Americans won’t pay carbon taxes
Much has been made of the willingness of Democratic presidential candidates to risk taking positions that aren’t popular with voters at large in order...
Reed announces $170K to R.I. to improve dam safety
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island will receive $169,542 in federal dam-safety grant funding to rehabilitate, repair or remove high-hazard potential dams, Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I.,...
Should Rhode Island – or any state – be permitting new...
A study released Sept. 9 said that by 2035 it will be more expensive to operate 90% of natural gas-fired power plants being considered...
Save The Bay expects over 2.5K volunteers for coastal cleanups
PROVIDENCE – Efforts related to the International Coastal Cleanup will take place from September to October, and are expected to draw more than 2,500...
R.I., Mass. gas prices dip 4 cents this week
PROVIDENCE – The average price of self-serve, regular unleaded gasoline in Rhode Island declined 4 cents this week to $2.52 per gallon, 4 cents...
Gas plants will get crushed by wind, solar by 2035, study...
SAN FRANCISCO – Natural gas-fired power plants, which have crushed the economics of coal, are on the path to being undercut themselves by renewable...
Not all economists are corporate shills
The economics profession gets a lot of the blame for the increasing inequality in American society. Yet the career of Harvard University economist Martin...
Tidal power projects slow down as offshore wind power jumps ahead
PROVIDENCE – Tidal- and wave-energy programs at Brown University, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and University of Rhode Island have ramped down research and commercial...
R.I. receives $1.7M from feds for recreation and conservation projects
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island will receive $1.7 million in federal grants from the Land and Water Conservation Fund for state-identified outdoor recreation and conservation...
Wright’s Dairy Farm named R.I.’s 2019 Outstanding Dairy Farm
NORTH SMITHFIELD – Wright’s Dairy Farm has been named the 2019 Outstanding Dairy Farm by the Rhode Island Pastures Committee, the R.I. Department of...
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