Tag: environment
Wildfires could threaten stability of financial markets
The devastating wildfires in Los Angeles have made one threat very clear: Climate change is undermining the insurance systems American homeowners rely on to...
URI receives $1.5M federal grant for coastal resilience project in Warren
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – A team of scientists from the University of Rhode Island will start working this fall with the town of Warren to...
Igus’ ‘RCYL’ is environmentally sound on two wheels
2024 PBN Innovative Companies Awards
MANUFACTURING: igus Bearings Inc.
ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO, igus Bearings Inc. had this ambitious goal to come up with a way...
Want people to pay attention to climate change? Just call it...
You probably have been hearing phrases such as “climate crisis,” “climate emergency” or “climate justice” more often lately as people try to get across...
SCOTUS weakens federal regulators, overturning decades-old Chevron decision
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court on Friday upended a 40-year-old decision that made it easier for the federal government to regulate the environment,...
Report: Town condemns Johnson’s Pond, seeks ownership by eminent domain
COVENTRY – Town officials have officially condemned Johnson’s Pond in hopes of taking the sprawling 900-acre body of water in central Coventry by eminent...
URI Coastal Resources Center receives $13M for Madagascar marine conservation project
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The University of Rhode Island Coastal Resource Center at the college's Graduate School of Oceanography has received a $13 million grant...
Coastal wetlands can’t keep pace with sea-level rise
Wetlands have flourished along the world’s coastlines for thousands of years, playing valuable roles in the lives of people and wildlife. They protect the...
2 R.I. companies fined for EPA violations in Providence apartment project
PROVIDENCE – A pair of Rhode Island companies have settled with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for violating the Clean Air Act when demolishing a...
RWU receives $1.7M federal earmark to retrofit, equip environmental science lab
BRISTOL – Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., helped secure a $1.7 million federal earmark for Roger Williams University to help retrofit and equip the university’s...