Monday, September 14, 2026

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Natural Resources

JAMES LANARD, CHRIS WISSEMANN and a third person who has not yet been named will run Deepwater Wind as managing directors. /

Deepwater poaches exec from rival firm

WILMINGTON, Del. – Deepwater Wind, the wind-energy company picked by the Carcieri administration to build the state’s first offshore wind farm, has poached a...
Jack and Stephanie Isenberg think nonchemical-based dry cleaning is the wave of the future in the industry. In January, in fact, they put money on it, buying Green & Cleaner dry cleaning. The company has Providence and Lincoln storefronts and does not use manmade cleaning chemicals. Read more about the company in next week’s Main Street feature. /

Dry cleaning goes green

Jack and Stephanie Isenberg think nonchemical-based dry cleaning is the wave of the future in the industry. In January, in fact, they put money...

Bill could bolster renewable energy points

Long-term contracts are needed by renewable energy developers to secure financing for their projects. We therefore fully support the R.I. Public Utilities Commission’s (PUC)...
NATIONAL GRID IS ALSO asking the commission to let it lock in prices for natural gas and other electricity sources at current levels. /

National Grid backs down on renewables

PROVIDENCE – National Grid has dropped its R.I. Supreme Court appeal of a ruling by the R.I. Public Utilities Commission (PUC) that ordered the...
THE NEW bathhouse is slated to be 2,478 square feet, three times as larger as the structure it is replacing. /

Construction starts on Salty Brine bathhouse

NARRAGANSETT – At Salty Brine State Beach, construction is underway on a new 2,478-square-foot, two-level bathhouse that will be more than three times larger...

Bluewater’s R.I. wind farm mulled in Vt.

BURLINGTON, Vt. – Vermont’s two largest electric utilities are examining whether to sign long-term contracts to buy power from an offshore wind farm that...

Mass. picks 3 South Coast transit options to proceed to full...

BOSTON – State and federal officials have eliminated several alternatives from the list that will be evaluated in the environmental review for the South...
THE ECONOMIC STIMULUS BILL signed by President Barack Obama in Denver on Feb. 17 (above) will generate more than $100 billion in sales for technology companies, analysts say. /

U.S. prepares to spend $100B on tech

WASHINGTON — Technology companies stand to generate more than $100 billion in additional revenue thanks to the $787 billion economic stimulus bill that President...

Five Questions With: Colleen Conley

Colleen Conley is a wife, mother and a small-business owner with Anzu. Now she has become an activist. Conley is the project coordinator in...
MASSACHUSETTS RESIDENTS surveyed throughout the state support creating at least two casinos, according to Clyde W. Barrow, head of the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Center for Policy Analysis. /

Majority in Mass. support multiple casinos

DARTMOUTH – A survey of Commonwealth residents found that more than half would favor bringing two or more resort casinos to the state, according...
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