Wednesday, September 9, 2026

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Cumberland trucking firm fined $80K on federal hazardous waste charges

PROVIDENCE – Berkeley Transportation Co. yesterday was fined $80,000 in federal court for illegally shipping hazardous waste from a property in East Greenwich to...

Wind energy association honors TPI Composites

LOS ANGELES – Warren-based TPI Composites Inc. has been honored by the American Wind Energy Association with the 2007 Commercial Achievement Award for its...
GASOLINE PRICES in Rhode Island remain below those in much of the nation, AAA said. Above, Leticia Cardona pumps gas into her van at a station in Chicago. /

AAA: R.I. gas prices fall 6¢ to $3.009/gallon

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island gasoline prices have fallen for the second consecutive week after 15 weeks of increases, according to AAA Southern New England....
BAYKEEPER John Torgan shows a tour group the coastal buffer zone at the Save the Bay Center in Providence, which also uses a green roof and other runoff-reducing low-impact design (LID) features. /

CRMC, General Assembly agree:<br> Less runoff is good runoff

While the Smart Development for a Cleaner Bay Act of 2007 percolates through the legislative process, the R.I. Coastal Resources Management Council has...

Keep the pressure on for R.I. wind energy

It is baffling that the Massachusetts wind energy project is meeting such a strong, well, headwind. The project, which could supply 75 percent of the...
CLEAN THE BAY staffer Dave Tobler removes debris during the cleanup last Monday. /

Out of the water, at long last

Volunteers from five organizations worked together last Monday to remove a barge that had been grounded on the Providence Harbor shore since the Hurricane...

Providence Equity completes sale of BlueStone TV

PROVIDENCE – Providence Equity Group has completed its sale of Witchita, Kan.-based BlueStone TV Holdings Inc. to Bonten Media Group LLC and its affiliates....
NATIONWIDE, this week's average price for self-serve regular is $3.159 - 9 cents higher than in Rhode Island. Above, cars line up to pay $3.259  last week in Provo, Utah.  /

AAA: R.I. gas prices fall 2¢ to $3.069

PROVIDENCE – Gasoline prices in Rhode Island have fallen over the past week, after 15 consecutive weeks of price increases, according to a report...
SHOWCASING VEGGIES: Local 121 buys all its food from local farms and vendors, so it's fresh as can be. /

Restaurant keeps it local with all its food supplies

If Local 121 were “just any other restaurant,” said Tree Callanan, “I wouldn’t have become involved.” But Local 121, which opened last month in...

APC embraces challenge of reducing energy usage

Call it growing pains, although not in a conventional sense. As businesses rely more on tools driven by electricity and energy prices soar, the...
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