Natural Resources

Cape Wind approved by Obama administration

Natural Resources 05/01/2010

BOSTON – The Obama administration last week announced approval of Cape Wind, the long-stalled offshore wind farm in Nantucket Sound, setting the stage for...

UNDER SIEGE: Warwick’s only wastewater-treatment plant appears to be floating a week after late March storms left much of the facility underwater. / COURTESY R.I. AIRPORT CORP.

New respect for sewage treatment after flood

Natural Resources 05/01/2010

For 25 years Joel Burke toiled in the background of bureaucracy in Warwick. Then the historic floods of 2010 made Burke, who runs the...

THE SHORELINE in Barnstable, Mass., is shown with computer-generated images of how Cape Wind says its 130 windmills will look from the coast. /

Cape Wind’s base to be Quonset or N.B.

Natural Resources 04/30/2010

PROVIDENCE – The newly approved Cape Wind project plans to make its home port either Quonset Point in North Kingstown or New Bedford, an...

State mulls parking garage at Galilee

Natural Resources 04/30/2010

NARRAGANSETT – The R.I. Department of Environmental Management received permission Tuesday to explore the possibility of building a parking garage at the Port of...

Cranston limits diesel construction equipment

Natural Resources 04/30/2010

CRANSTON – The Cranston City Council Monday passed an ordinance that requires contractors working on city construction projects worth more than $2 million to...

MARK WINSLOW, a manager with Gilbane Building Co., believes that understanding the reasons for flooding at a home or business should inform rebuilding plans. /

Five Questions With: Mark Winslow

Natural Resources 04/30/2010

Mark Winslow is the regulatory services manager at Gilbane Building Co. and a board member of the U.S. Green Building Council Rhode Island chapter....

DEEPWATER WIND wants to install up to eight wind turbines off Block Island by 2012, followed by a 106-turbine farm in Rhode Island Sound in 2015. /

Deepwater says bill could revive project

Natural Resources 04/29/2010

PROVIDENCE – A bill before the General Assembly that would reassign responsibility for approving an offshore wind farm could revive the project proposed off...

Bill would short-circuit PUC on wind

Natural Resources 04/29/2010

PROVIDENCE – Four of the governor’s political appointees rather than the R.I. Public Utilities Commission could approve a wind farm off the coast of...

Cape Wind gets OK as first offshore farm

Natural Resources 04/28/2010

BOSTON – The Obama administration said Wednesday it has approved Cape Wind, the long-stalled proposal for an offshore wind farm in Nantucket Sound, setting...