NanoSteel launches new line of screens
PROVIDENCE – The NanoSteel Company Inc. last week announced the launch of its LPA Screen product line, which was recently on display the Coal-Gen...
R.I. gasoline prices drop slightly on week
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island prices for gasoline have continued narrow fluctuations, dropping slightly after gaining 1 cent last week, AAA Southern New England said...
National industry association bestows award on Narragansett Bay Commission
PROVIDENCE – The Narragansett Bay Commission has picked up a national award from an industry group for its environmental monitoring.
The commission said last week...
Home products retailer helps contractors learn to abate lead in the...
That Rhode Island has a problem with lead paint is not news. That it is more severe than in most other states is also...
National Grid gets $2.3M in stimulus funds for efficiency improvements
PROVIDENCE – National Grid has been awarded a $2.3 million American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009 grant to offer oil- and propane-using consumers...
New Bedford business park sees light in Con Edison solar energy...
The New Bedford Business Park is likely to host the largest solar farm in New England, when measured in terms of electricity produced.
Developed by...
Exeter family enterprise – literally – named top dairy farm in...
PROVIDENCE – In September, during the Eastern States Exposition, EMMA Acres in Exeter will be recognized as Rhode Island’s 2010 Outstanding Dairy Farm of...
Green Building Council offers LEED associate’s training at NEIT
WARWICK – The U.S. Green Building Council’s Rhode Island chapter will offer a new training program starting next week.
The course will prepare participants for...
PUC approves Deepwater Wind-National Grid power deal, but appeals expected
(Updated, 3:40 p.m.)
WARWICK – A proposed offshore wind farm took a major step forward Wednesday with the approval of a key contract between National...
R.I. spending up from ’98 to ’08, led by education, social...
PROVIDENCE — State and local government spending increased 17.1 percent per $1,000 of personal income over the 1998 to 2008 period, according to the...













