EPA asks N.E. communities to pay now to save later
An effort by the federal Environmental Protection Agency to help cities and towns in the region reduce their energy use and air pollution highlights...
Opportunity abounds in ‘green’ tech innovations
Companies and entrepreneurs involved in sustainable design and architecture, redevelopment of brownfields, alternative energy and other “green” business opportunities are expected to flock to...
APC-MGE honored by consulting company
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – APC-MGE has been honored by global growth consulting company Frost & Sullivan with its 2007 Global Data Center Solutions Company of...
In ‘green’ terms, the future is now
If 2007 was the year in which green became more than a color, then 2008 promises to be the year when green becomes the...
R.I. DEM helps preserve 43 wooded acres in Charlestown
CHARLESTOWN – Forty-three acres of forested land in the Worden’s Pond drainage basin will remain open space, the R.I. Department of Environmental Management announced...
STAC awards $1.5M in collaborative research grants
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Science and Technology Advisory Council (STAC) today awarded $1.5 million in Research Alliance grants to nine collaborative projects that bring...
NSTAR full-year profit rises 7.1% to $206.77M
BOSTON – Natural gas and electric utility NSTAR (NYSE: NST) today reported a full-year profit of $221.51 million, an increase of 7.1 percent from...
AAA: R.I. gas prices fall 4¢ in second week of declines
PROVIDENCE – “Low wintertime demand for gasoline has helped push the price of fuel in Rhode Island down for the second straight week,” according...
Boston firm plans to build recycling facility
JOHNSTON – Converted Organics Inc. plans to build a food-waste recycling facility in Johnston, on land leased from the R.I. Resource Recovery Corporation. Financial...
New definition of air power
In order to minimize heavy-equipment damage to environmentally sensitive areas, National Grid is using a helicopter to help install the new 115-kilovolt transmission line...
