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As energy costs rise, some states back off ambitious climate goals
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) – Seven years ago, New York lawmakers set ambitious goals for slashing greenhouse gas emissions with clarion calls about saving the...
As Smithfield moves to ban data centers, lawmakers debate how to...
There’s no concrete proposal yet for a data center in Smithfield.
But there is a ghost town.
A 2010 inventory of Smithfield’s historic sites described a settlement known...
McKee’s pick for R.I. Public Utilities Commission baffles policy experts
Gov. Daniel J. McKee’s nominee to the influential R.I. Public Utilities Commission has a resume featuring top roles at Fortune 100 and Fortune 500...
McKee signs executive order mandating review of energy programs
WARWICK – Gov. Daniel J. McKee on Monday signed an executive order that mandates state regulators to vet the financial impacts of several renewable...
Will R.I.’s pioneering clean energy goal be delayed?
Rhode Island was the first state to commit to a 100% renewable energy goal by 2033, but Gov. Daniel J. McKee’s administration is attempting...
Skeptics of new R.I. utility owners seek proof of environmental, ratepayer...
PROVIDENCE – Top executives with the Pennsylvania company that now owns Rhode Island’s primary utility company were welcomed with open arms by top state...
Climate policy could boost R.I. transportation
Rhode Island’s transition to a “clean-energy” economy can’t happen without addressing the state’s largest and most stubborn source of greenhouse gas emissions: the transportation...
Value energy efficiency
Energy efficiency still reigns supreme as the least expensive and most abundant energy resource. It doesn’t generate as many headlines as other resources, such...
The nation’s only multistate cap-and-trade accord, RGGI has been a financial...
Drs. Ralph and Amy Pratt consider themselves environmentally conscious business owners.
As veterinarians, and owners of the West Greenwich Animal Hospital, the husband and wife...
Raimondo taps Anthony to join the PUC
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Gina M. Raimondo has appointed renewable-energy advocate Abigail Anthony to the role of commissioner at the R.I. Public Utilities Commission.
Anthony –...
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