Natural Resources

Cranston Public Schools receives $180K from EPA to replace older diesel...

Natural Resources 05/10/2019

CRANSTON – Cranston Public Schools has received $180,000 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to replace nine older school buses with newer buses or...

Raimondo, McKee urge passage of utility reform bill following Newport gas...

Natural Resources 05/10/2019

NEWPORT – Following a multiday gas-service interruption on Aquidneck Island in January that left thousands without heat, legislation has been proposed to allow the...

Invenergy applauds ‘milestone’ decision on proposed Burrillville power plant

Natural Resources 05/09/2019

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Environmental Management announced Thursday it has found the proposed Clear River Energy Center power plant in Burrillville will...

RHODE ISLAND was allocated $21.7 million in funds from the Clean Water and Drinking Water state revolving funds from the EPA. / COURTESY ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

$21.7M made available for R.I. clean water and drinking water projects

Natural Resources 05/08/2019

PROVIDENCE – The Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday the availability of $21.7 million in funds from the Clean Water and Drinking Water state revolving...

ORSTED HAS ENTERED into an agreement with WindServe to build a crew transfer vessel at Senesco Marine at Quonset Business Park. / PBN FILE PHOTO/ROB WALSH

Orsted to build crew transfer vessel at Senesco Marine

Natural Resources 05/08/2019

NORTH KINGSTOWN – Orsted U.S. Offshore Wind has entered into an agreement with WindServe Marine LLC to construct a Crew Transfer Vessel at WindServe’s...

THE AVERAGE PRICE of regular gas in Rhode Island increased 3 cents this week to $2.86 per gallon. / BLOOMBERG NEWS FILE PHOTO/PAUL THOMAS

Gas prices continue rise in R.I., Mass.

Natural Resources 05/06/2019

PROVIDENCE – The average price of self-serve, regular unleaded gasoline in Rhode Island increased 3 cents this week to $2.86 per gallon, 3 cents...

REPRESENTATIVES OF BAYCOAST BANK and the Westport Land Conservation Trust at the former St. Vincent de Paul Camp. From left, Ross Moran, executive director of the Westport Land Conservation Trust; Trip Millikin, WLCT board president; Betty-Ann Mullins, BayCoast Bank senior vice president; and Richard De Almeida, BayCoast Bank vice president and loan officer./ COURTESY BAYCOAST BANK

BayCoast Bank pledges $100K to Westport conservation project

Nonprofit 05/03/2019

WESTPORT – BayCoast Bank has pledged $100,000 over a three-year period to the Westport Land Conservation Trust for the second phase of the former...

Clean Ocean Access adds marina trash skimmer at Port of New...

Natural Resources 05/03/2019

NEW BEDFORD – The Port of New Bedford has installed a marina trash skimmer to eliminate marine debris, improve water quality and educate the...

COMMERCIAL FISHING BOAT OPERATORS in Massachusetts are arguing that offshore wind energy projects are being planned without due consideration of their impact on marine life and fishing grounds. Massachusetts fishermen currently are trying to reach a compensation agreement with offshore wind company Vineyard Wind. / PBN FILE PHOTO/JOHN LEE

Mass. commercial fishermen decry offshore wind projects’ pace

Natural Resources 05/01/2019

PROVIDENCE – A coalition of Massachusetts commercial fishermen claims New England is not prepared for a cluster of wind-energy farms planned off the Cape...