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Editorial Cartoon: Lightning Strikes

Benjamin Franklin, holding a tattered kite which appears to have been zapped by lightning, says, “Show me the Benjamins!”

Senate OKs some gifts for town school panel

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Senate recently approved a bill that will allow the East Greenwich School Committee to accept donations and gifts for specific...

Warwick mayor opposes T.F. Green plan

WARWICK – The city of Warwick opposes the Federal Aviation Administration’s preferred alternative for runway expansion at T.F Green Airport. In a statement prepared for...

Mass. says Fall River LNG OK is unlikely

BOSTON – Massachusetts’ top environmental official this week warned Weaver’s Cove Energy that the state is unlikely to approve the developer’s newest proposal, which...
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National Grid seeks 11% rate hike

WALTHAM, Mass. – In officially requesting approval from the R.I. Public Utilities Commission to hike electricity distribution rates by 11.2 percent, National Grid today...
GASOLINE PRICES CONTINUED TO CLIMB last week as summer weather brought more drivers onto the roads and crude oil prices continued to increase on world markets. /

AAA: R.I. gas prices up 83 cents in ’09

PROVIDENCE – Gasoline prices climbed for the seventh week in a row last week as the cost of a gallon rose 6 cents...

URI’s $15M ocean research center opens

NARRAGANSETT – The University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography this morning held a grand opening ceremony for its new $15 million Ocean...

No time to clam up about quahog success

The state’s shellfishermen and the R.I. Department of Environmental Management (DEM) should take a bow. Three decades ago, they collaborated to transplant quahogs from readily...
COVANTA ENERGY CORP. subsidiary The Covanta Company operates this energy-from-waste facility in Preston, Conn., processing 689 tons of solid waste per day and generating 20 megawatts of electricity. /

Ban on burning reviewed

A proposal to overturn the state ban on incineration is before the General Assembly at a time when energy companies claim waste-to-energy plants produce...
CLEAN WATER ACTION Rhode Island Director Sheila Dormody said proposed legislation could be a step toward more comprehensive state management of water. /

Support for conserving water grows

For Sen. V. Susan Sosnowski, water conservation has been an issue close at hand for decades. As a farmer, water is essential to maintaining...
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