La ola de calor sin precedentes del 4 de julio tuvo más que ver con el cambio climático que con El Niño

por Eric Halvarson

El jueves 2 de julio de 2026, Providence registró una temperatura de 99 grados, la más alta jamás registrada en la ciudad en esa fecha del calendario. El récord anterior se estableció en 1941, con 98 grados. A pesar de que los titulares de las noticias se centraban en un fuerte fenómeno meteorológico de El Niño que se estaba desarrollando en el [...]

Grandes sueños para el puerto: los vecinos colaboran en la creación de un futuro resistente al cambio climático para el litoral vulnerable de Providence

por Amber Ma

El puerto de Providence es una zona costera bulliciosa, auténtica y altamente industrializada que alberga una densa concentración de importantes empresas industriales, instalaciones de reciclaje de chatarra, infraestructuras energéticas y petroleras, y proyectos de energía eólica marina. En marcado contraste con su pintoresca zona costera hermana, India Point Park, el puerto [...]

Who Gets a Beach Day in the Ocean State? Providence Turns to Water Parks as URI Measures Inequitable Shore Access

por Eric Halvarson

Providence splash pads and pools opened up on Monday, June 29, offering places for neighbors to cool down from the summer heat. Christian, a 15-year-old visiting his father for summer break, was the first to jump in the water when city officials reopened the Joslin [...]

Recycling the Recycling Bins: Providence Replaces All Trash Bins to Clean Up Waste Program

por Eric Halvarson

Providence recycles 2.6% of the city’s waste—the lowest rate of all municipalities in Rhode Island. Truck drivers use cameras to inspect trucks and hoppers to see if a recycling load is contaminated with non-recyclables, and to avoid additional fees, bring their trucks holding plenty of [...]

Amid Energy Crisis, Smiley Budget Cuts City Spending on Utilities. How? Municipal Decarbonization.

por Eric Halvarson

Officials project that Providence’s municipal utility costs will fall by nearly $2 million dollars this year while, at the same time, cutting emissions. At a time when the Trump administration is fighting against renewables and energy prices are rising for consumers, how is the city [...]

Residents Most Impacted by Climate Injustice are Trained to Nurture and Restore the Urban Forest

por Amber Ma

Micah, one of the youngest in a group of “Forest Care Days” volunteers at the Woonasquatucket Greenway in early April, thinks finding and digging up invasive Japanese knotweed rhizomes from the soil is easy—with her shovel, she swiftly scoops out one, then two rhizomes with [...]

Let it Linger? A Slow Snowmelt Replenishes Local Watertables but Releases Pollution into Waterways

por Eric Halvarson

In Providence, only a few lingering snowbanks serve as reminders of the major storms this winter. As city residents say goodbye and good riddance to the snow, the snowmelt will continue to make a big impact on the local environment. The slow drip of the [...]

The Costs of Extreme Weather: Providence Spends Triple Amount Budgeted for Snow Cleanup in 2026

por Eric Halvarson

Last month’s blizzard dropped a record 37 inches of snow in the capital streets, and City leaders spent far beyond this year’s budget to clear the streets. The City of Providence paid $3.8 million dollars to handle the record-breaking Blizzard of 2026 in February, surpassing [...]

Oil Spilling Out of Pipe in South Providence Holds Up Public Street Park Funding

por Eric Halvarson

In South Providence, a stormwater pipe is leaking oil into the bay and draining momentum from efforts to clean up the neighborhood’s only public right-of-way to the shore, located on Public Street. “We were doing a cleanup down there and noticed that there was this [...]

A Recycling Crisis in Providence Drives 2026 Changes

by Emily Smith

In May 2024, The Providence Eye published a story addressing recycling in Providence and the City’s failure to achieve the State-mandated recycling rate of 35%. At that time, the City’s 2023 recycling data revealed that Providence recycled only 7.8% of its waste. With 2024 data [...]