RIBA slates ‘green’ building seminar
EAST PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Builders Association next month will host a seminar on Green Building techniques.
Daniel J. “Dan” Paquette, chairman of RIBA’s...
Lead-inspection certificates go online
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Housing Resources Commission this week announced the launch of a Web-based utility that makes lead-inspection records available to renters.
The Lead...
States, nonprofits sue EPA over smog limits
WASHINGTON – A coalition of health and environmental advocacy groups filed suit yesterday against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, challenging the agency’s refusal to...
CCI falls to 16-year low of 57.2 points
NEW YORK – Confidence among U.S. consumers this month fell for the fifth consecutive month to the lowest point in nearly 16 years, according...
R.I. gas prices rise 16¢; diesel surges 22¢
PROVIDENCE – “Gasoline prices in Rhode Island continue to increase rapidly and by large amounts” as they close in on the $4-per-gallon mark, AAA...
Recycling programs can boost bottom line
Almost every morning during the summer, a worker from Fox Meadow Farm in Tiverton drives a pickup truck to the Aquidneck Corporate Park in...
Mass. manufacturer named in EPA complaint
BOSTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a complaint this month against a Fall River-based re-plating company, alleging repeated violations and continued noncompliance...
New England Tech plans to grow ‘green’ program
For decades, the New England Institute of Technology has trained students to take careers in electrical engineering, automotive repair and other blue-collar jobs. Now,...
Nanotechnology turning science fiction to reality
A small company in downtown Providence is engineering gold particles invisible to the human eye that can be used to build cheap, rechargeable solar...
Wind turbine company wins competition
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – FloDesign Wind Turbine Corp. of Wilbraham, Mass., was the first-place winner on May 12 at the Enterprise Forum Ignite Clean Energy...
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