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U.S. Senators Seek to Protect Southern New England Waterways
Legislation to launch an estimated $400,000 study of whether several rivers in Rhode Island and Connecticut should be added to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System is moving forward in Congress. In an effort to preserve and restore Southern New England’s watershe...
Posted on 7/24/2012 | -
Reed Applauds National Park Service for Finding LNG Proposal Inconsistent with Environmental Protection
The decade-long effort to protect the Taunton River as part of the national Wild and Scenic Rivers System is helping to protect Rhode Islanders from the dangers of building a new liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Mount Hope Bay. U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today...
Posted on 5/17/2010 |