Cap-and trade CO2 permits fall to record low price
Carbon dioxide permits in the U.S. Northeast’s cap-and-trade program tumbled to a record-low price at auction amid a surplus of the pollution rights and...
Bankrupt Fleet assets are auctioned
Not even the federal stimulus package could help Fleet Construction Co. Inc.
The Cumberland firm entered receivership in April, and the company’s court-appointed overseer and...
Taxpayers pay for state’s local aid cuts
Warwick Mayor Scott Avedisian announced his bid for re-election during a low-key tour of Warwick businesses on June 1. The Republican is seeking his...
I-195 move a chance to reconnect
A highway project typically sends shivers down the spines of preservationists, who worry about bulldozing decades of history. But with heavy equipment poised to...
EDC business loans run the gamut
Money from R.I. Economic Development Corporation’s Small Business Loan Fund is targeted at businesses which have been denied commercial credit – a business only...
Larger fund to absorb EDC micro-lending program
The Small Business Loan Fund, begun in 1986 with money from the federal Economic Development Administration, a division of the U.S. Commerce Department, makes...
In R.I., a prison record seems to be almost commonplace
To the Editor:
Your story about the development group that wishes to purchase my Allens Avenue land and dock for a $300 million dollar development...
Gulf oil spill highlights need to keep R.I. rivers, bay clean
To the editor:
On Tuesday, June 8, as I watched the morning news, I, like everyone else, continued to be shocked and saddened over the...
DEM seeks C.F. hydro-turbine operator
(Updated, 2 p.m.)
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Environmental Management has asked for permission to find a developer willing to operate an existing hydroelectric...
Five Questions With: John Shaw
John Shaw sits on the board of directors for Friends of Hazard Castle, a neighborhood organization forming a 501(c)3 nonprofit with the goal to...
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