Putting dollars behind decarbonization: FY24 budget marks $4.5M for interagency climate council
Compared with the $14 billion bottom line of the state’s budget, $4.5 million doesn’t sound like much.
But as the first dedicated funding to the...
R.I., Mass. gas prices inch up as oil prices remain low
PROVIDENCE – The average weekly price of self-serve, regular unleaded gasoline in Rhode Island increased to $3.51 per gallon on Tuesday, 1 cent higher...
Report: Clean energy employment rebounds in R.I., qualified workers needed
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s clean energy industry has begun to bounce back.
After shedding nearly 20% of the sector's job during the height of the...
R.I. joins regional energy transmission coalition effort
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island has joined the rest of the New England states, plus New York and New Jersey, to get a head start...
Collision in around-the-world Ocean Race punctures 1st-place 11th Hour Racing
Two boats collided just 17 minutes into the final, 10-day leg of the around-the-world Ocean Race on Thursday, sending first-place 11th Hour Racing back...
Senate confirms 2 new CRMC members
The R.I. Coastal Resources Management Council will have an easier time meeting quorum requirements, thanks to two new appointments confirmed by the Rhode Island...
CRMC narrowly approves scaled-down version of Matunuck aquaculture farm
A half-decadelong dispute over an oyster and scallop farm in a South Kingstown pond was put to bed Tuesday, with coastal regulators narrowly approving...
Rhode Island nets $178K for air quality monitoring
PROVIDENCE – As smoke from Canadian wildfires hung in the air last week, the state received $178,046 toward air quality monitoring.
The federal funding, provided under...
SouthCoast Wind CEO: Offshore project not ‘economically and financially viable’
PROVIDENCE – The CEO of SouthCoast Wind Energy LLC was grilled for more than two hours on Monday and repeatedly asked why the company...
R.I. Sports Commission executive director dead at age 63
PROVIDENCE – John Gibbons, the longtime executive director of the Rhode Island Sports Commission, died at the age of 63, the Providence Warwick Convention...
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