Legislation encourages new energy projects
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Donald L. Carcieri signed into law net-metering legislation encouraging renewable energy production by enabling those who build related projects to get...
Carcieri energy adviser Dzykewicz resigns
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PROVIDENCE – Andrew Dzykewicz, commissioner of the R.I. Office of Energy Resources and Gov. Donald L. Carcieri’s chief adviser on energy issues,...
R.I. gas prices drop another 4 cents
PROVIDENCE – Gasoline prices have fallen for the fourth week in a row in Rhode Island as the cost of a gallon declined by...
A green supply chain is the new hot goal
Going green is no longer a trendy buzz phrase – for many businesses it has become standard operating procedure. The next step, however, may...
LNG agreement to boost Massachusetts supply
WALTHAM, Mass. – An agreement between Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline and the Canaport liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Saint John, New Brunswick announced...
Patrick administration creates energy savings
BOSTON – Gov. Deval L. Patrick last week announced his administration has procured energy for 24 state agencies, authorities and nonprofits, a move expected...
Northeast to sell 30.6M CO2 permits in auction
A coalition of Northeastern states that includes Rhode Island plans to sell 30.6 million carbon dioxide permits in the group’s fifth auction, to be...
Brown, Draper lab partner to strengthen grant bids
A new partnership between Brown University and Draper Laboratory – a Massachusetts-based nonprofit applied research and engineering center – is intended to corral the...
Supply chain next in green movement
It’s clear that George O’Loughlin, who last year started a no-fee green consulting firm called GECKO Inc., doesn’t want to be the heavy.
He...
Conservancy purchases Exeter land
EXETER – As part of a long-term conservation effort to protect the “headwaters” areas of the state’s watershed, The Nature Conservancy in Rhode Island...
