URI honors program to explore global change
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The University of Rhode Island’s 2008 Honors Colloquium, “People and Planet – Global Environmental Change,” will explore human-caused global change, its...
Fisheries council seeks 18% cut in days at sea
PROVIDENCE – In an advisory opinion yesterday, the New England Fishery Management Council asked the National Marine Fisheries Service to approve interim rules reducing...
RIPTA sets hearings on planned service cuts
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Public Transit Authority’s plans to slash service, to help cope with its looming budget deficit, will go before the public...
AAA: R.I. gas prices in 1st rise since July
PROVIDENCE – “Gasoline prices in Rhode Island are up an average of 1 cent this week, the first time prices have risen locally since...
The future is all about the trash …
We live in a disposable age – from product packaging to cheap clothing that is discarded with each new season and renovations that lead...
… and what to do once we make it
Being “green” long has moved beyond hushed discussions at trendy cafes or store-front public interest groups.
But one piece of the environmental story...
Legislature needs to reconvene <br> to override the energy-bill veto
To the editor:
It’s unfortunate when you see so many graduating college students who want to stay in Rhode Island, but don’t because there are...
New fee has desired effect at landfill
R.I. Resource Recovery Corporation Executive Director Michael O’Connell says dumping at the state Central Landfill has been too good a deal for commercial trash...
Cleanup takes on new scope
While site remediation on the 2-acre former Providence Barrel site in Smithfield is wrapping up, the remediation of soil on nearby residential properties is...
‘Tree-free’ paper gets ready to debut
A lot of paper sure to be thrown away can be wasted in packaging, so a Providence man on the cusp of the eco-friendly...
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