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Fed official’s remarks signal a shift toward bank reform
This is now the standard line from Wall Street lobbyists: Don’t worry about “too big to fail” financial institutions because the Dodd-Frank Act fixed the problem. more
Guest Column :
Simon Johnson | 12/3/12
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
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

Mass. DPU orders $24.8M in penalties from 2011 storms
BOSTON – The Mass. Department of Public Utilities last week ordered a total of $24.8 million in penalties resulting from the state’s electric utilities’ responses to Tropical Storm Irene and the October 2011 snowstorm. The penalties will be returned to the utilities’ customers, the DPU said. more
12/17/12
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
R.I. to receive $648K in Pfizer settlement
Rhode Island is set to receive $647,722 as part of a $42.9 million national settlement with drug maker Pfizer Inc. for the unlawful promotion of its drugs Zyvox and Lyrica. more
| 12/12/12
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
Providence wins case against tobacco industry
In what the city of Providence is called “a case with national significance,” Chief Judge Mary Lisi of U.S. District Court in Rhode Island ruled to uphold the city’s laws banning the sale of tobacco products aimed at children. more
| 12/11/12
OMB faces long odds on budget planning
The new state Office of Management and Budget is hard at work on the fiscal 2014 spending plan Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee will present to the General Assembly. It will be the first budget proposal vetted under the direction of OMB Director Peter Marino, a former state Senate fiscal adviser. more
12/17/12
Here’s a new tax on savings you didn’t know about
In the debate over the looming fiscal cliff, President Barack Obama often plays down any adverse economic impact from letting the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts expire for high-income Americans, claiming that the top tax rates would merely return to where they were during the Clinton years. more
Guest Column:
Alan D. Viard | 12/17/12
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