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Complaint Filed Against Rhode Island Recycler
2015-03-09 21:32:00| Waste Age
<a href="http://www.recyclingtoday.com/">Recycling Today</a> Janet Coit, the director of the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM), and State Attorney General Peter Kilmartin have filed a complaint in Superior Court against two companies for environmental violations arising from a scrap metal recycling operation along the waterfront in Providence, Rhode Island. read more
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Landfill Keeps Rhode Island Incinerator Debate Alive
2015-03-05 22:38:00| Waste Age
<a href="http://www.energyjustice.net/">Energy Justice Network</a> The seemingly annual debate about building a waste incinerator in Rhode Island resolved little on the issue this year, except that any such facility is too expensive and likely at least 10 years from ever being built. read more
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Former Rhode Island speaker to plead guilty to corruption charges
2015-03-03 18:21:23| Jewelry - Topix.net
The former speaker of Rhode Island's statehouse was due to plead guilty on Tuesday to federal charges, admitting he used campaign funds to buy baubles at Tiffany and accepted more than $50,000 in bribes, according to officials and court papers. Democrat Gordon Fox has agreed to a plea deal under which he will serve three years in federal prison for bribery, wire fraud and filing a false tax return during his two decades in office, a tenure that ended abruptly in March 2012 when he resigned three days after the Federal Bureau of Investigation raided his home and office.
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Former Rhode Island speaker to plead guilty to corruption charges
2015-03-03 18:21:22| Jewelry - Topix.net
The former speaker of Rhode Island's statehouse was due to plead guilty on Tuesday to federal charges, admitting he used campaign funds to buy baubles at Tiffany and accepted more than $50,000 in bribes, according to officials and court papers. Democrat Gordon Fox has agreed to a plea deal under which he will serve three years in federal prison for bribery, wire fraud and filing a false tax return during his two decades in office, a tenure that ended abruptly in March 2012 when he resigned three days after the Federal Bureau of Investigation raided his home and office.
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Rhode Island Seeing Big Increase in Contaminated Recycling Loads
2014-10-09 22:50:00| Waste Age
<a href="http://www.valleybreeze.com/">The Valley Breeze</a> Representatives from Rhode Island Resource Recovery say they've seen a significant increase in the number of recycling loads that are contaminated with garbage, leading them to institute a new $250 fine for each infraction. Content Classification: Curated read more
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