Report: 12-state ‘Clean Car’ effort<br> is stronger than U.S. plans
As the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ponders whether to allow the 12-state Clean Car Program to move forward, a local advocacy group has issued...
Car emissions plan needs push for EPA
Rhode Island has more than a passing interest in ameliorating the impact of climate change. As the Ocean State, we would have a front...
Healthy water supply promotes economic health
Rhode Islanders have long been blessed with abundant, clean and affordable water, but these water resources are starting to leak away. Our water is...
Historic Munroe Dairy has long family tradition
Twenty years ago, Rob Armstrong decided to paint one of his milk delivery trucks like a Holstein cow. When his grandfather saw the black-and-white...
AAA: R.I. gas prices rise for 15th week, to $3.089
PROVIDENCE – Gasoline prices in Rhode Island have risen for the 15th consecutive week, to 91 cents above the mid-February price of $2.179 per...
Exploring a land of opportunity
At the invitation of the R.I. Economic Development Corporation, reporter Natalie Myers joined a group from Rhode Island on a trade mission to the...
Gardening drives couple’s passion
If you drive out to the Seekonk/Attleboro border, you can find Michel and Judy Marcellot “following their bliss” at the nearly four-acre Seven Arrows...
DEM offers self-certification for scrap yards
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Environmental management is inviting auto salvage yards to take part in a voluntary program to help the businesses...
NSTAR Electric proposes 8% rate cut
BOSTON – NSTAR (NYSE: NST) has proposed cuts in electrical rates that would pare costs for residential customers and small business customers by...
National Grid, Steelworkers in tentative pact
WESTBOROUGH, Mass. – National Grid today announced a tentative three-year agreement with Local 12321-01 of the United Steelworkers.
The USW unit, whose current contract...
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