This firm cruising on open waters
Navy brat Rob Lawnsby grew up in Hawaii, attended high school in Connecticut, worked in Massachusetts and spent time in Georgia and Illinois when...
R.I. Supreme Court hears arguments over Block Island wind farm case
PROVIDENCE – The legal saga surrounding a proposed wind farm off of Block Island continued on Wednesday in the R.I. Supreme Court with an...
Gas prices resume climb in RI
PROVIDENCE – Gasoline prices increased 6 cents in Rhode Island and a dime in Massachusetts in the last week, AAA Southern New England said.
The...
Flooding spurs uptick in coverage
For 60 years the warehouse along Wellington Avenue in Cranston never flooded. So when Kate Smith purchased the building about eight years ago as...
Cesspool law is digging up business for firms
Not more than four hours into his workday, Michael Perri had quoted five people the cost of installing septic systems. That marks nearly double...
National Grid is launching $53M upgrade to gas lines
Some 5,500 miles of natural gas pipeline lie beneath Rhode Island soil. The condition of the system – parts of which date to the...
Somerset joins opposition to LNG terminal
SOMERSET — Somerset has joined Fall River, 11 Rhode Island towns and a handful of public officials in signing a resolution opposing an offshore...
Regulators approve lower electric prices
WARWICK – Electricity prices for National Grid customers in Rhode Island will fall, under rates approved Thursday by the R.I. Public Utilities Commission.
Residential...
Oil heads for quarterly gain as Libya strife counters U.S. glut
LONDON - Oil rose, heading for a third quarterly gain in New York, as concern the Libyan conflict will prolong production cuts countered signs...
Offshore wind power valued at $273 billion by 2050 in study
LONDON - The global offshore wind-power market could be worth up to 170 billion pounds ($273 billion) a year by 2050, the U.K. government-funded...
