Based on his responses to our 2026 gubernatorial candidate survey, we endorse independent candidate Jay Gotra for governor in the Nov. 3 general election. Feel free to use the form on our Contact page to send any comments about our endorsements to us. 🗣️👂🏻 🗳️ providencenoiseproject.org/we-endorse-j...

All too often, people who know (or should know) better still refer to excessive sound levels as a quality-of-life issue, when it’s far more than that — a #publichealth, socio-environmental, and #environmentaljustice issue — that adversely affects all of us. providencenoiseproject.org/why-noise-is...

@samghoward.riliberator.com bravely blocked us after we responded to his post about our 2026 primary endorsements. He didn’t say 1) we only endorse candidates, including David Morales, who answer our survey, and 2) multiple candidates who didn’t noted #noise complaints from residents in their wards.

@SueAnderbois.bsky.social, the only response we got was citing purported veto threat for the glacial #leafblower-sunset timeline — we never heard why you didn’t tell your constituents / all PVD residents about the alleged threat at the time for #transparency and #accountability. Q: Did we miss that?

We surveyed ballot-qualified candidates in the 2026 RI primary election, analyzed their responses, and endorsed two: RI House candidates Michael Garman (D–1) and Arlette Hidalgo (D–12) — and recommended NOT voting for Sue AnderBois for lieutenant governor. providencenoiseproject.org/2026-ri-prim...

The Noise Project surveyed candidates for the 2026 @PVDCityCouncil primary election, and based on their answers, endorsed five of them: Jason Kashdan (Ward 3), Joe Casoli (Ward 4), Jenny Mercado (Ward 6), Robert Ricci (Ward 12), and Connor Blier (Ward 13). providencenoiseproject.org/city-council...

The Noise Project endorses RI state Rep. David Morales in the 2026 Democratic mayoral primary election, based on his responses to our candidate survey — including support for civilian enforcement of #noise regulations (similar to parking control officers). providencenoiseproject.org/2026-mayoral...

Boston is considering #noise cameras to curtail excessively loud vehicles. The City Council approved Councilmember Brian Worrell’s proposal to study the idea, who said residents have demanded action on loud cars for years, most recently due to street takeovers. 🔊 www.boston25news.com/news/local/b...

Boston’s considering noise cameras: Look inside the tech already monitoring loud cars in Newport, RI

The cameras capture the license plates of vehicles that exceed a certain decibel level, and the driver then receives a fine in the mail.

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A new study associates long-term exposure to traffic #noise with a higher risk of #Parkinsons disease — an incurable brain disorder that gradually worsens over time, affecting the person’s movement and balance — largely due to stress responses and disrupted sleep. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Risk of Parkinson’s disease may increase with prolonged exposure to road traffic noise

Pioneering study linking noise pollution to Parkinson’s finds 3% increase in risk for every 11.5dB rise in noise levels

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In a landmark July 2026 ruling, a federal judge found that the Environmental Protection Agency has unlawfully ignored its legal obligation to regulate excessive #noise in the U.S. under the 1972 Noise Control Act for over 45 years! Remedies to follow. 😳 👏🏼 🙉 providencenoiseproject.org/federal-judg...

A new study associates long-term exposure to traffic #noise with a higher risk of #Parkinsons disease — an incurable brain disorder that gradually worsens over time, affecting the person’s movement and balance — largely due to stress responses and disrupted sleep. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Risk of Parkinson’s disease may increase with prolonged exposure to road traffic noise

Pioneering study linking noise pollution to Parkinson’s finds 3% increase in risk for every 11.5dB rise in noise levels

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@jamellebouie.net The same #antisocial pathology is manifested in the “performative masculinity” of unhealthy, unnecessary, and transgressive sound levels — primarily modified mufflers and over-amplified audio systems in vehicles, residential neighborhoods, and (in Providence, RI) even public parks.

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a... Residents living near Microsoft’s Fairwater data center in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, are suing the company over the facility's alleged noise pollution….

Wisconsin residents sue Microsoft over noise caused by new data center

Residents have also complained the area has become a ‘dust bowl’ due to construction

independent.co.uk

Quiet Clean RI has finally echoed our criticism of the @PVDCityCouncil.bsky.social 2025 #leafblower ordinance as *far* too slow to take effect. They blame #PVDMayor Smiley for “forcing a last-minute revision” that delayed action, but offer no evidence. Tell us more, QCRI / @SueAnderbois.bsky.social.

“All night long there’s constant loud #noise from motorcycles and cars. They’re so loud that the glass shakes in our home. We keep our storm windows down all year for the past 8–10 years. My husband developed a heart condition that could be due to this.” — Fox Point resident (Ward 1), Providence, RI

Coinciding with International Noise Awareness Day 2026, our partners at @QuietCommunities.bsky.social in neighboring Massachusetts have announced a national Pickleball #Noise Taskforce — including a beta version of a website to help municipalities make informed decisions on #pickleball court siting.

QC Convenes Pickleball Noise Task Force — Quiet Communities

The National Task Force on Pickleball Noise, organized by Quiet Communities, has released a beta version of a fact-based website to help community leaders make informed decisions about siting pickleba...

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We’ve now been contacted 3x by an anonymous PVD resident on Bucklin Street regarding excessive #noise from one or more commercial entertainment venues nearby. If you know who they might be, please ask them to use our contact form to at least tell us the name and/or address of the establishment(s).📍

It’s national Public Health Week, and just like smoking, noise is a #publichealth issue. Visit our “Noise and Public Health” page to learn about the adverse effects of #noise on health, from #sleepdeprivation and #hypertension to #cardiacdisease and more. 👩🏻‍⚕️ providencenoiseproject.org/noise-and-pu...

Environmental factors such as air, noise, and light pollution are emerging as serious health risks, similar to smoking. These stressors can lead to thromboembolic complications, so we need to pay attention to the exposome in public health research. It's important to take these issues seriously...

Today’s World Hearing Day, an annual global event to raise public, government and media awareness about protecting our hearing — including / especially from excessive #noise — in order to prevent not only #hearingloss, but all adverse health effect of noise for which it’s a proxy worldhearingday.org

World Hearing Day 2026 - World Hearing Day

World Hearing Day is an annual global advocacy event for raising awareness regarding hearing loss and promoting ear and hearing care, and calling for action to address hearing loss and related issues....

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We’ve added three new entries — all beginning with “w” — to the Noise Terminology page in our website: • Warm-weather dread • The ‘Who vs What’ deflection • Two definitions of “woke” Send us any terms (with definitions) you think should be included there. providencenoiseproject.org/noise-termin...

URGENT! Tues., Feb. 3: RI House of Reps hearing testimony on bill to prohibit RI cities and towns from regulating gas-fueled #leafblowers — just like Georgia and Texas! Send testimony with your full name and subject line OPPOSE H7150 by 2:00PM to HouseMunicipalGovernmentandHousing@rilegislature.gov.

Portland, OR, began a phased ban on gas #leafblowers Jan 1. The city council approved the ban in March 2024 and ends their use in TWO years — not SIX like @PVDCityCouncil.bsky.social member @SueAnderBois.bsky.social’s #slowwalk ordinance. Maybe because no PDX council members are running for Lt. Gov?

Portland’s gas-powered leaf blower ban goes into effect

For the first two years, gas leaf blowers will be prohibited for nine months out of the year, with the year-round ban starting in January 2028.

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Switching the fireworks for something else is way overdue. Every year we hear about fruitbats, animals at the zoo who have to be sedated all night & pets, cowering in fear & countless other, silent victims in the fallout of that noise pollution. Just switch them off all together. F*ck the "demands"

In response to a Newport resident complaining about recurring and unhealthy #leafblower #noise, RI Sen. @SamZurier.bsky.social suggested she work with her neighbors to “enact an even better ordinance” than the embarrassing 7-year farce recently passed by the @PVDCityCouncil.bsky.social. We concur.👏🏼

@PVDCityCouncil.bsky.social member @SueAnderBois.bsky.social, @WPRI12.bsky.social reporter @TedNesi.bsky.social recently wrote that “silence is rarely the most effective option for a public official,” so we’re asking AGAIN for the dates & times you met with RINLA about your gas #leafblower ordinance

PVD Noise Project@pvdnoiseproject.bsky.social · last yr.

@PVDCityCouncil.bsky.social member @SueAnderBois.bsky.social, you told the other members of the Environment Committee that you met with members of the RI landscaping lobby “several times”, and incorporated their requests into the #leafblower amendment. On what dates and times did you meet with them?

Our partners at @QuietCommunities.bsky.social have an excellent tribute to Dr. Arline Bronzaft, a pioneering urban #noise researcher / activist who recently passed away, and the namesake for our second Providence sound monitor. May she finally rest in peace. www.quietcommunities.org/quiet-coalit...

We surveyed the candidates in the @PVDCityCouncil.bsky.social Ward 2 special election, and are *cautiously* endorsing @Mattmfm.bsky.social McDermott. We’re wary of candidates who tell residents what they want to hear, and will hold him to his responses. providencenoiseproject.org/2025-ward-2-...

We appreciate the fast response from Ward 2 special-election candidate @Mattmfm.bsky.social McDermott to our #noise issues survey, and look forward to receiving them from @JillD.bsky.social, David Caldwell, @JeffLevy.bsky.social, and (if we can get his contact info) Axel Brito. Voters want to know!

Our thanks to @RobESmit.bsky.social and @EcoRInews.bsky.social for a great overview of the excessive #noise PVD residents have been exposed to for decades — and *still* remains a serious #publichealth issue despite years of “We’re acting on it” verbiage from city officials. ecori.org/providence-p...

Providence Project Aims to Reduce 'Loud' City's Noise Pollution - ecoRI News

Excessive noise can affect health, causing high blood pressure and sleep issues.

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