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Middletown OKs pollution accord
- The Providence Journal (new window)
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2010-01-28 |
| Lawyers filed a consent decree Wednesday to settle a lawsuit filed to persuade Middletown to improve its sewerage system so that heavy rains no longer cause pollution to overflow onto Newport’s most-prized beaches. | |
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Newport Sewage Lawsuit Settled Against Middletown
- ABC 6 (new window)
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2010-01-28 |
| A Rhode Island environmental group says it's settled a lawsuit against the town of Middletown over sewage and stormwater discharge that polluted beaches. | |
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Middletown Settles “Sewer Rat” Lawsuit
- Newport Now (new window)
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2010-01-27 |
| MIDDLETOWN, R.I. – The Town of Middletown has entered into a consent decree with the plaintiffs of a lawsuit brought in 2008 against the town over its failure to address persistent storm water overflows at area beaches. | |
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Group threatens lawsuit over clean water
- Newport Daily News
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2008-03-26 |
| Four Newport residents and Environment Rhode Island have given the city and Earth Tech Inc., the operator of the city's wastewater treatment plant, notice of their intent to file a lawsuit in federal court against them for violating the federal Clean Water Act. | |
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R.I. disputes report, says rains pollute state's beaches
- Providence Journal (new window)
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2007-08-08 |
| The Ocean State’s beaches were the fourth worst in the nation last year in terms of meeting national health standards for beach pollution, according to a national report released yesterday by a New York environmental watchdog agency. | |
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Activists Recommend DEM Investigation
- New London Day (new window)
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2006-11-10 |
| Environment Rhode Island has settled our lawsuit with Bradford Dyeing Association. Read about it in the New London Day. | |
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Suit over pollution settled
- Providence Journal (new window)
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2006-11-10 |
| Environment Rhode Island and our allies have settled our Clean Water Act lawsuit with Bradford Dyeing Association. Read the Providence Journal Article here. | |
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R.I. bans gas additive linked to polluted water
- Providence Journal
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2005-07-08 |
| Governor Carcieri signed a bill on Wednesday that, as of Jan. 1, 2007, bans the sale of gasoline containing MTBE. | |
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