The Heat Is on in RI: A roundup of environmental happenings from ecoRI News
More Good Beach Days, In Spite of Rain In the first decade of the 2000s, beach closures were trending in the wrong direction. In 2003, Rhode Island beaches were closed […]
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The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
Improvements All Around: A roundup of environmental happenings from ecoRI News
Shellfishing in the Providence River? Sure! Years of work and millions of dollars in investment are paying off for the Providence River, and with it, fishing and shellfishing opportunities have […]
Sea 3: A danger to our community
Last Thursday, a vigil was held at the intersection between Allens Ave and Terminal Road in Providence. Hosted by the People’s Port Authority, the Interfaith Coalition to Reduce Poverty, and […]
Air Conditioning and the Climate Crisis: Cooling our homes in a warming world
Rhode Island is heating up. Last year was the hottest on record, and locally, we’ve already seen days in the 80s and 90s. Heat waves and large, irregular temperature swings […]
Summer Plans and Environmental Issues Collide: A roundup of environmental happenings from ecoRI News
Bridge Repairs Push Bikers Into Roadways Residents across Rhode Island’s East Bay are reeling over the extended closure of two East Bay Bike Path bridges, which many say signifies a […]
It Came from the Pond: Invasive plants, drugs and poop — protecting the water is no easy task
Invasion of the Sacred Lotus When a Cranston resident planted a sacred lotus in the pond at Meshanticut State Park in memory of a family member in 2014, she didn’t […]
Spring out of Winter: Nature notes from Rhode Island
The bitterness brought an upside, greeted the attendant at the Norman Bird Sanctuary in Middletown: Fewer people on the trails meant more peace for the birds. But, besides an errant […]
What Lies Beneath: Better environmental health starts in your own backyard
Loren Byrne is a professor of biology and environmental science at Roger Williams University, and he digs dirt. His expertise is in the ways in which urbanization affects soil health, […]
Three Longtime Polluters Flout the Law: Environmental happenings from ecoRI News
A lack of urgency and a deference to business interests by Rhode Island officials have allowed these three high-profile pollution problems to fester for more than a decade. Truk-Away Landfill. […]
Environmental Action!: A roundup from ecoRI News
Road to Renewables or Dead End? “The Road to 100% Renewable Electricity by 2030 in Rhode Island” outlines how established incentives and power mandates can achieve the target through a […]