Senate climate bill would end RGGI
WASHINGTON – The high-profile climate change bill introduced in the U.S. Senate this week would end the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, the carbon cap-and-trade...
Sen. Reed secures U.S. flood aid for R.I.
WASHINGTON – The Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday unanimously approved a bill to send $149 million in aid to Rhode Island, Tennessee and other...
Vote on Deepwater-PUC bill is postponed
PROVIDENCE – A Senate committee has called off a hearing originally scheduled for Thursday during which the panel had been expected to vote on...
Senate panel sets vote on Deepwater bill
PROVIDENCE – A Senate committee is scheduled to vote Thursday on a bill that could jumpstart the offshore wind farm Deepwater Wind LLC wants...
Alteris Renewables buys N.Y. firm
WILTON, Conn. – Alteris Renewables Inc., a design-build renewable energy company with offices in Rhode Island, announced Tuesday that it has acquired ISI Solar...
R.I. gas prices near $3; oil surges past $78
PROVIDENCE – Gasoline prices in Rhode Island have risen for the sixth week in a row but haven’t hit $3 a gallon yet, AAA...
DEM grant, volunteers help clean up Gano Park
Volunteers and personnel with the Providence Department of Parks recently celebrated Earth Day by participating in a cleanup of the Seekonk shoreline at Gano...
Disputed waterfront plan nearing council decision
A long-running battle between businesses along Allens Avenue and the city of Providence will enter a new arena in the coming weeks, with the...
Bringing history to life in Newport
Jack McCormack, site manager at the Fort Adams Land Trust, stands near the 19th-century Newport fort’s southern wall, the only section with a second...
Cape Wind power price beats Deepwater
(Updated, 11:40 a.m.)
PROVIDENCE – Electricity generated by the Cape Wind project will cost less than the projected price of power from Deepwater Wind LLC’s...
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