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Five Questions With: Dave McLaughlin

Dave McLaughlin is co-founder and executive director of Clean Ocean Access, a nonprofit established in 2006 on Aquidneck Island after surfers grew concerned about...

R.I. gas prices tick down 3 cents this week

PROVIDENCE – The average price of self-serve, regular unleaded gasoline declined 3 cents to $2.56 per gallon, 1 cent below the national average of...

Commerce approves incentives for wind-turbine maintenance company

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Commerce Corp. board of directors approved up to $886,250 over 10 years in Qualified Jobs Incentives for Boston Energy Wind...
NATIONAL GRID Rhode Island will raise electricity supply rates for the six-month winter season beginning Oct. 1, after state regulators approved the increases Wednesday. / PBN FILE PHOTO/ELI SHERMAN

State regulators approve winter electricity rate increases

WARWICK – Rhode Island regulators Wednesday approved a package of residential, commercial and industrial electricity rate increases for the winter as requested by National...
THE R.I. COMMERCE CORP. board of directors approved incentives valued at up to $886,250 over 10 years for Boston Energy Wind Power Services to create more than 50 jobs in the state. The United Kingdom-based company is a subsidiary of Bostonair Group.

Commerce approves incentives for wind turbine maintenance company

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Commerce Corp. board of directors approved up to $886,250 over 10 years in Qualified Jobs Incentives for Boston Energy Wind...
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP said he is not willing to risk U.S. wealth derived from energy sales on wind energy. Above, the Block Island wind farm. / BLOOMBERG NEWS FILE PHOTO/ERIC THAYER

Trump says he’s unwilling to risk U.S. energy wealth for windmill...

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump said he was not willing to sacrifice the abundant energy wealth of the United States on “dreams” such as...
THE AVERAGE PRICE of gas in Rhode Island declined 4 cents to $2.59 per gallon. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/DANIEL ACKER

R.I., Mass. gas prices decline this week

PROVIDENCE – The average price of self-serve, regular unleaded gasoline in Rhode Island declined 4 cents this week to $2.59 per gallon, level with...
ORSTED, a global wind energy developer, has announced plans to locate a national innovation hub in Providence. / BLOOMBERG NEWS FILE PHOTO/ ERIC THAYER

Orsted and Eversource submit proposal for second Mass. wind farm

PROVIDENCE – Orsted U.S. Offshore Wind and Eversource have submitted a proposal to the second request for proposals by Massachusetts for an offshore wind-energy...
FUN, YES, BUT MUCH MORE: Hasbro CEO and Chairman Brian Goldner takes part in a 2016 companywide effort to pack toys for children and families, part of the company’s ongoing philanthropic efforts and one which its decision to cut back on plastic packaging is consistent with. 
 / PBN FILE PHOTO/ RUPERT WHITELEY

By reducing plastic use, Hasbro improves itself and the earth

With its announcement on Aug. 20 that it is looking to eliminate virtually all plastic packaging for its products, Pawtucket-based Hasbro Inc. continues to...
For more than four decades Kenneth J. Filarski has taken an original path, from founding his firm in 1976 to helping establish the School of Architecture, Art and Historic Preservation at Roger Williams University and serving as chairman of the U.S. Green Building Council Rhode Island.  / PBN PHOTO/DAVE HANSEN


Building a healthy human ecology takes a holistic approach

Kenneth J. Filarski | Filarski/Architecture+Planning+Research founder and principal I design things, places and ideas, and my first design premise is that we operate in, and...
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