Tag: Climate Change
Our aging infrastructure is under pressure from climate change
The 1960s and 1970s were a golden age of infrastructure development in the U.S., with the expansion of the interstate system and widespread construction...
Biden announces modest climate actions; pledges more to come
SOMERSET, Mass. (AP) – President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced modest new steps to combat climate change and promised more robust action to come,...
Biden to discuss climate change in Somerset on Wednesday
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden will travel to Somerset, Mass., on Wednesday to promote his efforts to combat climate change but will stop...
A bit of optimism in recent climate reports
It’s easy to feel pessimistic when scientists around the world are warning that climate change has advanced so far, it’s now inevitable that societies...
R.I. Infrastructure Bank awards $4.9M for municipal climate resiliency projects
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank recently awarded $4.9 million in grants to 12 cities and towns to pay for projects that improve...
Here’s another way wind farms could be benefit to environment
Off the southern New England coast, developers are preparing to build the first federally approved utility-scale offshore wind farms – 74 turbines in all...
McKee to commit over $150M to climate change initiatives in proposed...
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee announced Wednesday that he will be committing more than $150 million that is earmarked for a series of...
Race to cut carbon emissions splits U.S. states on nuclear
PROVIDENCE (AP) – As climate change pushes states in the U.S. to dramatically cut their use of fossil fuels, many are coming to the...
Climate change making it harder to chase fall foliage
Droughts that cause leaves to turn brown and wither before they can reach peak color. Heat waves prompting leaves to fall before autumn even...
Why climate change is making it harder to chase fall foliage
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Droughts that cause leaves to turn brown and wither before they can reach peak color. Heat waves prompting leaves to...
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