Tag: environment
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...
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution gets $25M gift
WOODS HOLE, Mass. – The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution recently received a $25 million gift from Paul Salem, chairman of the institute's board of...
Neronha, R.I. DEM partner to help address stormwater runoff entering urban...
PROVIDENCE – Citing the need to stop stormwater runoff from entering the city’s waterways, R.I. Attorney General Peter F. Neronha and the R.I. Department...
Five Questions With: Fara Warner
5Q: Fara Warner | Executive director, University of Rhode Island Metcalf Institute
1. What are your priorities for the Metcalf Institute as its new...
Moss Pure offers a new pure method to clean air
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Biotechnology: Moss Pure
ART HAS MET air filters, and what began as one Smithfield resident’s solution to pollution in Lebanon has become...
Providence to begin $1.5M repair project on Fox Point Hurricane Barrier
PROVIDENCE – Some long-awaited repairs to the Fox Point Hurricane Barrier will begin in the next couple of weeks.
Mayor Brett Smiley’s office announced Monday...
URI, NOAA partnering to study how offshore wind impacts marine life
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The University of Rhode Island and the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Northeast Fisheries Science Center have signed a five-year...
Here’s how AI can be bad for the environment
Generative AI is the hot new technology behind chatbots and image generators. But how hot is it making the planet?
As an AI researcher, I often...
LOST IN EMISSIONS: Businesses befuddled by state’s net-zero goals
So far, the 10 electric vehicle charging stations tucked away in the corner of the 200-space parking lot at Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence Inc. haven’t...
Business lacking bigger voice in state’s net-zero plans
Rhode Island made a landmark commitment to slashing greenhouse gases emanating from the state when the General Assembly passed the Act on Climate law...
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