Tag: Audubon Society of Rhode Island
Narragansett Bay Estuary Program provides $649K in planning grants
BRISTOL – The Narragansett Bay Estuary Program, which is hosted by Roger Williams University and uses a community-driven approach to enhance water quality and...
Annual 401Gives Day raises $3.09M for 507 local nonprofits
PROVIDENCE – Back on April 1 during 401Gives Day, United Way of Rhode Island CEO and President Cortney Nicolato’s team members attended an event...
National Grid parking lot solar array incentive in question amid rising...
PROVIDENCE - With rising costs and uncertain benefits, National Grid Rhode Island wants to pull the plug on its financial incentives for developers who...
R.I. Foundation awards $500K in grants to animal welfare programs
PROVIDENCE – More than two dozen animal welfare programs across the region have received about $500,000 in Rhode Island Foundation grants to support their...
United Way’s 401 Gives Day eclipses $2M in raised funds for...
PROVIDENCE – United Way of Rhode Island’s second annual 401 Gives Day exceeded the organization's own expectations Thursday, and all the while gave the...
R.I. Foundation awards $481K in grants to animal-welfare programs
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Foundation announced Monday it has awarded $481,000 in grants to 26 local animal-welfare programs organized by nonprofits and municipalities.
The...
Five Questions With: Jeanine Silversmith
Jeanine Silversmith is the executive director of the Rhode Island Environmental Education Association. The Providence-based nonprofit is a collaborative network of organizations and professionals...
Providence Stormwater Innovation Center using park to experiment
After three consecutive days of stifling, 90-degree heat, any droplets of water had long since evaporated from the shallow inlet of vegetation outside the...
Providence peregrines have returned to ‘Superman’ building
PROVIDENCE – A needed boost in a terrible week: the Audubon Society of Rhode Island announced that the peregrine falcons have returned to their...
Solar flare-up: Solar farms facing backlash across Ocean State
(Editor’s note: This is the first of a two-part series on the challenges and opportunities of solar- and wind-farm development in Rhode Island and...
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