DEM buys 58 acres in Hopkinton for preservation, establishing 2,000 contiguous...
HOPKINTON – The R.I. Department of Environmental Management acquired 58 acres of forestland in Hopkinton for $250,000 for permanent protection in a location abutting...
R.I. joins partnership developing transportation emission cap/trade program
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island was among nine Northeast and mid-Atlantic states and Washington, D.C., Tuesday announcing a partnership in a project designed to create...
Boat-hull recycling effort gets grant
BRISTOL – A Rhode Island Marine Trade Association and R.I. Sea Grant fiberglass-boat recycling project just got a boost.
RIMTA announced a grant award for...
Gas prices in R.I. drop 4 cents this week, dip...
PROVIDENCE – The average price of self-serve, regular unleaded gasoline in Rhode Island declined 4 cents this week to $2.52 per gallon, 15 cents...
Mass. wind-farm site spurs record $405M bids
NEW YORK - Three companies bid a record-shattering $405 million to nab United States rights to build offshore wind farms near Massachusetts on Friday,...
Price of cleaner bay? Rising sewer bills
If they already haven’t realized it, households and businesses in Greater Providence are paying much of the cost of keeping Narragansett Bay clean.
To comply...
NBC rates grow, yield good outcome
Now on the third and final phase of the nearly $1.4 billion Combined Sewer Overflow project, the Narragansett Bay Commission has continued to increase...
Westport Planning Board approves solar farm despite neighbor concerns
WESTPORT – The Planning Board has approved CVE Solar’s request to develop a 3.1-megawatt solar farm on Drift Road, The Herald News reported Dec....
Which do you think is better for Rhode Island’s environment: Building...
Even as more utility-scale solar energy facilities are being built in Rhode Island, there is a backlash against where they are being sited. Many...
Kilmartin announces $4.1M for environmental projects from Volkswagen settlement
PROVIDENCE – R.I. Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced Wednesday $4.1 million in grants for environmentally friendly projects, funded with money awarded in a...
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