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In Providence, Trump’s EPA Freeze Leaves People’s Port Authority in Limbo

Inside Climate News · By Julia Vaz · last updated
The nonprofit advocacy organization has worked to stop polluting industries around the Port of Providence and is now seeking an environmental justice act for the state.

By Julia Vaz

In Providence, Rhode Island, the People’s Port Authority closed out 2024 celebrating some big wins. With a strong coalition of community partners, and following a $27,000 grant from the Justice40 initiative, the grassroots organization successfully advocated for a new amendment to the city’s comprehensive plan, which now prohibits the development of new fossil-fuel based power plants and other polluting and toxic facilities in the Port. 

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