City agency gets ‘green-collar’ grant
PROVIDENCE – The Providence Economic Development Partnership will receive $2.48 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds to help ex-offenders and low-literacy residents...
Cheaper lots tease local land trusts
Aquidneck Land Trust President Edward Clement Jr. last year closed a deal on a conservation easement covering 126 acres in Portsmouth that left him...
R.I. Senate to examine latest LNG plan
PROVIDENCE – The president of the Rhode Island State Senate announced Friday that a task force will review a proposal by Weaver’s Cover Energy...
State receives heating-assistance money
Rhode Island will receive at least $29 million this year for heating assistance for the poor, U.S. Sen. Jack Reed’s office said last week.
The...
Stimulus sewer work creates 75 city jobs
PROVIDENCE – Upgrades at the Field’s Point Wastewater Treatment Facility will create approximately 75 local construction jobs, U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse’s office said Wednesday.
The...
State grants to encourage energy projects
PROVIDENCE - The R.I. Office of Energy Resources announced Monday that residents, businesses and municipalities may apply for money to install renewable energy systems....
Mass. programs to promote solar energy
BOSTON – Gov. Deval L. Patrick’s administration last week unveiled new rebate programs looking to help companies and Bay State residents meet Patrick’s goal...
Oil creeps up; still below 2008 high
Local oil suppliers say that this winter customers are struggling, but nowhere near the level that they did in 2008.
Back then the average...
Modeling to solve marine mysteries
The U.S. Coast Guard receives thousands of reports of people lost at sea each year. In many of those cases the military service uses...
New Cape Wind roadblock from feds
WASHINGTON – A decision by the National Park Service to make Nantucket Sound eligible for the National Register of Historic Places will ensure that...
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