About time for some timely action by PUC
By rejecting National Grid’s 2010 electricity-supply plan last week, the R.I. Public Utilities Commission took an important step toward reaching the goal the General...
PUC ruling could spur renewable energy sector
After years of legal wrangling, the R.I. Public Utilities Commission last week rejected National Grid’s electricity supply plan for next year because it did...
RGGI raises $117M at 3rd carbon auction
NEW YORK – The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative’s third auction of carbon-dioxide (CO2) emissions credits raised nearly $117.25 million for energy efficiency, renewable energy...
East Providence gets $340,746 for ‘green’ projects in Waterfront District
EAST PROVIDENCE – The city’s Special Waterfront Development District has received $334,746 in state and federal aid to support environmental protection and sustainable development...
Obama taps CLF’s Giles for EPA post
WASHINGTON – The Obama administration has nominated Cynthia Giles, director of the Rhode Island office of the Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) and a prominent...
Northeast Engineers to acquire R.I. Wind
MIDDLETOWN – SGE / Northeast Engineers & Consultants Inc. today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire two-year-old Rhode Island Wind and...
URI chemist invents new process
KINGSTON – University of Rhode Island organic chemist Brenton DeBoef has been awarded a $550,000 National Science Foundation grant to further develop his new...
QDC shuts door on Saratoga museum
NORTH KINGSTOWN – In a setback for the proposed USS Saratoga Museum, the board of directors of the Quonset Development Corporation (QDC) “regrettably” voted...
Study: Northeast faces most U.S. sea rise
Rhode Island and other coastal parts of the northeastern United States face some of the greatest risks from rising sea levels caused by climate...
N.E. Tech plans 123kW wind, solar farm
WARWICK – New England Institute of Technology today announced plans for wind and solar energy projects, at its Access Road campus along Interstate 95,...
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