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THE CONSERVATION LAW FOUNDATION has filed an appeal of the R.I. Public Utilities Commission's decision to approve the Deepwater Wind-National Grid power purchase agreement. There is no word on when the R.I. Supreme Court will hear the case. /

CLF, AG appeal Deepwater Wind contract approval to R.I. Supreme Court

(Updated, 4:25 p.m.) PROVIDENCE – An environmental group and R.I. Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch have asked the R.I. Supreme Court to overturn the approval...

Deepwater decision leads to conflicting opinions about renewable energy

To the Editor: America was once a country of innovation, hard work and taking necessary risks. That was what defined the “greatest generation” and why they...

Deepwater decision leads to conflicting opinions about renewable energy

To the Editor: The country has evidently arrived at a point in its legal culture where no negative consequences seem to exist for making false...

Deepwater decision leads to conflicting opinions about renewable energy

To the Editor: Former Deepwater executive Chris Wissemann now works at hedge fund D.E. Shaw & Co., one of the principal owners of Deepwater/First Wind....
TURF WAR: Dawson Hodgson, manager of Sodco, says the farm is looking to market corn as heating fuel. /

Victim of housing slowdown, sod farmers search for a new crop...

Dawson Hodgson’s family has grown turf on a 600-acre farm in North Kingstown since 1982. Strips of grass from this rambling land amid back...

Frank, McGovern look to kill LNG facility

FALL RIVER – Massachusetts Congressmen Barney Frank and Jim McGovern said this week they plan to end efforts to develop the proposed Weaver’s Cove...

S.K. to build comfort station on bike path

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The R.I. Department of Transportation received a $360,000 grant from the Federal Highway Administration to construct a comfort station along the...
THE CARNEGIE ABBEY CLUB reported $9.9 million in sales activity during the first two weeks of August.  /

Carnegie Abbey Club reports high sales

PORTSMOUTH – The Carnegie Abbey Club reported an unusual spike in activity last week after reducing prices for residences at the luxury club. The club...

URI, NOAA researcher wins ‘equivalent’ of Nobel for sustainable development

NARRAGANSETT – A researcher at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration laboratory in Narragansett will share an international prize for environmental research. Kenneth Sherman...

Ashville Corp. faces DEM fine for not maintaining Hopkinton’s Blue Pond...

PROVIDENCE – A Hopkinton company faces a $59,747 fine for failing to maintain a dam that ruptured on March 31, a day after record...
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