Wednesday, September 16, 2026

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Natural Resources

SURVEYING THE LAND: Susan Jennings, director of the UMass Dartmouth Office of 
Campus and Community Sustainability, and Peter Gagnon, UMass Dartmouth associate director, facilities planning design and construction, holding map, study the campus layout. /

Brown grass part of UMass Dartmouth’s plan, pilot for sustainable landscapes

Excuse the appearances at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, but it’s the dead of summer and the grass on much of the school’s 700-acre...
LEEDING THE WAY: Kimberly Lancaster Hageman checks the status of various systems in her home. /

As buyers look to live green, save money, more homes apply...

When Kimberly Lancaster Hageman pitches her house to a prospective buyer she tells them about the panoramic views of Narragansett Bay and the easy...

New rules for diesel emissions on construction projects to take effect...

When advertised bids go out later this year for the construction of Waterfront Drive in East Providence, it will mark the beginning of a...

Governor’s conference sets regional energy goals, energy-efficiency standards

LENOX, Mass. – A conference of New England governors and five Eastern Canadian premiers focused on energy policy last week yielded several key agreements,...
THE SUCCESS OR FAILURE of the Deepwater Wind offshore wind energy facility will play a large part in how Gov. Donald L. Carcieri is viewed in the future. /

Carcieri legacy tied to wind farm

While in office, Gov. Bruce Sundlun helped transform T.F. Green Airport. His successor, Gov. Lincoln Almond, has the University of Rhode Island’s Ryan Center...

Deepwater Wind managing director <br>Lanard departs to head wind coalition

PROVIDENCE – A Deepwater Wind managing director has left the company to lead a national coalition of offshore wind farm developers. Jim Lanard told Providence...

PUC lets hearing on Deepwater Wind-<br>National Grid power deal go forward

WARWICK – The R.I. Public Utilities Commission unanimously allowed a hearing key to the advancement of an offshore wind farm to continue Thursday despite...
THE ENDEAVOR, a National Science Foundation research vessel operated by URI, deploys an acoustic listening device in 2008 for the Ocean SAMP. /

CRMC extends SAMP comment period

(Updated, 1 p.m.) SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The R.I. Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC) will provide more time for people to comment on its ocean Special...

As crude price falls, so do gasoline prices in southern New...

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island gas prices continued to fall as AAA Southern New England reported a 1 cent decrease in the average price of...

CRMC needs corrective action taken now

The state’s Coastal Resource Management Council, which is charged with protecting Rhode Island’s most valuable natural resource – the coast – is broken. That,...
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