At Citizens, going green makes cents
PROVIDENCE – Citizens Financial Group has kicked off an incentive program that pays Citizens Bank and Charter One customers for going paperless – at...
Environment Council gives Assembly a ‘B’
PROVIDENCE – The Environment Council of Rhode Island (ECRI) gives the R.I. General Assembly a “B” for its 2007 and 2008 sessions, and...
SolarWrights hits a mega-milestone
BRISTOL – A year of record energy prices has helped SolarWrights Inc., a provider and installer of solar and wind systems, to reach a...
PUC eases restoration of utility service
WARWICK – National Grid customers will be able to restore cut-off service for a payment of as little as 10 percent, under temporary rules...
Senesco, Bilray face EPA fines of more than $635K
BOSTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is seeking to levy fines of $635,020 against two Rhode Island companies it accuses of state...
AAA: R.I. gas prices fall to 6-month low
PROVIDENCE – “Falling oil prices are leading to rapidly falling prices at the pumps … leaving prices at their lowest point locally in almost...
The ‘greening’ of Portsmouth Abbey
In the last few years, several large, highly visible steps toward sustainability have been taken at Portsmouth Abbey School, where a Rhode Island School...
Looking to solve major challenges
Gov. Donald L. Carcieri talks like a man on a mission. Among other things, he wants to change state government by shrinking and streamlining...
R.I. to receive $1.3M from auction of carbon permits
The first auction of carbon-emission permits for the Northeast states’ new cap-and-trade system was carried out successfully, but officials and observers say the price...
Runner-up in bid for state wind farm to ‘keep trying’
The company that came in second place in its bid to become the state’s preferred developer of an offshore wind farm says that despite...