Year: 2025

By Rob Smith, ecoRI News staff PROVIDENCE — After 18 months of study, more than a dozen meetings, and hundreds of pieces of testimony, evidence, and presentations, Rhode Island’s joint study commission on plastic waste released its report, which revealed, unsurprisingly, that legislation in support of a bottle bill faces steep opposition. The bottle bill … Read More

BY: CHRISTOPHER SHEA, Rhode Island Current A day after the release of a long-awaited report on how Rhode Island could start a deposit-refund program for recyclable bottles and cans, a trio of bottle bills tackling production, retailer and consumer responsibilities emerged. The longest and most comprehensive proposal comes from Rep. Carol Hagan McEntee, a South Kingstown Democrat and … Read More

Alex Kuffner, Providence Journal PROVIDENCE – When Catherine Robinson Hall was appointed to a seat on the Coastal Resources Management Council in 2022, she represented something different for the powerful state agency that controls development along the Rhode Island shoreline.  Unlike previous members of the agency’s voting council, which included a dental hygienist and the head of … Read More

by: Emily Brennan, WPRI12 PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Some state legislators want to restructure the council that oversees Rhode Island’s coastline, but there’s a debate over how it should be reformed. The Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC) was created in the early 1970s. According to its website, the council is responsible for the “preservation, protection, development and … Read More

You’re invited to get involved, take action, and make a difference for our planet! By Ryan Belmore, WUN Community partners across Aquidneck Island are coming together to host a week packed with impactful, eco-friendly events. Join us for clean-ups, free workshops, film screenings, work parties, guided hikes, and so much more! Now in its sixth year, … Read More

By JOHN PERIK, NBC 10 NEWS NARRAGANSETT, R.I. (WJAR) — It’s the big question going into the summer! Do more seals equal more sharks? Save The Bay recently counted 755 seals in our waters. That’s the highest since 2019. But according to a shark expert the higher seal count doesn’t necessarily mean the Ocean State will see … Read More

By Kim Gaffett, Block Island Times On Thursday, March 27, 19 volunteers surveyed nearly 100 percent of the island’s perimeter in an effort to get a count of seals in the area at this “peak” season for wintering seals. This effort was in coor dination with Save The Bay’s annual Bay-wide seal count that surveys … Read More

By ohtadmin, The Jamestown Press Volunteers with Save The Bay counted 755 seals living in Rhode Island during the annual census to determine the population of the marine mammal. The 17-year tradition continued March 27 with 43 volunteers counting 551 seals in Narragansett Bay. That is the most since 572 were tallied in 2019 and … Read More