AGP Executive Report
Last update: 5 hours agoAlgae Alert in Coventry: Rhode Island health and environmental officials urged people to avoid Johnson’s Pond after a harmful blue-green algae bloom triggered an advisory threshold, warning against swimming, fishing, boating, kayaking, drinking untreated water, and eating fish. Sturgeon Check in Bristol: DEM and NOAA Fisheries are assessing a dead, 5-foot sturgeon found aboard a sailboat moored off the Herreshoff Marine Museum; officials saw no obvious trauma and don’t yet know how it ended up there. RI Green Bond Push: Ahead of the Nov. 3 vote, Rhode Island leaders kicked off the semiannual Green Bond campaign, highlighting $55 million for beaches, parks, watershed restoration, brownfields, and farmland/open space. Coastal Shellfish Update: CRMC cleared Cedar Island Oyster Company to change gear and add hundreds of floating baskets in Point Judith Pond, aiming to improve oyster survival. Clean-Air Lawsuit Wave: Attorney General Jeff Jackson joined a coalition suing to restore power-plant air pollution safeguards after EPA rolled back limits. Heat Pumps Still Winning: A new report says heat pumps held 58% of U.S. space-heating equipment shipments in early 2026 even after the federal tax credit ended. Weather: Tuesday looks sunny and dry, cooler with highs around 58–60°F.
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