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Save the Bay accuses CRMC of power abuse for canceling controversial seawall meetings NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. – November 25, 2024 – Save the Bay executive director Topher Hamblett is accusing the Coastal Resources Management Council of intentionally delaying a key meeting that could determine the fate of a controversial seawall in North Kingstown. The Quidnessett … Read More

Grant Funding to Help Aquidneck Island With Climate Prep R.I. – November 25, 2024 – Two federal grants, totaling $2,480,539, for the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management and the Eastern Rhode Island Conservation District are funded through the National Coastal Resilience Fund, which was developed by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., to restore and strengthen … Read More

More than twenty local artists participating in Save The Bay’s ‘Artists for The Bay’ virtual sale PROVIDENCE, R.I. – November 15, 2024 – Just in time for the holiday season, Save The Bay’s Artists for the Bay Sale has announced the launch of its annual virtual fundraiser, Artists for the Bay, which showcases local art … Read More

At Rocky Point, a history lesson on ‘the people’s park’ NEWPORT, R.I. – November 14, 2024 – Ten years after Rocky Point opened as a state park, one of the main figures in its revitalization took students through the park to teach them about its history. George Shuster Jr., Save The Bay board president and … Read More

Voters Agree in a Landslide to Invest in the Environment–Backing Green Bond by 3:1 Margin in Rhode Island R.I. – November 13, 2024 – Attached to the presidential ballots in this year’s elections, Rhode Island had posed question 4: would the voter like to see the state borrow money for environmental preservation? Question 4 passed … Read More

Florence, Friendship and Flooding: Splendor of Florence Festival returns to Providence PROVIDENCE, R.I. – November 13, 2024 – In 1998, former Providence Mayor Vincent Cianci, Jr. signed a friendship pact with Leonardo Domenici, then-mayor of Florence, Italy. To celebrate this pact, Cianci commissioned Joyce Acciaioli Rudge to put on the first Splendor of Florence Festival, … Read More

‘These are gross substances’: EPA urged to clean up Westerly site WESTERLY, R.I. – November 7, 2024 – The now-vacant Bradford Printing and Finishing mill in Westerly is still home to a long list of dangerous chemicals, and Save the Bay is urging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to fast-track its cleanup. According to a … Read More

Tear down this wall NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. – October 10, 2024 – A Quidnessett Country Club spokesperson defended the club’s illegal construction of a 600-foot rock wall on the shores of Narragansett Bay as an effort to “protect our cherished Bay” in a story published Sept. 24 in Rhode Island Current. Rhode Islanders, do not … Read More

NOAA Evaluating Rhode Island’s Coastal Regulatory Agency WAKEFIELD, R.I. – October 7, 2024 – It’s not often one of the state’s environmental agencies gets a report card from the federal government. This year the Coastal Resources Management Council has been undergoing a routine checkup from the federal National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. When Rhode Island … Read More