Deepwater bill may get vote next week
PROVIDENCE – The Senate committee considering legislation that could breathe new life into Deepwater Wind LLC’s stalled offshore wind farm development is likely to...
Carcieri, Lynch clash on wind farm bill
(Updated, 12:45 p.m.)
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Donald L. Carcieri appeared before a Senate committee on Wednesday to support legislation that could jump-start an offshore wind...
EDC OKs 7-point plan to aid R.I. economy
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Economic Development Corporation’s new board of directors has unanimously approved a seven-point plan they hope will help turn around the...
FEMA looks for final R.I. push on aid
PROVIDENCE – The Federal Emergency Management Agency launched a campaign this week to encourage Rhode Islanders affected by the flooding in March to register...
R.I. farmers markets opening this week
PROVIDENCE – Farmers markets began opening across Rhode Island this week.
Farm Fresh Rhode Island, a nonprofit group that supports the local food industry, lists...
R.I. Business Plan 2010 winners named
PROVIDENCE – Two established companies, ProThera Biologics and Newport Biodiesel, and a student-created online fundraising system for nonprofits were named the winners of this...
Deepwater may move HQ to Rhode Island
PROVIDENCE – Wind farm developer Deepwater Wind is “actively considering” relocating its headquarters to Rhode Island from New Jersey, CEO Bill Moore told Providence...
Gas prices up again in R.I.; oil nears $88
PROVIDENCE – Gasoline prices in Rhode Island have risen for the fifth consecutive week, AAA Southern New England reported Monday.
The auto club’s May 3...
Floods no hedge against summer drought conditions
A month after a deluge of rain fell on the Ocean State the natural ecosystem is whisking much of it away and leaving little...
Time to correct PUC’s bad decision
Last week’s approval of Massachusetts’ Cape Wind offshore wind energy farm by U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar seems to have lit a fire under...
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