PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management is predicting that air quality will reach UNHEALTHY levels during the afternoon and into the evening for today, Thursday July 30th. The alert is being issued for Washington and Newport County. The poor air quality will be...
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) announces that a grant is available to assist a local hospital to protect human health by reducing harmful emissions and noise pollution from idling ambulances and emergency vehicles. Funding for the grant is provided from...
PROVIDENCE – The Department of Environmental Management (DEM) today awarded $4,360,600 in matching grants to 13 municipalities and community organizations for climate resilience projects across Rhode Island. The grants will fund 14 projects to restore and improve the climate resilience of...
PROVIDENCE – With the forecast calling for temperatures in the mid-90s both days this weekend and a 75% parking restriction still in effect at Misquamicut and Scarborough state beaches, state and local law enforcement agencies are gearing up again to limit crowds, manage traffic, and crack down on...
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) today announced that all 127 mosquito pools collected from 30 traps set statewide on July 7 have tested negative for both West Nile Virus (WNV) and Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE).
Results from traps set on July 13 and...
PROVIDENCE – United States Senator Jack Reed and the RI Department of Environmental Management (DEM) announce that a $623,729 grant has been awarded to the Town of Bristol for the expansion of transient boating facilities at the Bristol Maritime Center. The grant is funded under the US Fish and...
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management is predicting that air quality will reach UNHEALTHY levels for Washington and Newport Counties during the afternoon and into the evening on Monday, July 20th. The poor air quality will be due to elevated ground level ozone...
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) today announced that 35 mosquito samples from 22 traps set on Monday, June 22 and 138 samples from 22 traps set on Monday, June 29 have tested negative for both West Nile Virus (WNV) and Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE).
PROVIDENCE – The Department of Environmental Management is announcing that at around 7 AM, a US Coast Guard helicopter located the body of a swimmer who went missing last night about a half-mile off Scarborough State Beach in Narragansett.
The victim, Matthew Smith, 64, of Fitchburg, MA, drowned.
PROVIDENCE – The Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is asking Rhode Islanders to monitor their beech trees for signs of leaf damage from Beach Leaf Disease (BLD). Early symptoms of BLD include dark striping on the tree's leaves parallel to the leaf veins and are best seen by looking...
