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A section of the Coventry Greenway bike path closed for construction on Monday and is expected to remain shut until well into 2013.
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By PBN Staff
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will provide two brownfields assessment grants totaling $400,000 to the city of Fall River.
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For the second time in a week, heavy rains and flash floods left the emergency room of Fall River’s St. Anne’s Hospital underwater, according to The Herald News.
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By PBN Staff
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(Updated Fri, Aug. 17, 4:30 p.m. with comments from Textron)
Textron Inc. – the Providence-based company that includes Bell Helicopter and Cessna Aircraft – was named the No. 2 corporate air polluter in America by researchers at the Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded a $200,0000 brownfields cleanup grant to the city of New Bedford.
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By PBN Staff
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Rhode Island’s kayakers and canoers now have a crystal clear idea of what kind of waters they’re getting into. The Rhode Island Blueways Alliance, a nonprofit organization, released 20 detailed maps of paddle trails throughout the state on Monday.
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July was the hottest month in the lower 48 states in records going back 117 years, capping the hottest 12 months ever in the continental U.S., the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said.
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Rhode Island College has made plans to establish a beekeeping program to continue promoting sustainable living and protection of the environment.
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A second pool of mosquitoes in Rhode Island have tested positive for the West Nile Virus, according to the R.I. Department of Environmental Management.
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The New England Fishery Management Council’s executive committee may cut the allowable cod catch for fishermen by up to 72 percent, the Gloucester Times reports.
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