Outdated power grid may limit alternative energy
The long-heralded future of wind energy looks as though it may finally be here, as Rhode Island and other states give the green light...
Carcieri urges support for train-station funding
During a construction “update” for the train station being built in Warwick, R.I. Airport Corporation CEO Kevin A. Dillon last week stressed the potential...
Providence considers $8M bond request for ALCO
The City of Providence is reviewing an $8 million tax-increment financing plan for the American Locomotive Works (ALCO) site that would include a tax...
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...
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,”...
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...
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