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Reed Helps Announce Land Purchase at Former Rocky Point Amusement Park
September 17, 2012...
Posted on 9/17/2012 | -
Top Federal Fisheries Officials to Meet with RI Fishing Community
POINT JUDITH, RI - Today, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Jim Langevin and David Cicilline announced that the top regional officials from the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) will be in Rhode Island on Monday, September 10 to hear directly from Rhode Island fis...
Posted on 9/5/2012 | -
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 | -
Floor Statement on the Production Tax Credit
Mr. President, I want to commend the Senator from Colorado, Senator Udall, for his leadership on this very important issue. I also want to commend my colleague Senator Whitehouse, who has been extraordinarily effective as a national leader on energy policy and ocean policy. ...
Posted on 7/10/2012 | -
Reed, Whitehouse, Chafee: RI Offshore Wind Area Set for Key Environmental Review
PROVIDENCE, RI - U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Governor Lincoln Chafee say the Ocean State is on track to develop commercial wind energy programs in federal waters off the coast of Rhode Island and Massachusetts through the U.S. Department of Interior’s (DOI) “Smart from t...
Posted on 7/2/2012 | -
Groundwork Providence Receives $200K for Environmental Job Training
PROVIDENCE, RI - In an effort to help Rhode Island job seekers find work and develop healthy, green communities, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today announced a new $200,000 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Brownfields grant to help Groundwork Providence improve its environmental job train...
Posted on 6/22/2012 | -
RI Receives $1.2 Million to Clean Up Brownfields
In an effort to protect the health and well-being of Rhode Islanders and redevelop former industrial sites, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today announced $1.2 million in federal funding to help clean up brownfields in communities across the state. A brownfield site is property where...
Posted on 5/24/2012 |