R.I. hospitality group honored for green efforts
The Rhode Island Hospitality Association (RIHA) was honored with the Environmental Merit Award by the New England Office of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency...
Deepwater Wind opens office in Providence
PROVIDENCE – The wind-energy firm tapped to develop an offshore wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island is opening a Rhode Island office.
Deepwater...
Senate OKs bill banning gas meters on facades
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Senate unanimously approved a bill preventing utility companies from installing “unsightly” gas meters on the facades of homes.
The bill...
HAP study eyes growth through water conservation
North Kingstown, the Kent County Water Authority and the Quonset Business Park all draw water from the watershed that includes the Hunt, Annaquatucket and...
Five Questions With: Zachary Miller
As construction wraps up at the Stone House, a former membership club that’s set to open this summer as a hotel, developer Goosewing Hotels...
N. Grid posts profit, sees ‘strong’ year
LONDON – National Grid plc, the British company that is Rhode Island’s main gas and electricity provider, said today its operating profit increased 12...
Assistant AG Jedele to lead R.I. CLF
PROVIDENCE – The Conservation Law Foundation today named a Rhode Island special assistant attorney general as the new director of its Rhode Island office...
Feds commit $4.2M to R.I. farmland conservation
WARWICK – Rhode Island’s National Resources Conservation Service, a branch of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, has received $4.2 million in funding to preserve...
AAA: R.I. gas prices higher as oil rises
PROVIDENCE – Gasoline prices jumped by 13 cents in Rhode Island and 15 cents in Massachusetts last week as crude oil prices moved higher,...
UMass launches program on environmental policy
DARTMOUTH – University of Massachusetts Dartmouth has launched an online Environmental Policy Graduate Certificate program designed for professionals who wouldn’t normally have time to...
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