Tag: R.I. Department of Environmental Management
With clean car standards, R.I. driving toward greener future
To the Editor:
Revving into a greener future, Rhode Island is set to join over a dozen states in embracing the electrifying potential of zero-emission...
Ripple effect expected from legal challenge of shoreline law
It came as a surprise to few when, soon after shoreline access advocates celebrated the law’s passage in June, a group of coastal property...
Legislative study commissions used to be where bills went to die....
Ten years have passed since Rep. Jennifer Boylan crouched next to her son in his fourth grade classroom, practicing what to do if someone...
Five Questions With: Elizabeth Beisel
Elizabeth Beisel is a two-time Olympic medalist and past captain of the U.S. Olympic swimming team. The Saunderstown native, along with RAW Elements USA...
State accepting proposals for 2023 Brownfields Grant Program funding
PROVIDENCE – A request for proposals has been issued for a round of funding from the 2023 Brownfields Grant Program, Gov. Daniel J. McKee...
Putting dollars behind decarbonization: FY24 budget marks $4.5M for interagency climate council
Compared with the $14 billion bottom line of the state’s budget, $4.5 million doesn’t sound like much.
But as the first dedicated funding to the...
Rhode Island nets $178K for air quality monitoring
PROVIDENCE – As smoke from Canadian wildfires hung in the air last week, the state received $178,046 toward air quality monitoring.
The federal funding, provided under...
‘The Bells’ stables to be demolished
NEWPORT – A day after four people were injured when a section of the roof collapsed inside a state-owned building on the grounds of...
HELP WANTED: There are 1,700 unfilled state jobs, but has anyone...
Stacy Smith says the job for “front-line” workers at the R.I. Department of Human Services isn’t easy in normal times, but the labor market...
Neronha sues manufacturers of ‘forever chemicals’
PROVIDENCE – R.I. Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced Thursday that he has filed a lawsuit against the manufacturers of “forever chemicals,” most commonly...
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