Wheeler Farm campus to run on solar energy
SEEKONK – The Wheeler School has installed a 100-kilowatt solar electric system at its Van Norman Field House on the 120-acre Wheeler Farm campus,...
Students fish for power source for shuttered farm
When Brad Morse started fish farming in 1999 the cost of diesel fuel required to power his generator hovered around $1.25 a gallon. Almost...
R.I. scores big in appropriations bill
WARWICK – The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2010, which provides $446.8 billion to fund “critical priorities and programs” in health, education and transportation, would...
RIPTA lays out plan for streetcars, buses
PROVIDENCE – Expanded bus service, more park-and-ride lots and a network of streetcars could be coming to the city if the state implements recommendations...
LEED home to open for tours
Green Life Smart Life, an initiative started by two Narragansett residents, will offer public tours Saturday of its founders’ green-friendly home.
The Narragansett home meets...
N. Grid, Deepwater in wind power deal
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PROVIDENCE – Gov. Donald L. Carcieri’s effort to secure the nation’s first offshore wind farm off Rhode Island cleared a key hurdle...
Finance firm plants trees with Audubon Society
In celebration of its centennial anniversary of the John Hancock Financial Network, Independence Financial Partners recently planted 100 sugar maple trees throughout Rhode Island....
Nothing fishy about this technology
Roger Williams University students are exploring renewable energy technology that could help a farmer reopen his fish farm, pictured above, in Rochester, Mass. The...
R.I. firm using carbon dioxide to grow algae
In late 2005, researchers from Portsmouth-based BioProcessH20 presented a paper in Florida detailing their latest insights into removing nitrogen from dairy-farm waste. Afterwards, U.S....
Summer weather makes state ‘disaster area’
PROVIDENCE – The U.S. Department of Agriculture has designated Rhode Island a “primary natural disaster area” in response to heavy rains and unseasonably cold...
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