Passion to make a difference drives URI’s McCann
As a youngster, Jennifer McCann raced sailboats on Narragansett Bay with her family. As a teenager, she sailed around Aquidneck Island. As a young...
A voice of conscience on environment, preservation
Trudy Coxe was fresh out of college and teaching English in Barcelona, Spain, when she first realized she wanted to contribute to the world...
Rite Aid gains Energy Star designation
CRANSTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded a Cranston Rite Aid store Energy Star certification, the company announced this week.
Rite Aid said...
Justices hear wind farm appeal
PROVIDENCE – Two plastics manufacturers told R.I. Supreme Court justices the price of electricity from a planned offshore wind farm failed to meet a...
Court should take ‘hard look’ at Deepwater contract
Deepwater Wind has accomplished something that we at the Ocean State Policy Research Institute (OSPRI) thought impossible. Their proposal to create six permanent jobs...
NEIT joins Goodwill e-waste recycling effort
WARWICK – New England Institute of Technology is joining Goodwill Industries of Rhode Island’s e-waste recycling program.
The school is donating obsolete electronic equipment to...
EPA pitches clean-water plan to up protection
The Obama administration has proposed clean-water policies that would increase federal protection of U.S. bodies of water, responding to Supreme Court decisions that limited...
Feds to seek developers for wind farms off R.I.
The U.S. Department of Interior plans this summer to start formally seeking developers for wind farms situated in federal waters off Rhode Island.
At a...
Gas continues climb in R.I.
PROVIDENCE – Despite a drop in crude oil prices, the cost of gasoline at the pump continued to push up over the last week,...
Slater gives $150,000 to VCharge
PROVIDENCE – The Slater Technology Fund announced Monday $150,000 in seed-stage funding for VCharge, a Cranston-based energy management services company.
VCharge develops technology that allows...
