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THE AVERAGE PRICE of regular gas in Rhode Island was $2.46 per gallon this week, 1 cent below the national average of $2.47 per gallon. / PBN FILE PHOTO/BRIAN MCDONALD

Gas prices in R.I., Mass. hold this week

PROVIDENCE – The average price of self-serve, regular unleaded gasoline held at $2.46 per gallon this week, 1 cent below the national average of...
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Five Questions With: Janet Coit

Janet Coit | Director, R.I. Department of Environmental Management 1. A recent survey showed that Rhode Island uses more salt per mile of road...

National Grid customers to see electricity bills drop beginning April 1

WARWICK – Rhode Island residents and businesses will see their monthly electricity bills drop significantly beginning April 1. The R.I. Public Utilities Commission on Feb....

Vineyard Wind project hit with additional delay

PROVIDENCE – Vineyard Wind LLC said it no longer expects its proposed offshore wind farm project to be operational by 2022, the Mass. State...
NEW YORK has sued the U.S. Department of Commerce to get the right to fish for a greater share of fluke. The state's argument includes changes to fish stocks due to climate change. / BLOOMBERG NEWS FILE PHOTO/SCOTT EELLS

Climate change is reshaping Atlantic fisheries and sending this fluke fight...

NEW YORK – By his own account, Anthony DiLernia is a guy who can make friends with any angler. For 45 years he’s run...
THE R.I. PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION on Monday voted to extend its decision halting utility company shutoffs through April 15, impacting companies such as National Grid Rhode Island. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MARK S. MURPHY

National Grid customers to see electricity bills drop beginning April 1

WARWICK – Rhode Island residents and businesses will see their monthly electricity bills drop significantly beginning April 1. The R.I. Public Utilities Commission on Tuesday...

PUC approves financial incentive for solar canopies on parking lots

WARWICK – Rhode Island will soon begin offering an extra financial incentive to commercial solar developers who build their ground-mounted canopies over parking lots. The...
A NEW REPORT found that Rhode Island's forest supported businesses that employed 4,800 workers in the state in 2016. / COURTESY AUDUBON SOCIETY OF RHODE ISLAND

Report highlights value of R.I. forests, proposes more conservation

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s forests support 500 firms and 4,800 jobs in the forestry and woods-products sectors and generated an economic impact of $715...
THE AVERAGE PRICE of regular gas in Rhode Island declined 3 cents from last week to $2.46 per gallon. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/PAUL THOMAS

R.I., Mass. gas prices tick down 3 cents from last...

PROVIDENCE – The average price of self-serve, regular unleaded gasoline declined 3 cents to $2.46 per gallon, 3 cents above the United States average...
DENNIS DEZIEL, left, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency administrator, praises Newport Biodiesel Inc. for its environmental best-practices during a visit to the company Wednesday to announce the results of the EPA's latest Toxic Release Inventory. At right is Newport Biodiesel President Blake Blanky. / PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

Newport Biodiesel earns EPA recognition for recycling toxic waste

NEWPORT – Even clean energy has some dirty byproducts. For Newport Biodiesel Inc., a company that converts used cooking oil into biofuel, that byproduct is...
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