Push on for plug-ins on R.I.’s roads
Imagine pulling your car into your garage, unwinding an extension cord and plugging your car into an electrical socket. The next day you drive...
Big River water eyed for development
In December, the R.I. Water Resources Board announced it had successfully drawn water from test wells in the Big River Management Area. Quickly thereafter,...
N.E. warned of Blizzard of ’78-like winter
PROVIDENCE – Better plan to stay bundled up, because the coming weeks could see some of the harshest winter weather in a quarter-century, according...
Oil tops $80 as gas prices start ’10 higher
PROVIDENCE – Gasoline prices in Rhode Island rose to start the year, AAA Southern New England reported Monday.
The auto club’s Jan. 4 survey found...
The coming collapse and rebirth of energy policy
National Grid Plc and Deepwater Wind LLC recently reached an agreement under which Deepwater will supply electricity from a small wind farm off the...
Commission to outline effects of LNG platform
This year, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is expected to release an Environmental Impact Statement outlining the effects of placing a liquefied natural...
Wind farms may impact energy rates
The impact of two proposed offshore wind farms on the cost of electricity is the No. 1 thing businesspeople need to pay attention to...
DEM, Narragansett will negotiate with Chevron
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Donald L. Carcieri announced last month that the R.I. Department of Environmental Management, in partnership with Narragansett, will begin negotiations with...
Firm pitches alternative energy, sans investment
After relatives installed a wind turbine at the family ski resort in the Berkshires, Tyler Fairbank wondered how the average business owner could navigate...
Rhode Islander Spalding setting EPA’s regional agenda
In November, President Barack Obama appointed Rhode Island resident Curt Spalding as administrator of the U.S. Environmental Agency Region 1. Spalding oversees EPA programs...
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