Rhode Island

  • Brown University Creates Lining to Absorb Mercury from CFLs

    June 27th, 2008


    Compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulb recycling is an increasing issue as the popularity of these energy-efficient bulbs grows, and researchers at Brown University have created a new product to absorb mercury that can leak out if CFLs break.

    A CFL can contain between three and five milligrams of mercury to help generate energy. Just like incandescent bulbs, CFLs can break, continue …


  • Rhode Island Businesses Alerted: It’s Time to Recycle

    January 18th, 2008


    Providence sent 2,300 letters this week stressing to businesses that recycling participation is “abysmal” and needs to be improved.


  • EPA Awards Community Grants Across Country

    December 18th, 2007


    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced that around $3 million will be available in 2008 to support community-based partnerships to reduce pollution at the local level through the Community Action for a Renewed Environment program.


  • National Estuary Program Celebrates 20th Anniversary

    November 1st, 2007


    The NEP, which includes 28 estuaries across the country, was developed 20 years ago to protect and restore over one million acres of water habitats.


  • ENR Ranks Top 50 Green Contractors

    October 17th, 2007


    Engineering News-Record has released its inaugural list of the Top 50 Green Contractors, a ranking of U.S. contractors based on the number of sustainable and green projects they have worked on.


  • U.S. Announces Largest Single Environmental Settlement in History

    October 9th, 2007


    American Electric Power has agreed to cut 813,000 tons of air pollutants annually at an estimated cost of more than $4.6 billion, pay a $15 million penalty, and spend $60 million on projects to mitigate the adverse effects of its past excess emissions.


  • Pizza Boxes Banned From Barrington Recycle Bins

    September 25th, 2007


    Barrington, R.I.’s Department of Public Works is telling residents that pizza boxes do not belong in recycle bins because of contaminants in the box fiber.


  • Health Concerns Close Record Number of U.S. Beaches in 2006

    August 8th, 2007


    The latest Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) report on beach water quality shows 2006 had the largest number of beach closures of all time.


  • Connecticut Bans Boat Waste in Coastal Water

    August 2nd, 2007


    Connecticut is the third U.S. state to ban sewage discharge in coastal waters as Governor M. Jodi Rell has declared the Connecticut coastline a “no-discharge area.”


  • Know Before You Go with Beaches 911

    July 3rd, 2007


    Summer and especially the Fourth of July holiday means throngs of beach goers descend upon the surf and the Earth 911 Beach Water Quality section is here to help you “Know Before You Go.” The beach section was established in 2001 through an EPA grant to help provide coastal states with the beach-water-quality, public-notification tools that are required as part continue …