People’s Port Authority in the News
WPRI: Providence residents renew fight against embattled scrapyard (3/12/26)
PVD Eye: Oil Spilling Out of Pipe in South Providence Holds Up Public Street Park Funding (3/13/26)
WGBH: Providence’s port community punches back against pollution (7/16/24)
CLF: Environmental Justice Starts with Community Power
PPS: Five Takeaways: People’s Port Authority Meeting on Nov 24 (12/4/25)
PVD Eye: Turning the Tide in Providence (7/30/25)
Inside Climate News: In Providence, Trump’s EPA Freeze Leaves People’s Port Authority in Limbo (3/13/25)
ecoRI: Few Answers on Why ProvPort Community Fund Money Spent without Residents’ Input (12/8/25)
RIPR: Advocates say RIDEM’s new environmental justice policy has been a long time coming (10/19/23)
UpriseRI: Providence City Council takes up ProvPort resolutions amid promises made to community (12/15/22)
UpriseRI: In victory for environmental justice, rushed ProvPort ordinances tabled indefinitely (12/2/22)
UpriseRI: Providence Finance Committee ignores large outcry, passes ProvPort resolutions (11/29/22)
Port Pollution in the News
Resource Recycling: Recycling facility fires expected to reach new high (8/12/25)
PVD Eye: Paying Attention to Providence’s Port and Its Impact (3/12/25)
Steve Ahlquist: Few answers for the public regarding the biofuel tank explosion in ProvPort (2/26/25)
WPRI: 2nd fire this year breaks out at Providence scrapyard (7/10/24)
NBC10: Providence mayor calls on state to shut down Rhode Island Recycled Metals (7/10/24)
ProJo: Chemical company settles alleged environmental violations in Providence, other cities (1/6/23)
The Guardian: US cities refusing to replace toxic lead water pipes unless residents pay (7/20/22)
UpriseRI: Submarine fire is the latest environmental outrage suffered by residents of the Port (3/9/21)
ecoRI: Providence’s Toxic Avenue Leads to Neighborhood Problems (4/22/19)
ecoRI: Leaked Natural Gas was Enough to Heat 190,000 Homes (5/5/17)
NBC 10: Noxious fumes plague Providence neighborhoods (3/2/22)