Audubon Society nets $40K at annual gala
The Audubon Society of Rhode Island recently welcomed more than 150 friends and supporters to the Roger Williams Botanical Gardens for their annual benefit,...
Whitehouse, others criticize EPA chief
last week called upon U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Stephen L. Johnson to resign for misleading Congress and sought a federal probe into Johnson’s...
Blue Trail will improve Bay access
When a group of elected officials and Newport County residents put in their kayaks for an inaugural paddle along the new Narragansett Bay Blue...
Effluent feeding lush Jamestown course
With its lush, well-tended grass, the nine-hole Jamestown Golf Course on Conanicut Island is an idyllic spot for a late afternoon game. But the...
R.I. joining auction for carbon-emission permits
This year’s most important auction won’t be held at Christie’s or Sotheby’s. In fact, it won’t take place in one physical location at all,...
Boaters feel pinch of fuel costs
Boaters in Rhode Island are offsetting rising fuel costs by cutting back on splurges, using moorings instead of expensive dock space and enjoying life...
DEM awards $235,726 in pump-out grants
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Environmental Management has awarded 12 grants totalling nearly a quarter of a million dollars to help keep...
Navy to give up 384 acres on Aquidneck Island
NEWPORT – The U.S. Navy has declared that it no longer needs 384 acres of prime coastland on the west side of Aquidneck Island,...
R.I., Mass. score low in business-friendly ranking
NEW YORK – Rhode Island again was 45th nationwide, Massachusetts held steady at 36th and Connecticut slipped two places to 33rd in the annual...
F.R.’s City Pier picked as brownfields pilot
BOSTON – City Pier in Fall River is one of five sites selected by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for assistance by its new Brownfields...
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