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Mass. announces $540M in clean-water loans

BOSTON – Ninety-nine clean-water projects across Massachusetts are eligible for low-cost financing under a program announced today by Gov. Deval L. Patrick. The commonwealth is...

APC-MGE named Data Center Solutions Co. of Year

WEST KINGSTON – APC-MGE has been selected by global growth consulting company Frost & Sullivan to receive its 2007 Global Data Center Solutions Company...

SolarWrights buys Mass. alternative energy firm

BRISTOL – Renewable energy construction company SolarWrights Inc. today announced it has acquired Kosmo Solar Inc., a Springfield, Mass.-based alternative energy solutions provider, for...
NATIONWIDE, self-serve regular rose six cents to $3.109 on Jan. 7, three cents less than the average price in Rhode Island on the same day. /

AAA: R.I. gas prices rise 3¢ to $3.139

PROVIDENCE – The average price of gasoline at Rhode Island stations has increased for the second consecutive week, after rising last week to the...
MOST CITIES AND TOWNS in Rhode Island buy their energy through a consortium established by the Rhode Island League of Cities and Towns in 1999: the Rhode Island Energy Aggregation Program. Tuesday, the league announced it has selected two new firms to supply electricity and related services through the program.

Electricity seen taking a bigger bite

Cities and towns already wincing at the prospect of cutting services or raising taxes in the upcoming fiscal year face yet another painful item...
FISH-EYE LENS: Michael Laptew, a North Kingstown-based videographer, sits in his studio with a new 
high-definition underwater camera. The former spearfishing champion and marketing executive has landed international work. /

Videographer perfects art of underwater view

Carving a niche in underwater videography has taken Mike Laptew about 12 years. But recent successes, including a video contract with National Geographic, have...

Nat’l Grid moves to curb harmful CO2 emissions

National Grid, Rhode Island’s dominant utility company, plans to reduce its own carbon-dioxide emissions 60 percent by 2050. The effort comes as London-based National Grid...
WIND TURBINE generators like these at the Ponnequin wind farm in Colorado are examples of how energy efficiency and environmental sensitivity have become commonplace. /

‘Green’ goes mainstream in construction, <br>as energy prices soar across nation

“Green” went mainstream last year, as state and municipal governments and businesses across a range of industries embraced the call of environmentalists to recycle,...
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The best place to start going ‘green’ is in the home

Green is the new pink, and everyone is talking about it. Politicians debate it. Car companies are rolling out hybrids. Even Tyra Banks transports...
IN WOW, players may be asked to hum, sketch, sculpt, act or even spell backward. /

Hasbro to acquire game-developer Cranium

PAWTUCKET – Hasbro Inc. (NYSE: HAS) today announced an agreement to acquire privately held game-creator Cranium Inc. for about $77.5 million. The price may...
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