Tag: R.I. Department of Environmental Management
Narragansett Bay Commission names Horridge as new executive director
PROVIDENCE – The Narragansett Bay Commission has named Laurie Horridge, a lawyer and veteran officer of the commission, to lead the agency as its...
DEM awards $2.6M in brownfield grants from remaining 2016 Green Economy...
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Environmental Management announced a $2.6 million round of funding allocation from the 2016 Green Economy Bond in brownfield...
R.I. receives $276K from federal specialty crop grant program
PROVIDENCE – Six Rhode Island-based groups working to support local agriculture were awarded $187,667 in farm viability grants, the R.I. Department of Environmental Management...
Will 2018 be the year Rhode Island voters take a stand...
“Embarrassing,” is how R.I. Department of Education Commissioner Ken Wagner described the state of local public elementary, middle and high schools.
“When I visit a...
Five Questions With: Caroline Scanlan
Caroline Scanlan is the new urban and community forestry program coordinator at the Division of Forest Environment for the R.I. Department of Environmental Management....
RIPEC to honor Clements, Coit with public service awards
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council will honor Providence Police Chief Col. Hugh Clements and R.I. Department of Environmental Management Director Janet...
Hundreds show up for meeting on tackling R.I. infrastructure needs
PROVIDENCE – Improving Rhode Island’s infrastructure is a big job, drawing more than 300 people who turned out recently for Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank’s...
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...
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