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News Tipoffs - Rhode Island Editors Newsletter for Tuesday April 09, 2024 ( 3 items )  

Calif. A.G. Bonta Leads Multistate Coalition to Defend Biden Administration's Rule to Strengthen Standards Regulating Particulate Matter Pollution
OAKLAND, California, April 9 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on April 8, 2024: Leading a multistate coalition of 17 attorneys general and the city of New York, California Attorney General Rob Bonta on Friday filed a motion to intervene on behalf of the state of California and the California Air Resources Board (CARB) in the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to defend the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s final particulate m  more

EPA Awards $1.275M to Advance Resilience in Disadvantaged Communities
BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 9 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: EPA's Southeast New England Program (SNEP) is announcing funding to improve climate resiliency in disadvantaged communities throughout Southeast New England. The SNEP Opportunity to Advance Resilience (SOAR) grant program is committed to investing at least $5 million in disadvantaged communities by 2027 with funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. In this first year of the program, E  more

R.I. U.S. Attorney: Drug Trafficker Who Participated in the Delivery of Thousands of Fentanyl Pills Sentenced to Federal Prison
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, April 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Rhode Island issued the following news release: A Lawrence, MA, resident arrested in May 2021 by members of the DEA Rhode Island Drug Task Force after he participated in deliveries of significant quantities of fentanyl-laced pills in Pawtucket, RI, and Dorchester, MA, has been sentenced to seven years in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha. Roberto Anibal Nieves Zayas, 38, ple  more