Support Clean Air! Help Providence Pass the Clean Diesel Ordinance!
Thursday, June 25th CITY HALL 25 Dorrance St. 5:30 PM | 3rd Floor
You Make It Happen Call your City Councilman and stand in the room with the Ordinance Committee this Thursday to let them know you care – that there is a better way of doing business – that Providence can grow jobs and protect people at the same time >> Council@providenceri.com | (401) 521-7477
This information is from Rhode Islanders for Clean Air (rifca08@yahoo.com)
RE: RI House of Representatives Legislation: H 5218 Outdoor Hydronic Heaters, commonly known as wood boilers
As anticipated our legislature will try to vote this bill out of committee in hopes of it getting passed on the house floor by the end of the session. The hearing is for Thursday June 25th,2009, at the rise of the house (aprox 4:30). If everyone has done their part and contacted their representative it should not pass the floor. Obviously we need to stop it in committee. If everyone can please show their support and come to the hearing. Below is a list of what the bill must contain:
The most important is a limit on the amount of Particulate a boiler can emit measured in GRAMS PER HR. The bill currently only allows for a reduction to .32 lbs. mm/ btu This allows the device to emit anywhere from 18 to 71 grams per hr. (a woodstove emits 4 ½ ) The Nescaum model rule (which assists states in regulating OWB’s) limits the boilers to 15 grams per hr. The EPA, Nescaum, the department of health and all of us living and breathing OUR air want a limit of particulate matter measured in grams per hr.
Save The Bay calls on House to act before end of session
PROVIDENCE (June 19, 2009) – As time ticks down on the current session of the Rhode Island General Assembly Save The Bay is calling on the RI House of Representatives to pass Senate Bill 414A and put the Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC) on firm legal footing before the time runs out.
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Volunteer at the International Society of Arborists conference to be held in Providence Annual ISA Conference in July NOW IS THE TIME Please sign up for volunteer jobs!
Audubon Society of Rhode Island Annual Rhode Island Butterfly Count Volunteers Needed June 27, 2009 (East Bay) and July 11, 2009 (West Bay) 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
(June 10, 2009) – Audubon Society of Rhode Island seeks butterfly enthusiasts for the 6th annual North American Butterfly Association (NABA) Butterfly Counts on Saturdays, June 27 and July 11, 2009 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Amateurs and experts team up to identify and record all the butterflies they can in one day. Orientations sessions before the Count will help participants identify butterflies. Beginners are welcome, and special beginner groups will be organized for the survey.
FYI ~ I'm working on a better way to distribute news releases I receive as the Providential Gardener, and so this News Blog has been in hiatus since [gasp!] October 2008. However, since the new News Blog still isn't ready, and since Audubon has a pressing need for volunteers for the Butterfly Count, to say nothing of CRMC legislation and other matters before the House and Sentate, as well as some job postings, I'm reviving this blog for the time being. ~ SK
