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Still a place for natural gas in R.I.

Cover Story 03/08/2019

Despite the considerable promise of solar, wind and other renewable-energy sources to significantly broaden the state’s power portfolio, Rhode Island’s heavy reliance on natural...

URGENT NEED: R.I. Department of Energy Resources Commissioner Carol Grant said the state is pursuing offshore wind and other clean- and renewable-energy sources with “a sense of urgency” in an effort to achieve a savings for the Rhode Island consumer, who is subject to the some of the nation’s highest electricity prices.  / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

‘Urgency’ grows for offshore wind projects

Business Services 02/01/2019

The stakes are rising fast in the fledgling offshore wind-energy industry, as companies jockey for position in the waters from Cape Cod to the...

Consumer Watchdog blasts insurance industry over fossil fuel investments

Financial Services 10/16/2018

PROVIDENCE – While many in the insurance industry lament the impacts of global warming, the nation’s top insurance companies remain heavily invested in the...

Fossil fuels won’t vanish

Natural Resources 06/30/2017

Bloomberg New Energy Finance’s latest New Energy Outlook points the way to a sunny, windy future for the global, electric power industry. That doesn’t...

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