Tag: Conservation Law Foundation
Dexter Street Commons finalizes financing
PAWTUCKET – Financing for Dexter Street Commons, a mixed-use development in downtown Pawtucket, has been completed with an $8.35 million equity investment from Conservation...
Next RIPTA chief will have many challenges to navigate through
Public transit advocates have been adamant that the next CEO of the R.I. Public Transit Authority be someone outside the state’s political sphere who...
Providence, Cranston businesses have gotten a pass on pond pollution for...
Green is usually the color of choice – literally and figuratively – among the environmental crowd.
But the shocking chartreuse of Providence’s Mashapaug Watershed is...
Feds try to improve fishing data with new monitoring rules
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) – Changes to U.S. rules about the monitoring of Northeast commercial fishing activities are going into effect this month with a...
SHADES OF GREEN: Can Providence’s working waterfront be both livable and...
Owning a home near the water isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. At least not for Linda Perri, who lives a mile west...
Can the buyer of Narragansett Electric handle offshore wind?
Connecting massive arrays of offshore wind turbines to the state electric grid is a complicated process, and some fear the corporation looking to buy...
City zoning board to decide if asphalt paving company can continue...
PROVIDENCE – You don’t need waterfront access to make asphalt.
Yet for the last three years, a Providence paving contractor has rented a section of...
Conservation Law Foundation names new R.I. leader
PROVIDENCE – A longtime environmental advocate with economic development expertise will take the helm of the Conservation Law Foundation’s Rhode Island office.
CLF in a...
Climate goals, equity issues at stake in contested Providence propane terminal...
PROVIDENCE – Whether plans to add rail connections and new storage tanks at a propane storage site in the Port of Providence will create...
Debate grows over benefits, risks of medical-waste treatment project
WEST WARWICK – Jobs, tax dollars and other economic benefits are pitted against potential health, safety and environmental risks tied to a proposed medical-waste...
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