Truck and car traffic and construction equipment along Route 10 next to a residential neighborhood
How Clean is Providence’s Air?
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Everybody breathes, so clean air is critical to everyone’s health. Poor air quality is especially dangerous to people who are active outside, particularly outdoor workers, and to sensitive individuals, including older adults, children, and people with cardiac and respiratory conditions. How is air quality classified? [...]

05
Jun
Mashapaug Pond, Providence’s largest, a deserted idyll in need of love
Why is Providence’s Largest Pond Invisible?
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On Saturday mornings between April and October, a group of volunteer URI Watershed Watch “citizen scientists” collect water samples from Mashapaug Pond in Reservoir Triangle. Mashapaug Pond, the largest freshwater pond in Providence, is part of a complex ecosystem, receiving outflow from Spectacle Pond in [...]

15
Nov