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R.I. buys development rights to Johnston land

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Environmental Management has acquired development rights to 15 acres of farmland in Johnston. The property, at Mathewson Farm on...
GOING GREEN: Latasha Bell, a Dell Inc. employee, assembles a Dell OptiPlex desktop computer at the company's facility in Lebanon, Tenn., last week. Dell is hoping to win customers with earth-friendly PCs. /

Computer makers are eyeing profit in ‘green’ PCs

Proving Kermit’s adage, Dell Inc. spent three years building 25 prototypes before the computer maker found a way to twist bamboo into a natural...

R.I. gets $1.29M for weatherization aid

WASHINGTON – An energy-efficiency program aimed at helping lower-income Rhode Islanders save on their heating bills will receive “an immediate infusion of $1.29 million,”...
THE OFFICE uses solar-thermal water heaters from Viessmann Manufacturing Co. of Warwick and 25 solar-electric panels  from Bristol-based SolarWrights. /

Developer creates first ‘Net-Zero’ building in R.I.

PROVIDENCE – A former jewelry factory has reopened as what the R.I. Economic Development Corporation (EDC) describes as the state’s “first and only Net-Zero”...

RISD installs adaptive lighting system

PROVIDENCE – In the 70-year-old Edna W. Lawrence Nature Lab, Rhode Island School of Design this year upgraded to an “ultra–advanced” lighting system that...

7 N.E. states petition EPA for help<br> with out-of-area mercury emissions

WASHINGTON – Seven Northeastern states, including Rhode Island and Massachusetts, have filed a petition calling on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to help reduce...

AAA: Gas prices still falling in R.I., Mass.

PROVIDENCE – “Gasoline prices in Rhode Island continue to fall rapidly, with a 24-cent decline over the last week, and 49 cents in just...

Tough times spur more events to seek sponsors

The depressing news on the economy has not stopped Rhode Islanders from enjoying their usual festivals and events – and it has not stopped...

Property management can yield savings

The precipitous rise in the cost of gas, oil and electricity over the last few years has fueled the need for many commercial-property owners...

Warwick’s Rocky Pt. deal final at last

WARWICK – City officials, U.S. Sen. Jack Reed and U.S. Rep. James R. Langevin visited Rocky Point this morning to celebrate the preservation of...
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