AGP Executive Report
Last update: 6 hours agoOffshore wind legal win: Rhode Island AG Nick Brown and a multistate coalition scored a final victory after the First Circuit dismissed the Trump administration’s appeal over a federal freeze on wind permitting—cementing states’ challenge to the move. Ocean monitoring fight: Lawmakers are also pushing the National Science Foundation to reverse course on dismantling the Ocean Observatories Initiative, a $386M network of 900+ sensors that tracks ocean circulation, ecosystems, and climate impacts. Local water health alert: Rhode Island health and environmental officials say people should avoid contact with harmful algae blooms at Watchaug Pond in Charlestown, including swimming, fishing, boating, and kayaking. Local pollution lawsuit: North Kingstown is sending EPA a 60-day notice ahead of a legal challenge to a Quonset sludge plant permit, arguing regulators used the wrong pollution impact classification. Heat & weather: Rhode Island is in a brief cooldown with mostly sunny, low-humidity conditions—then humidity and rain return later in the week. Climate politics: A Rhode Island Democrat is again calling out “climate hushing,” arguing Democrats are being pressured to talk less about global warming.
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