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...
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...
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...
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...
A boom in LEED-certified workers
With green building and sustainability continuing to be the rage, more Rhode Island design and construction professionals than ever have been flocking to earn...
Clean Energy Center to offer $1M in grants
BOSTON – The Massachusetts Clean Energy Center will offer nearly $1 million in grants designed to increase the ability of Massachusetts vocational-technical high schools,...
Fishing for a future quahog harvest
For the dozens of registered shellfishermen who helped the state harvest and transplant more than a half-million pounds of quahogs over the last month,...
Cape Wind gets ‘super permit’ from Mass.
HYANNIS, Mass. – Officials in Massachusetts have approved a comprehensive permit allowing developers to go forward with Cape Wind, the long-stalled 130-turbine wind farm...
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