NSTAR slashing rates for largest customers
BOSTON – NSTAR Inc. (NYSE: NST), the Bay State’s largest investor-owned natural gas and electric utility, is requesting sharp cuts in the price of...
Climate change hard to reverse, says NOAA scientist
Even if humans were to immediately halt carbon dioxide emissions, many of the most severe effects of climate change will persist for at least...
Costly zoo project may be postponed
Roger Williams Park Zoo officials are mulling whether to change their ambitious $35 million renovation plans now that the economy has put a stranglehold...
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...
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...
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...
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