RWU unveils shuttle bus powered by canola oil
BRISTOL – Roger Williams University has unveiled the school’s newly converted, eco-friendly, canola oil-powered shuttle bus.
Once a run-of-the-mill Ford F-350 that guzzled diesel fuel,...
Capital Properties sees 3Q profits shrink 10%
EAST PROVIDENCE – For the three months ended Sept. 30, Capital Properties Inc. – the company that owns much of the land in Providence’s...
‘Responsible’ investing can pose big challenges
For about a year, Peri Ann Aptaker, director of tax services with Kahn, Litwin, Renza & Co., researched socially responsible investment funds for a...
Nixon Peabody exec focuses on environment
Karen Greenbaum has been named chief operating officer and managing director at Nixon Peabody. Greenbaum has more than 25 years of operations experience from...
Make the choice on wind energy now
There is a fine line between building consensus and dithering. In the case of picking sites for large-scale wind energy projects, Rhode Island is...
R.I., Mass., 12 other states join Calif. in suing EPA
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island and 13 other states have joined two legal actions, filed this morning by the State of California, that seek ...
Textron’s E-Z-GO rolls out 1st new golf car since ’95
AUGUSTA, Ga. – E-Z-GO, a member of the Providence-based Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) family of companies, has unveiled a new fleet golf car, the...
Capital Properties 3Q profit falls 10.7% to $333K
EAST PROVIDENCE – For the three months ended Sept. 30, Capital Properties Inc. (Amex: CPI) posted a profit of $333,000, a decline of $40,000...
Editorial Cartoon: Crude oil prices on a roll
Beneath the headline "The (anti)Gravity of the situation" is a chart on which a jagged line surges upward to the $90-per-barrel mark.
Rolling up...
AAA: R.I. gas prices surge 18¢ to $2.949
PROVIDENCE – “Record crude oil prices, last week exceeding $96 per barrel, have put tremendous pressure on retail gasoline prices,” AAA Southern New England...
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