Thursday, September 10, 2026

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Warwick is only R.I. city to join EPA energy effort

WARWICK – The City of Warwick is one of 30 New England communities – and the only one in Rhode Island – to join...

Recovering your costs for a property cleanup

If you or your company are unfortunate enough to be named by the government environmental watchdogs as a potentially responsibly party or “PRP” in...
U.S. Sen. Jack Reed announced grants to Rhode Island to help the homeless and help clean up Narragansett Bay. /

Reed announces social service, <br>environmental grants

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Jack Reed today announced nearly $500,000 worth of federal grants to benefit the homeless in Rhode Island, as well as...
THE DAIRY FARM, owned by the same family for more than a century, uses sand bedding in the free-stall barn where its 130-head herd of cows is housed. /

Wright’s Farm named top dairy in R.I.

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Environmental Management announced yesterday that Wright’s Dairy Farm of North Smithfield has been named the 2007 Outstanding Dairy...

Mass. landscape preservation series<br> adds guide to public-private partnerships

BOSTON – Preserving historic landscapes through the use of public-private partnerships is the subject of a new publication from the Office of Cultural Resources...

NSTAR going green<br> with wind-power option

BOSTON – NSTAR Electric yesterday announced a new program for customers who wish to support renewable energy and reduce their impact on the environment....

Warwick joins EPA initiative for energy efficiency

WARWICK – The City of Warwick is one of 30 New England communities, and the only one in Rhode Island, to join a U.S....
NATIONWIDE, the average price of unleaded regular in the July 23 AAA survey was $3.009 per gallon, 5 cents higher than in Rhode Island. Above, Marguerite Baber pumps gas at a station in San Francisco. /

AAA: R.I. gas prices fall 2¢ to $2.959

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island gasoline prices fell over the past week, after rising for the previous two weeks, according to AAA Southern New England. AAA’s...
SINCE 2005, Fidelity Investments has sponsored a 'Wildlife at Work' program that gets workers involved in learning about and protecting the wildlife around their offices. Above, a stop on the Eastern Bluebird Trail at the Smithfield campus. /

Taking the scenic route to work

Fidelity Investments’ offices in Smithfield occupy about 10 percent of a 500-acre spread that is mostly untouched woodlands, forest, wetlands, open fields and meadows....
Dryvitt Plant Manager Gary Ridenour points out the new electrical system that the company is putting into place to help reduce electricity consumption. With the help of National Grid they have reduced consumption by almost 40 percent. /

R.I. company reducing energy use

By the end of this year, Dryvit Systems Inc. plans to have uniform policies and procedures in place to recycle paper, cardboard, batteries and...
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