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THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR has agreed to take 321 acres of land in Massachusetts into trust for the Mashpee Wampanoag Indian tribe, which could lead to a resort casino in Taunton.

Interior department reaffirms status of Mashpee Wampanoag tribe’s reservation

Art & Culture 12/23/2021

BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts tribe's long-disputed reservation was reaffirmed by the Biden administration on Wednesday. The decision by the U.S. Department of the Interior...

EPA is about to take a 180-degree turn

Commentary 11/20/2020

The Trump administration has waged what many legal experts view as an all-out assault on the nation’s environmental laws for the past four years....

OPPORTUNITY LOST? The decision by the U.S. Department of the Interior to extend an environmental review of the Vineyard Wind project puts the potential construction of the Revolution Wind wind energy farm in jeopardy. Here, the demonstration project Block Island Wind Farm.   / BLOOMBERG NEWS FILE PHOTO/ERIC THAYER

Delayed review of wind energy project won’t stall rising temps

Editorial and Op-Ed 08/16/2019

Two stories within the last two weeks have not contained good news for the Ocean State. Most recently, The Washington Post crunched the numbers and...

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