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PEMA tests emergency sirens at Port of Providence
Port of Providence “This only a test.” PEMA (Providence Emergency Management Agency) conducted a routine test of its Port of Providence Sirens Warning System on Monday at noon. The siren would be used...
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Senators Calkin, Metts and Quezada press DOH and DEM for answers on gas leak
“As you are no doubt aware, the 19 million cubic feet of natural gas that was released is significant in terms of gas leaks, and we are concerned about what the effects could be on our air quality, the...
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CLF takes Shell to task over failure to protect Providence Community
Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) announced today that it has served formal notice of a lawsuit against Shell for the company’s endangerment of the Providence River and local communities. Located along...
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National Grid is holding a south side community meeting at the police station
Update II: Here’s the event of Facebook for the July 13 meeting. Update I: Joseph Martella, senior engineer in the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management Office of Waste Management...
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Public outrage at National Grid ‘liquefaction project’ police station meeting
Gina Rodriguez Gina Rodríguez put National Grid on notice. “So get ready, because we are ready. We know that this is a David and Goliath fight,” said the Washington Park resident, mother and leader in...
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No LNG in PVD annoyed by National Grid’s ‘science fair’ style public comment...
Aaron Jaenig, Monica Huertas, Ellen Tuzzolo (left to right) After the July 14 public comment meeting on National Grid’s proposed liquefaction facility was held, to the consternation of community...
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Save the Bay’s Jonathan Stone on National Grid, LNG and environmental activism
Save the Bay is an environmental group here in Rhode Island that is laser-focused on Narragansett Bay and its watershed. As a result, the organization has not taken a stand on some environmental...
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First of ten “resiliency roundtables” held at Save the Bay
Shawn O’Roarke Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo‘s new Chief Resiliency Officer Shawn O’Roarke held the first of a series of ten Resiliency Roundtables at the Save the Bay Campus in the Port of...
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No LNG in PVD says resiliency impossible if state continues to expand fracked...
No LNG in PVD! rallied outside the Save the Bay campus in the Port of Providence Wednesday evening ahead of Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo‘s first “Resiliency Roundtable” meetings. In a statement,...
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No LNG in PVD brings their opposition directly to DEM and Raimondo
Monika Huertas, Terrence Gray and Janet Coit Members of the No LNG in PVD coalition, which opposes National Grid’s proposed fracked gas liquefaction facility in the Port of Providence, today delivered...
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