Tag: environment
Philanthropy and your company
Does your company customarily donate to a charitable cause or participate in a philanthropic initiative?
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News site takes eco-angle
IF JOURNALISM IS SUPPOSED TO BE a labor of love, then Frank Carini and Joanna Detz doubly qualify.
Not only have they built their Providence-based...
EPA awards $1.1M to R.I. entities for coastal conservation and restoration
PROVIDENCE – Seven Rhode Island entities have been awarded a combined $1.1 million in federal grants to promote cleaner water and healthier coastal ecosystems,...
Not all economists are corporate shills
The economics profession gets a lot of the blame for the increasing inequality in American society. Yet the career of Harvard University economist Martin...
By reducing plastic use, Hasbro improves itself and the earth
With its announcement on Aug. 20 that it is looking to eliminate virtually all plastic packaging for its products, Pawtucket-based Hasbro Inc. continues to...
City dwellers’ hidden footprint
Dense, transit-oriented development is more environmentally friendly than suburban sprawl. But city dwellers shouldn’t get too smug about that. Just because an urban apartment...
Arpin Group receives environmental award
PETER ARPIN is the executive vice president of Arpin Group Inc. and president and co-founder of Renewable Now Network. Arpin Group, a West Warwick-based...
EPA announces cleanup plan for Attleboro Superfund Site
PROVIDENCE – A proposed cleanup plan was announced for the Walton and Lonsbury Superfund Site in Attleboro, the EPA announced Thursday.
The EPA added the...
R.I. Free Clinic, Save The Bay receive $10K from Cox Tech...
WEST WARWICK – Cox Communications announced its 2019 recipients for its Tech Boosts program, which awards grants to nonprofits committed to investing in technology...
DEM purchases 43 acres in Charlestown for preservation
CHARLESTOWN – The R.I. Department of Environmental Management has purchased 43 acres of forested land for $256,500, DEM announced June 11.
The parcel abuts the...
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