Cap-and trade CO2 permits fall to record low price
Carbon dioxide permits in the U.S. Northeast’s cap-and-trade program tumbled to a record-low price at auction amid a surplus of the pollution rights and...
Storm potential not getting businesses’ attention
Lori Adamo thought that after the record March flooding business owners would pay heed to the wrath that Mother Nature can unleash. In May,...
At hospital it pays to cogenerate
Cogeneration is alive and well at Rhode Island Hospital, where Director Jeff Chalut, above, stands in front of a boiler that recycles heat produced...
Gulf oil spill highlights need to keep R.I. rivers, bay clean
To the editor:
On Tuesday, June 8, as I watched the morning news, I, like everyone else, continued to be shocked and saddened over the...
DEM seeks C.F. hydro-turbine operator
(Updated, 2 p.m.)
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Environmental Management has asked for permission to find a developer willing to operate an existing hydroelectric...
Mass. city trucks retrofitted
BOSTON – Fifteen city-owned construction vehicles in Massachusetts, including some in Bristol County, will release less exhaust thanks to a $50,000 grant from the...
Fall River to study wind turbines
FALL RIVER – The city of Fall River received $77,000 last week to study the feasibility of erecting two to eight wind turbines at...
Biofuel plant to open in Cranston
(Corrected, June 21)
CRANSTON – Tomorrow BioFuels LLC plans to open a pilot biofuel production facility here, the company announced Thursday.
The Cranston-based company said the...
Wal-Mart objects to Cape Wind costs
BOSTON – Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has filed complaints with Massachusetts over the projected cost of power produced by the Cape Wind project, The Boston...
Gas prices fall for 5th week but oil gains
PROVIDENCE – Gasoline prices in Rhode Island have fallen for the fifth week in a row, AAA Southern New England reported Monday.
The auto club’s...
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