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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

2 from R.I. score in National Energy Star Building Competition
Two buildings in Rhode Island – Raymour & Flanagan Furniture in East Greenwich and Pocasset Bay Manor in Johnston – were judged some of the best in New England in the National Energy Star Building Competition, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced. more
| 4/24/13
Pressure to rebuild can’t obscure risks
The many short-and long-term challenges to rebuilding along the coast in the wake of the recent “superstorm” are indeed daunting, as a special pullout section in this issue called Rebuilding From Sandy shows. more
12/17/12
Natural gas rises to 17-month high as cold snap extends to April
Natural gas climbed to its highest price in almost 17 months in New York on speculation that a cold start to spring will buoy demand for heating fuels. more
Sungro acquires interests in La. gas field for $2M
Sungro Minerals Inc. has acquired a 28 percent interest in “proven reserves” of oil and gas valued at more than $8 million in the Grand Chenier Gas Field from Sigma Gamma Interests LLC for $2 million, the company announced Thursday. more
EDC funds 7 through Renewable Energy Fund
In the first round of 2013 grant funding through the Renewable Energy Fund, the R.I. Economic Development Corporation board of directors has approved a combined $184,334 to seven companies to support solar photovoltaic systems that will produce electricity in a “cleaner, more sustainable manner,” the quasi-state agency announced Tuesday. more
| 4/24/13
Portsmouth boatyard to reduce emissions, pay penalty in EPA settlement
Portsmouth-based boatyard, New England Boatworks Inc. will pay a $31,500 penalty and take steps to reduce air emissions at its facility under a settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the EPA announced Wednesday. more
| 5/1/13
Northeast wholesale power gains as colder weather sweeps region
Wholesale electricity prices from New York to Maine climbed as frigid weather lifted demand while a snow storm is forecast for the region over the next two days. more
Report: Water quality improves, land use concerns grow
Water quality in Narragansett Bay and at beaches around Rhode Island is improving, but land development in coastal buffer zones and flood plains are “causes for concern,” according to an indicators report released by the Watershed Counts initiative. more
| 4/24/13
Storm brings snow to Arizona as New England threatened again
A winter storm that disrupted a PGA golf tournament in Arizona is expected to drop snow by the foot in parts of the Great Plains before moving on to New England this weekend. more
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