Trump said to advance seismic surveys for oil in Atlantic
NEW YORK - The Trump administration is taking a major step toward allowing a first-in-a-generation seismic search for oil and gas under Atlantic waters, despite...
CLF Ventures receives $580K grant to reduce diesel emissions
NEW BEDFORD – The tugboat MV/Kodiak will get new marine engines to reduce diesel emissions, thanks to a $579,991 federal grant to consumer-services nonprofit...
ISO New England expects to have adequate energy and fuel resources...
PROVIDENCE – ISO New England, operator of the New England electricity grid, said Wednesday that it expects to have enough resources to meet consumer...
R.I. gas prices drop 4 cents this week
PROVIDENCE – The average price of self-serve, regular unleaded gas in Rhode Island declined 4 cents this week to $2.64 per gallon, 9 cents...
National Grid to sort through state’s renewable-energy proposals
PROVIDENCE – National Grid Rhode Island will begin reviewing 11 wind and solar energy proposals to help Gov. Gina M. Raimondo’s administration reach its...
FERC backs ISO-NE nix of ’21-’22 capacity contract for proposed Burrillville...
BURRILLVILLE - In another setback for a proposed $1 billion natural gas-burning power plant in Burrillville, federal officials have accepted a decision by the...
R.I., Mass. gas prices drop in lead-up to Thanksgiving
PROVIDENCE – The average price of self-serve, regular unleaded gasoline in Rhode Island declined 4 cents this week to $2.68 per gallon, 6 cents...
3 local college’s food and sustainability programs awarded $250K by regional...
PROVIDENCE - Three Rhode Island- and Bristol,County, Mass.-based projects aiming to produce more of the food eaten locally within the region have been recognized...
RISP: 50 weather-related accidents overnight due to snowstorm
PROVIDENCE – With an early winter nor’easter hitting the region Thursday evening, the R.I. State Police reported there were 50 weather-related crashes between 6...
State struggles to curb fish poaching
Fish poaching is something the R.I. Department of Environmental Management doesn’t take lightly, as one East Greenwich man recently learned when he found himself...
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