Mass., R.I. approaches to ocean management differ
If it were a race, Massachusetts would have won, delivering its ocean-management plan for the waters off its coast six months before Rhode Island...
Wind turbines approved at Field’s Point
PROVIDENCE – Three wind turbines at the Narragansett Bay Commission’s (NBC) Field’s Point Wastewater Treatment Facility may just fly. The Federal Aviation Administration has...
Shooters zoning change denied by CRMC
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC) rejected a request Wednesday by the city of Providence to rezone the waters next to...
Fugate offered new CRMC contract
WAKEFIELD – The R.I. Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC) has officially offered to renew the contract of its long-time executive director, Grover Fugate.
At...
Sustainability gets boost at conference
PAWTUCKET – The new mantra in the world of tourism is sustainability. Sustainable tourism is not a trend, but an economic imperative – and...
New site offers local environmental news
PROVIDENCE – A veteran journalist has created a new Web site to report on environmental news in Rhode Island.
EcoRI.org, owned by Eco RI Inc.,...
R.I. gas prices slip as stocks, China hit oil
PROVIDENCE – Gasoline prices in Rhode Island have fallen over the last week, AAA Southern New England reported Monday as crude oil traded near...
Bargaining, not self-congrats, solves issues
To the Editor:
On Jan. 6, the Narragansett Bay Commission published a press release on PBN.com with a headline “Narragansett Bay Commission Prevails in Health...
In R.I., mixed picture on stimulus impact
It’s been nearly a year since the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) was approved by Congress and Rhode Island...
Block Island officials support wind farm
WARWICK – The town of New Shoreham generally supports the offshore wind farm proposed by Deepwater Wind LLC, but two of its residents are...
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