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Time for Vibrant Greens to Replace Some Drab Black and Grays

Thursday, January 2, 2025

The depave movement, at least in some places, is gaining momentum, but not in Rhode Island, where we like to smother the natural world under widened highways, oversized homes, solar panels, and parking lots. This rabid obsession is on full display on Moshassuck Street in Pawtucket, where developers and local officials want to turn the … Read More

The depave movement, at least in some places, is gaining momentum, but not in Rhode Island, where we like to smother the natural world under widened highways, oversized homes, solar... ...Read More

3 ways to help Save The Bay in 2025

Tuesday, December 31, 2024

Through the committed actions of Rhode Islanders, Narragansett Bay is cleaner and healthier today than it was in 1975. But as we turn the corner to 2025, Narragansett Bay faces persistent challenges that threaten a swimmable, fishable Bay accessible to all. Save The Bay urges Rhode Islanders to support three initiatives in the coming year … Read More

Through the committed actions of Rhode Islanders, Narragansett Bay is cleaner and healthier today than it was in 1975. But as we turn the corner to 2025, Narragansett Bay faces... ...Read More

25 Things I Can’t Wait to Do in Rhode Island in 2025

Sunday, December 29, 2024

Pull out your bucket list, add some of the best things to do in Rhode Island in 2025, and make it your most memorable year yet. I’ve never been one to make resolutions at the dawn of a New Year, usually because I find it difficult to keep the momentum going, especially when life is … Read More

Pull out your bucket list, add some of the best things to do in Rhode Island in 2025, and make it your most memorable year yet. I’ve never been one... ...Read More

Concerns About Increased Flooding, Habitat Destruction Swirl Around Bristol Hotel Project

Monday, December 16, 2024

BRISTOL, R.I. — Despite local concerns about the proposed development’s potential to exacerbate neighborhood flooding and the damage it will cause to wetland habitat, a Gooding Avenue hotel project that has been hanging around since 2013 recently received state approval to move ahead. In a Dec. 6 letter to the developer, Middletown-based KenDan LLC, the state Department of … Read More

BRISTOL, R.I. — Despite local concerns about the proposed development’s potential to exacerbate neighborhood flooding and the damage it will cause to wetland habitat, a Gooding Avenue hotel project that... ...Read More

Country club wants mulligan on seawall, but controversial proposal could be stuck in the rough

Friday, December 13, 2024

A subcommittee of the Coastal Resources Management Council has rejected a petition from Quidnessett Country Club to reclassify waters near its golf course, a change that would allow a seawall where the club has already put one up illegally. Here’s what you need to know. State coastal regulators had some bad news this week for … Read More

A subcommittee of the Coastal Resources Management Council has rejected a petition from Quidnessett Country Club to reclassify waters near its golf course, a change that would allow a seawall... ...Read More

Full story of the bridge is yet to be told.

Thursday, December 12, 2024

Wednesday, Dec. 11, marked the one-year anniversary of the abrupt emergency closing of the westbound Washington Bridge, a crisis whose full effect will take years to sort out. Gov. Dan McKee and RIDOT Director Peter Alviti can always fall back on how a potential tragedy was averted and no lives were lost. However, even with a relatively fast response … Read More

Wednesday, Dec. 11, marked the one-year anniversary of the abrupt emergency closing of the westbound Washington Bridge, a crisis whose full effect will take years to sort out. Gov. Dan McKee and... ...Read More

CRMC Subcommittee Votes After Delays Regarding Illegal Country Club Seawall

Thursday, December 12, 2024

Two weeks after Save the Bay issued a letter blasting the RI Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC) for deciding to postpone the Policies and Procedures Subcommittee’s hearing for the second month in a row regarding the proposed water type downgrade alongside Quidnessett Country Club, a move that the group said further delays the removal of … Read More

Two weeks after Save the Bay issued a letter blasting the RI Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC) for deciding to postpone the Policies and Procedures Subcommittee’s hearing for the second... ...Read More

Save The Bay Statement on CRMC Subcommittee Vote on Quidnessett Petition

Wednesday, December 11, 2024

PROVIDENCE (December 11, 2024)—Save The Bay applauds the Coastal Resources Management Council’s (CRMC’s) Planning and Procedures (P&P) Subcommittee on their unanimous vote to recommend that the full Council deny the water type change petition submitted by Quidnessett Country Club. “This was a responsible vote by the subcommittee not to change the rules at the behest … Read More

PROVIDENCE (December 11, 2024)—Save The Bay applauds the Coastal Resources Management Council’s (CRMC’s) Planning and Procedures (P&P) Subcommittee on their unanimous vote to recommend that the full Council deny the... ...Read More

R.I. panel recommends rejecting country club petition to change water classification

Wednesday, December 11, 2024

A Coastal Resources Management Council subcommittee voted against a Quidnessett Country Club petition to reclassify waters at a seawall it built without permission near its golf course. PROVIDENCE — Environmental groups are praising a recommendation that the Coastal Resources Management Council reject a petition to reclassify waters at the seawall that a North Kingstown country … Read More

A Coastal Resources Management Council subcommittee voted against a Quidnessett Country Club petition to reclassify waters at a seawall it built without permission near its golf course. PROVIDENCE — Environmental... ...Read More

CRMC panel denies request to ease shoreline development restrictions for Quidnessett Country Club

Tuesday, December 10, 2024

Recommendation Tuesday advances proposed water reclassification to full council for final decision. Historical photographs, topographical maps and two hours of expert testimony Tuesday afternoon weren’t enough to convince a panel of state regulators to ease development restrictions along the shoreline of a North Kingstown country club. A subcommittee of the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management … Read More

Recommendation Tuesday advances proposed water reclassification to full council for final decision. Historical photographs, topographical maps and two hours of expert testimony Tuesday afternoon weren’t enough to convince a panel... ...Read More