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Behind the Story:

Safe to say @KimKalunian and I could spend all day listening to @KuffnerAlex talk about "sludge."

Shoutouts: @EthanLogueWPRI @mrkrynlds @by_ColinHogan @BrookeKushwaha @TheSunChronicle @eastbayri

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My @projo stories recognized by the #SEJAwards for environmental beat reporting ( sej.org/initiatives/aw…) can be found at the links below:

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I’m so grateful to @sejorg for recognition in the #SEJawards for “deeply reported, colorful dives into the issues affecting biodiversity in Rhode Island.” More on the @projo stories here: sej2026.org/awards

Barrington vs. Westerly, D-VI Unified Volleyball championship providencejournal.com/picture-galler…

STEEP needs your help- explore the PFAS kitchen!

STEEP is seeking users and feedback for our original augmented reality experience, PFAS Kitchen. Take a virtual adventure and learn more about PFAS in your home!

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Participants will be guided through a pre-survey, augmented reality (AR) experience using Adobe Aero, and a post-survey.
 
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The platform expires after November 6, 2025, so take your tour today!

Trump fires NOAA scientists helping whales and offshore wind coexist canarymedia.com/articles/offsh…

Political Scene: In 2023 Rhode Island created a first-of-its-kind lead-safe apartment registry.

More than 18 months later, some landlord-lawmakers still aren't complying with it.

They include the Assembly's top property owner and Senate Majority Leader

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RI @GovDanMcKee is proposing a new electric vehicle fee to offset the loss of gas tax collections to battery-powered cars.

But so far gas tax collections are still going up

Do new EV fees risk slowing a technology transition already facing headwinds?

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"... all of the blades should be analyzed for aerodynamic flutter stability before any more are installed in offshore turbines. He also suggested that a scale model of the blades needs to be tested in a NASA wind tunnel before installation." capecodtimes.com/story/news/202…

Outdoor air pollution is often worse in the summer. Join Breathe Providence on July 23 at the South Providence Library to build a DIY air filter to stay cool and reduce air pollutants in your home. Free and open to the public but supplies are limited. breatheprovidence.com/events/diy-air…

AG, former CRMC official slam country club's attempt to change rules for illegal seawall providencejournal.com/story/news/pol…

'The Narrow River won': A fight to build a house on stilts in Narragansett may be over. providencejournal.com/story/news/pol… via @projo

Great story from @KuffnerAlex on the Flood Rover!! 🛻🌊🛻🌊

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Patinkin: Peggy Sharpe could have led a quiet life, instead she left RI a better place providencejournal.com/story/news/202…

At outset of heat wave, a worker collapsed onto a scaffolding and died in Providence providencejournal.com/story/news/loc…

@projo: The final report from a legislative commission studying the decline of quahog harvests in Narragansett Bay recommends transplanting more of the hard-shelled clams from tainted areas to cleaner waters, expanding a program to seed the Bay with babies, and exploring the idea of building a shellfish hatchery to augment wild stocks.

The report does not recommend what the commercial shellfishermen who were on the commission want: changes to 20-year-old nitrogen restrictions on discharges from sewage treatment plants that they believe have led to a shortage of microscopic algae that quahogs need for food.

“I didn’t feel confident that we should have legislated it at this point,” said @RepJoeSolomon, the Warwick Democrat who co-chaired the commission. “What was clear was that more study was needed.”

“I'm proud of the work of the commission members,” he said. “I think getting everyone in a room together showed how much progress can be made. We’re going to push for more coordination going forward.”

Full story: providencejournal.com/story/news/env…

Quahog commission recommends transplants and seeding the Bay − but how much will it cost? providencejournal.com/story/news/env…