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GREEN LIGHT: Connie McGreavy, owner of Conserve By Design, discovered her love for design while working as an environmental engineer fresh out of college. /

For consultant McGreavy,<br> it <i>is</i> easy being ‘green’

Connie McGreavy was “green” before it was chic. Over the course of her three-decade-long career, McGreavy has experienced the ups and downs of the alternative-energy...
GASSED UP: West End residents Jessica Jennings, left, and Kari Lang stand in front of a Carpenter Street home where meters have been installed. /

Lawmakers are asked to restrict meter placement

State lawmakers are being asked to set statewide precedents for Rhode Island’s largest gas provider and its local customers, authorizing National Grid to move...

DEM asks businesses to report recycling efforts

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Environmental Management said last week that it has sent letters to more than 2,000 businesses in the state...

Houston firm to work on National Grid upgrades

HOUSTON – Quanta Services Inc. last week announced that it has signed a letter of intent with National Grid to provide engineering and installation...

Meter compromise a sensible solution

In the city that helped launch the historic preservation movement, making changes to old buildings is not a simple matter. So it is that...
BON VOYAGE: The barge bearing the wind turbine heads from Quonset Point to Newport, where the turbine sections were offloaded to embark on the final leg of their journey to Portsmouth, via flatbed truck. /

Portsmouth turbine gets big sendoff<br> at Quonset for its cross-Bay float

NORTH KINGSTOWN – State and local officials were joined at Quonset Point today by executives from wind-turbine manufacturer AAER Wind Energy Inc. (TSX.V: AAE),...

Star Gas posts fiscal 1Q loss of $8.01M

STAMFORD, Conn. – The nation’s largest retail distributor of home heating oil, Star Gas Partners L.P. (NYSE: SGU), posted a net loss of $8.01...

Citizens to launch Energy$ense

PROVIDENCE – Citizens Financial Group Inc. is launching a community program, Energy$ense, that will distribute more than $500,000 in energy-assistance grants to homeless shelters...

R.I. would gain 13,000 jobs, <br> Mass. 83,300 under Obama plan

WASHINGTON – Rhode Island could expect to create or retain 13,000 jobs under President Barack Obama’s financial stimulus plan, while Massachusetts could gain...

Arpin extends sponsorship of LPGA

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., and WEST WARWICK – Arpin Van Lines Inc. will continue to serve as the official mover of the Ladies Professional Golf...
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