Tag: Climate Change
Legislation would create fund for climate-change grants
PROVIDENCE – A state Senate proposal would create a coastal adaption trust fund, from which cities and towns could apply for grants to make...
Fighting back vs. extreme weather
Weather-related damage from fierce hurricanes, flooding, storm surges and intensified UV rays does not discriminate between high-end or low-income housing.In Rhode Island, however, some...
Climate change won’t stop East Coast’s worst storms, study finds
NEW YORK - Climate change may melt away smaller snow storms but it won’t be able to hold back more powerful East Coast systems.Minor storms that drop...
R.I. property values impacted by sea level rise
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island properties failed to realize $44.7 million in increased value due to tidal flooding from rising seas from 2005 to 2017,...
State resiliency project example of smart planning for business
Rhode Island’s vulnerability to the effects of climate change are well-documented.And now comes more evidence that we should be concerned: The Global Carbon Project...
Climate report reflects rising emissions but some improvement
NEW YORK - Climate scientists have some good news, for a change. Global economies are growing at a much faster rate than their greenhouse gas...
Statewide Planning to interview small businesses for weather-resiliency project
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Division of Statewide Planning is launching a project to help small businesses’ extreme weather event and climate change resiliency, the...
Five Questions With Jeffrey Diehl
Jeffrey Diehl | CEO, Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank1. How is the Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank funded? The bank, a quasi-public corporation, does not...
Student activist group files climate-change lawsuit against R.I.
PROVIDENCE – Student group Nature’s Trust Rhode Island has filed a lawsuit in Superior Court to force the state to comply with its petition...
Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank takes Green Bond Pledge
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank has taken the Green Bond Pledge, which asserts that when applicable, bonds financing long-term infrastructure and capital...
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