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What Does It Take to Get that Oyster on Your Plate? Specialized Gear, Hard Work - ecoRI News (opens the original)
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This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center. NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. — Russ Blank bent over the side of his boat and, using a grapple hook, pulled up a heavy rope line attached to an oyster cage, one in a long line of cages floating in the West Passage of Narragansett Bay. The line barely looked like rope; it was covered with seaweed and other stringy oceanic growth after sitting in the bay for months. Blank’s two crew members out with him that September day, Peter Muhitch and Patrick Mitchell
Legislative Study Commission to Tackle How New Housing Impacts Rural Water - ecoRI News (opens the original)
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PROVIDENCE — Wildfires have already come to rural Rhode Island; are water troubles next? The state made a small bit of history this summer, when, in June, Gov. Dan McKee declared the state’s first drought watch advisory since 2002. Rhode Island over the previous 12 months, according to data tracked by the state Water Resources Board, had received over a full foot less precipitation than was expected. Less rain means more strain on existing underground aquifers, and many residents living outside
Woonsocket Makes Progress Replacing Lead Water Service Lines - ecoRI News (opens the original)
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WOONSOCKET, R.I. — The city is nearing completion of its lead service line replacement, with fewer than 60 unknown service lines left to inspect and 76 known private lines still to replace, according to the city’s water superintendent. The progress puts Woonsocket on track to meet the state’s 2033 deadline to replace all public and private lead service lines, Marc Viggiani, the superintendent, said. Much of the city’s public-side lead infrastructure was replaced in the 1980s, leaving the current
Number of Climate Projects Seeking EC4 Funding Doubles - ecoRI News (opens the original)
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PROVIDENCE — A statewide climate education program, Wave Card incentives, and a state resiliency manager are just a few of the climate- and resiliency-minded projects getting funded at state agencies this year. “They were all good projects, and as we deal within our agency budget, we don’t have unlimited money but we do some really great things,” said Terry Gray, director of the Department of Environmental Management and chair of the Executive Climate Change Coordinating Council (EC4). In the un
As Climate Warms, Rhode Island Weighs Heat-Stress Worker Protections - ecoRI News (opens the original)
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PROVIDENCE — Daniel Thompson was removing caulk from the windows of the Omni Hotel with a reciprocating power tool when he collapsed, clutching his chest. Temperatures had climbed to 91 degrees amid high humidity on that June day. A coworker rushed to him, pouring cold water over Thompson’s body as he called for help. But it was too late. The 49-year-old was pronounced dead at Rhode Island Hospital by 3 p.m, police records show. Thompson had arrived for work at 8 a.m. on June 18, 2024, as Provid
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