State of Rhode Island Archives: on Environment

Bob Flanders: Overburdensome regulation and red tape costs $2T annually

Federal regulations can sometimes stifle small business growth and development, which our current administration has recognized and has initiated the process of reducing regulatory burdens on small businesses. Current regulations have created excessive red tape, and plans to reduce excessive government involvement in the daily affairs of small businesses cannot be accomplished without understanding the unnecessary costs involved. The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Budget found that 30 times as many regulations as laws have been promulgated, costing American businesses about $2 trillion annually.

Gina Raimondo: Coordinated marketing effort to promote R.I. tourism

• Develop a highly-targeted, coordinated state-wide marketing and advertising campaign to expose Rhode Island to people around the world and across the country.
• Make Rhode Island a world-class culinary destination by improving the branding of our state's thriving food industry.
• Improve our state's tourism infrastructure, with new signage on highways, new visitors centers and efforts designed to move tourists to various attractions throughout the state.

Chris Young: Stop constructing schools on toxic dumps

An employee from the Pleasant View School in Providence has informed Young of high rates of breast cancer and other cancers in this school. A foundation crack that may have been releasing toxins has also been reported. Young said, “I want to voice a request for investigation into the high rate of breast cancer among the teachers at this school as well the other schools constructed on toxic land and or dumps. I also seek testing of what is reported to be a failing ventilation system for PCBs and other toxins at the Pleasant View School.” D.E.M has confirmed that the Pleasant View School was built on a dump, also that trash was used to level the property off for the construction of the Pleasant View School.