R.I., Mass. gas prices remain unchanged this week
PROVIDENCE - The average price of self-serve, regular unleaded gasoline remained unchanged this week, averaging $2.36 per gallon, 6 cents lower than the national...
Snow knocks out power overnight across region, parking bans remain in...
PROVIDENCE – As an early morning storm levels off in the Ocean State, thousands of customers were without power Monday morning, many school days...
R.I.’s solar industry has grown with the help of state incentives....
After stints in the California, Nevada and Texas solar-energy industries, Kenny Hsieh learned of the financial incentives offered in Rhode Island, picked up his...
Elorza money-for-water pension fix should sink
Some ideas won’t die, no matter how bad they are.
Two years ago Mayor Jorge O. Elorza floated a plan to create a new state-supported...
Pawtucket accepting applications for free rain barrels
PAWTUCKET – In order to reduce stress on the city’s drainage system, residents will again be able to receive a free rain barrel for...
EPA to begin reviewing 3 R.I. Superfund site cleanups this year
PROVIDENCE – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will begin conducting required five-year reviews of cleanups at three National Priorities List Superfund sites in Rhode...
CRMC approves Vineyard Wind project
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Coastal Resources Management Council voted unanimously to approve Vineyard Wind’s Consistency Certification Application at a meeting Tuesday evening, deciding that...
Applications being accepted for new municipal climate resilience program
PROVIDENCE - A new municipal climate resilience program has been launched by the Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank and The Nature Conservancy, the organizations announced...
$2.3M made available for coastal resiliency and clean water projects in...
NORTH KINGSTOWN – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the nonprofit Restore America’s Estuaries have made $2.3 million in competitive grants available to restore...
State officials to vote Tuesday on Vineyard Wind project
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The R.I. Coastal Resources Management Council is scheduled Tuesday to vote whether Vineyard Wind’s proposed 84-turbine offshore wind energy farm –...
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