City firm finds innovative use for shipping containers
One normally envisions shipping containers, those long boxy metal crates, stacked neatly on a barge or perhaps tucked in the corner of a construction...
Natural gas prices fall on record supply
NEW YORK – Natural gas prices fell 7 percent on Thursday after a report showed U.S. stockpiles of the fuel reached a record 3.589...
R.I. knowledge-economy grants available
PROVIDENCE – The Innovation Providence Implementation Council is accepting applications for grants to fund projects that will bolster Rhode Island’s knowledge economy, particularly in...
Carcieri vice chair of wind-energy group
Gov. Donald L. Carcieri is the new vice chairman of the Governors’ Wind Energy Coalition, a bipartisan group of 28 states dedicated to development...
Gas prices down for 4th straight week
PROVIDENCE – Gasoline prices in Rhode Island have fallen for the fourth week in a row, AAA Southern New England reported Monday.
The auto club’s...
Two-year SAMP project reaches halfway point
The team preparing the Rhode Island Ocean Special Area Management Plan (SAMP), a two-year effort costing more than $7 million, has reached the halfway...
Conservation is sweeping campuses
University students are finding their campuses a little greener this fall, and we’re not talking about the lawn. Colleges and universities throughout the state...
Green initiatives a lure to tenants
The old school of thought consisted of owners turning on the lights and letting their tenants pay the cost of electricity. For the tenant...
Quonset applies for $45M in stimulus funding
NORTH KINGSTOWN – The Quonset Development Corporation (QDC) has applied for $45 million in federal stimulus grants to improve freight and passenger transportation at...
Carcieri mulls filling energy post
As Rhode Island receives millions in federal stimulus money for energy projects, faces potentially higher prices for electricity and prepares for an offshore wind...
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