Tag: R.I. Department of Environmental Management
New athletic fields open at Quonset Business Park
NORTH KINGSTOWN – Four new athletic fields have opened to the public at Quonset Business Park.Located in the North Davisville section of the park,...
Tall ship sinking in red ink
The Oliver Hazard Perry launched in 2015, one of the largest full-sailed educational and training ships in the country, and the first built in...
Nature’s Trust RI petitions RIDEM to implement climate change regulations
PROVIDENCE – Nature’s Trust Rhode Island has petitioned the R.I. Department of Environmental Management to put regulations in place to ensure the state “does...
Gotham Greens plans greenhouse building, bike path in Providence
PROVIDENCE – A New York-based food business that plans to build a commercial greenhouse in Providence will also include a bicycle path between the...
There are a host of candidates for the state’s top job....
All the major candidates running for governor will point to their professional record and say they have the experience to lead the state. But...
Newport Festivals Foundation agrees to stay in Newport for 25 years,...
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Environmental Management and the Newport Festivals Foundation Inc. reached a license agreement to keep the Newport Jazz Festival...
Winter weather continues to delay anaerobic digester start
JOHNSTON – Anaerobic digestion was meant to be the answer to Rhode Island’s 2016 food-waste ban, but more than six months after the licensure...
Does Rhode Island have right approach on food waste?
Tucked in a residential neighborhood of mostly rural Charlestown is the state’s largest commercial-scale compost-processing facility.Second-generation Earth Care Farm owner Jayne Merner Senecal, whose...
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...
Raimondo selects July 29 as 2018 Governor’s Bay Day
PROVIDENCE - Marking the 30th anniversary of the local tradition, Gov. Gina M. Raimondo signed an executive order naming Sunday, July 29 as the...
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