R.I., Mass. gas prices dip below $3.50
PROVIDENCE – “For the first time since late April, the average price of gasoline in Rhode Island has fallen under the $3.50 mark,” Lloyd...
RGGI emissions credits sell for $3.07/ton
NEW YORK – The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) took in nearly $38.58 million in its first-ever auction of carbon-dioxide (C02) emissions credits, the...
Bird’s eye view of foot race
Angelina Tanzi, 6, watches from a perch atop her father, Mark, as they await her sister, Julianna, who competed in the kindergarten category of...
Farmer has hand in menu at Providence’s Bacaro
(Editor’s note: This is Part 1 of a two-part report on the relationship between the farmer and chef. READ MORE in Part 2, appearing...
Firm chosen for state’s first offshore wind farm
Rhode Island is set to become the corporate manufacturing headquarters of Deepwater Wind, the company selected last week to construct the state’s first offshore...
State senator calls for disbanding of PUC, legislative regulation
PROVIDENCE – A Rhode Island state senator called for the disbanding of the R.I. Public Utilities Commission last week, citing recent large increases in...
Wind-powered cable pitched by Full Channel
WARREN – Customers who get their cable, telephone or Internet service from the independent local provider Full Channel Inc. can now have it powered...
Middletown sanctuary added to register
MIDDLETOWN – The 300-acre Norman Bird Sanctuary, formerly known as Paradise Farm, this week was named to the National Register of Historic Places.
The...
RGGI begins carbon cap-and-trade auctions
NEW YORK – The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative is slated to start on Jan. 1, but the process began today, with the auction of...
R.I. picks developer for $1.5B wind farm
PROVIDENCE – The state has selected Deepwater Wind to build a 100-turbine wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island that the developer says...
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