Northeast Utilities to buy Nstar for $4.17 billion of stock, adding...
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - Northeast Utilities, New England’s largest utility owner, agreed to buy Boston utility owner Nstar for $4.17 billion of stock, adding cash...
Project to restore 10 Mile River fish pop.
EAST PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Environmental Management, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and other officials last week announced the Ten Mile...
Task force looks to create a renewable energy plan for business
Rhode Island lawmakers face a barrage of advice on renewable energy. Suggestions come from the R.I. Economic Development Corporation, the R.I. Department of Environmental...
‘Worst types of stress’ over for Warwick sewage plant after March...
A red-and-white Save The Bay bumper sticker clings to the window in Joel Burke’s ground floor office at the Warwick sewer plant. The sticker...
SAMP plan to expand state power over coastal waters up for...
Two years in the making, the ocean Special Area Management Plan, or SAMP, could vastly expand state power over coastal waters. The meaty, 11-chapter...
Energy Council of Rhode Island picks William H. Ferguson as director
PROVIDENCE – The Energy Council of Rhode Island, a coalition of big electricity users, appointed William H. Ferguson as its executive director on Wednesday.
A...
Officials hail agreement to bring trains to T.F. Green Airport’s new...
WARWICK – Officials ceremonially signed an agreement Wednesday to bring commuter rail service to T.F. Green Airport’s InterLink transportation hub, Gov. Donald L. Carcieri’s...
Mass Tank to build facility to manufacture Cape Wind components
MIDDLEBORO, Mass., – Mass Tank will build a new facility – at an undetermined location - to manufacture foundations and metalwork components for...
Enviro-services firm targets tech waste
NORTH PROVIDENCE – The for-profit environmental-services group Reduce My Eco Footprint launched its free Techie Waste recycling service on Oct. 7.
The recycling service, currently...
Gas prices skyrocket in Rhode Island, Mass. ahead of OPEC meeting
PROVIDENCE - Gasoline prices in Rhode Island and Massachusetts have jumped 11 and 10 cents, respectively, driven up on news of an increase in...
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