DEM: $150K available for farm viability grants
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Environmental Management says $150,000 in farm viability grant funding is available for projects that enhance a farm’s competitiveness...
URI scientist part of research team receiving $1.7M grant for coral...
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Hollie Putnam, an assistant professor of biological sciences at the University of Rhode Island, is part of a research team of...
R.I. and Mass. gas prices dip 1 cent
PROVIDENCE – The average price of self-serve, regular unleaded gasoline in Rhode Island declined 1 cent from last week to $2.56 per gallon, 20...
Raimondo signs executive order to commit state to 100% renewable electricity...
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Gina M. Raimondo signed an executive order Friday that directs the Office of Energy Resources to conduct an energy-market analysis and...
Incentive aims to slow solar-panel sprawl on R.I. farmlands, forests
An extra 6 cents doesn’t seem like much of a financial incentive, but state officials and environmental groups are hoping it’s enough to lure...
Be realistic on renewable energy
Gov. Gina M. Raimondo in her State of the State speech said she wants to make Rhode Island the first state in the country...
Providence company started after owner took a shine to renewable energy
When Vito Buonomano saw the 2006 climate change documentary “An Inconvenient Truth,” he felt compelled to act.
So much so that he upended his career...
Raimondo budget proposal calls for $64M green bond
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island is poised to make the largest investment in its state parks and beaches in 35 years under Gov. Gina M....
Orsted to open innovation hub in Providence
NEWPORT – The global offshore wind developer that owns the Block Island Wind Farm today announced plans to open a United States Innovation Hub...
RIPTA adds solar panels to 33 buses
PROVIDENCE – Roof-mounted solar panels now top 33 of the R.I. Public Transit Authority’s buses thanks to a partnership with R.I. Commerce Corp. and...
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