Providence City Council takes up ProvPort resolutions amid promises made to community
December 15, 2022

Providence City Council takes up ProvPort resolutions amid promises made to community

The Providence City Council is meeting Thursday, December 15th at 6pm to take up the ProvPort resolutions...

Providence Finance Committee ignores large outcry, passes ProvPort resolutions
December 2, 2022

Providence Finance Committee ignores large outcry, passes ProvPort resolutions

The fix was in from the beginning, as the Providence Finance Committee, under the leadership of Councilmember...

The pyrolysis bill won’t move ahead this session, say House leaders
June 21, 2022

The pyrolysis bill won’t move ahead this session, say House leaders

“I know the state weren’t proposing this at any of the predominantly white, wealthy or well-to-do communities,”...

Lamar Advertising wants electronic billboards – The neighborhood wants their trees back
November 2, 2021

Lamar Advertising wants electronic billboards – The neighborhood wants their trees back

Lamar Advertising illegally bulldozed over 100 trees in the Washington Park Neighborhood of Providence, a place plagued...

Submarine fire is the latest environmental outrage suffered by residents of the Port
March 9, 2021

Submarine fire is the latest environmental outrage suffered by residents of the Port

“There was another emergency in the Port of Providence this morning that spewed deadly pollutants into my...

Proposed Port garbage transfer station is dead
March 12, 2020

Proposed Port garbage transfer station is dead

“This was a win for the community,” said Linda Perri, President of the Washington Park Neighborhood Association....

Opposition to the proposed Port garbage transfer station intensifies
February 21, 2020

Opposition to the proposed Port garbage transfer station intensifies

“We have to stand together, stand strong, united, because this community cannot, under any conditions, accept anything...

Washington Park community: How to prevent a new business from destroying children’s health?
January 14, 2020

Washington Park community: How to prevent a new business from destroying children’s health?

“Air and traffic pollution in and around Allens Avenue and the Port of Providence is out of...

Neighborhood groups and politicians strongly support Providence’s Climate Justice Plan
December 9, 2019

Neighborhood groups and politicians strongly support Providence’s Climate Justice Plan

Statement also opposes any proposed facilities on Allens Avenue likely to worsen pollution and asthma rates “Air...

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