Providence scrap yard issued cease-and-desist order
PROVIDENCE – A prominent scrap metal yard has been ordered to halt all business after the city claims it has been doing business without...
DEM awards $218K for community engagement on climate change
PROVIDENCE – Six community groups will share $218,931 in grants for projects that will provide public engagement around Rhode Island's 2025 Climate Action Strategy,...
State seeks vendors to remove ‘sunken barge’ from Providence River
PROVIDENCE – Despite no readily available funding, state officials after a three-year hiatus are renewing calls for a private vendor to remove a piece...
Providence, Cranston businesses have gotten a pass on pond pollution for...
Green is usually the color of choice – literally and figuratively – among the environmental crowd.
But the shocking chartreuse of Providence’s Mashapaug Watershed is...
Neronha, R.I. DEM partner to help address stormwater runoff entering urban...
PROVIDENCE – Citing the need to stop stormwater runoff from entering the city’s waterways, R.I. Attorney General Peter F. Neronha and the R.I. Department...
$12M awarded for municipal resilience projects
PROVIDENCE – Twenty communities across the state that participated in the Municipal Resilience Program were awarded a total of $12 million in grants, Gov....
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