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Block Island wind power completion being pushed back
The target date for completing Deepwater Wind’s proposed Block Island Wind Farm is slipping into 2015, CEO Jeff Grybowski said. more
Waiting game to rebuild along coast
The storm surge from Hurricane Sandy shifted Richard Broccoli’s Charlestown cottage on its pilings, ripped off the front deck and ruined the electrical system. more

By Patrick Anderson
PBN Staff Writer | 12/10/12

Few businesses heeding alarm on climate change
Climate change is causing rising seas and intensified storms, in the view of many scientists around the world. Rhode Island planners and environmental experts on the leading edge of climate-change issues are alerting businesses and communities to start making changes now to deal with the impacts. more

By Rhonda Miller
PBN Staff Writer | 12/10/12

Hasbro named 1st on Climate Counts scorecard
Toy and game maker Hasbro Inc. landed the top spot on the 2012-2013 Climate Counts Climate Scores rankings in the toys and children’s products sector, Hasbro announced Wednesday. more
| 12/5/12
R.I. FEMA centers to close
The Federal Emergency Management Agency disaster recovery centers in Westerly and Middletown that were opened to help Rhode Islanders recover from Hurricane Sandy will close on Friday, FEMA announced Wednesday. more
| 12/5/12
Cost, regulation cloud the future for wind energy
Three wind turbines standing 365 feet tall at the Narragansett Bay Commission’s Field Point Wastewater Treatment Plant in Providence are visible reminders of the promise of wind energy and the state’s efforts to be a national leader in the industry. more

By Rhonda Miller
PBN Staff Writer | 12/31/12

R.I., Mass. threaten joining states in EPA law suit
Rhode Island and Massachusetts both joined New York and four other states in saying they plan to sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for violating federal law by failing to regulate methane emissions from the oil and natural gas industry, Bloomberg News reported. more
12/17/12
Wind developers, environmental groups reach agreement
In what is being called “a first of its kind collaboration,” a coalition of environmental organization and offshore wind developers have agreed to a series of voluntary measures to help protect the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale while helping to expedite offshore wind development. more
Sands of time mark progress in bringing beach back
The 2,700 spaces of the Misquamicut State Beach parking lot now lie under a veritable mountain of sand, all of it removed from Atlantic Avenue and its businesses and residences in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. more
By Richard Asinof
Contributing Writer | 12/17/12
Future pinned to realistic assessment of sustainability
A man-made sand dune, stretching about 200 yards and engineered with steel rebar, its top covered with planted grasses, is the largest built object still standing along the entire Atlantic Avenue beachfront in Westerly. more
By Richard Asinof
Contributing Writer | 12/17/12
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