DEM offers grants for pumpout projects
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Environmental Management is now accepting applications for grants to build, retrofit, replace or maintain marine pumpout facilities.
The program...
Tuckers give URI $160,000<br> to expand scholarship
KINGSTON – Tenth-generation farmer H. Winfield Tucker and his wife, Phyllis Tucker, have donated $160,000 to the University of Rhode Island for the H....
R.I. historical preservation conference, <br>awards set for April 14 in Pawtucket
The Rhode Island Historical Preservation & Heritage Commission presents The 22nd Annual Statewide Historic Preservation Conference tomorrow, from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.,...
R.I., Mass. in multistate plan<br> to reduce mercury pollution in N.E.
Rhode Island and six other states yesterday joined in announcing Clean Water Act standards that include a call for a 90-percent reduction in mercury...
National Grid’s ‘GreenUp’ ranks among Top 10<br> U.S. utility renewable power...
WESTBOROUGH, Mass. – National Grid’s “GreenUp” renewable energy program is ranked among the Top 10 utility company green power programs nationwide by the U.S....
Patrick seeks federal relief for Mass. fishing fleet
BOSTON – In a letter today to U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez and other officials, Gov. Deval L. Patrick called for the federal...
AAA: R.I. gas prices rise 7¢ to $2.749
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island gasoline prices have risen for the eighth consecutive week, to 57 cents per gallon above their mid-February level, according to...
Taking on diesel-fueled pollution
Seeking to lessen the harmful effects of diesel pollution in Rhode Island, state lawmakers are advocating measures to curb diesel emissions by targeting older...
Fighting for new power sources
ESS Group Inc.’s work often puts it at the center of major controversies over the potential impact of large-scale power generation and transmission projects...
Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative</br> legislation raises new questions
A hearing last week on proposed legislation to guide Rhode Island’s implementation of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative raised new questions about how best...
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