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RIDEM announces $380K in grants available for food, farming businesses

Government 01/12/2018

PROVIDENCE – Farm and food businesses looking to grow in Rhode Island can apply for up to $380,000 in grants available from the R.I....

A RENDERING OF the proposed natural gas-powered electrical plant in Burrillville. / COURTESY INVENERGY LLC

Who’s paying for Invenergy power plant?

Government 12/22/2017

A lawsuit filed this month by Invenergy Thermal Development LLC against National Grid Rhode Island and ISO New England is raising new questions for...

DEM awards $6.8M in matching grants to improve water quality, flooding...

Government 11/09/2017

PROVIDENCE - The R.I. Department of Environmental Management awarded $6.8 million in matching grants to 33 projects, the DEM announced Thursday. The projects are focused...

THE R.I. DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT received a $500,000 grant to lead a national study on salt marsh resilience against the effects of climate change.

DEM receives $500K federal grant for salt marsh resiliency study

Government 10/26/2017

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Environmental Management was awarded a $500,000 federal research grant to lead a nationwide study to examine strategies to...

THE U.S. EPA awarded $3.9 million in a grant that will be used to fund projects that protect and restrore coastal ecosystems and their watersheds in Rhode Island and Massachusetts.

EPA awards $3.9M for coastal water projects in R.I. and Mass.

Government 09/05/2017

PROVIDENCE – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Tuesday a $3.9 million grant to Restore America’s Estuaries under the Southeast New England Program. “We are...

R.I. DEPARTMENT OF Environmental Management Director Janet Coit, left,,Gov. Gina M. Raimondo and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse gather on the front deck of the new Sail Newport center after official ribbon cutting Wednesday. / COURTESY SAIL NEWPORT /ANDES VISUAL

Sail Newport opens new marine education and recreation center

Nonprofit 08/30/2017

NEWPORT - Sail Newport celebrated the unveiling of its newly completed Mid-Park Marine Education and Recreation Center in a ceremony attended by leaders and...

THE 450-MEGAWATT Manchester Street power plant in Providence, above, burns natural gas and must buy RGGI permits to cover its emissions. / COURTESY DOMINION ENERGY

Regional climate accord agrees to reduce carbon emissions by 30 percent

Economic Activity 08/23/2017

(Updated: 5:32 p.m.) PROVIDENCE – The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, a nine-state bipartisan climate accord, has reached consensus on a new plan aimed at reducing...

The nation’s only multistate cap-and-trade accord, RGGI has been a financial...

Government 08/04/2017

Drs. Ralph and Amy Pratt consider themselves environmentally conscious business owners. As veterinarians, and owners of the West Greenwich Animal Hospital, the husband and wife...