Environment
Environmental issues and climate change
Sunrise RI confronts Senator Whitehouse at Environmental Business Council event
"This event is supposed to tackle the issue of climate change in this region, but the event is being hosted Fidelity Investments, who have put $94B into fossil fuels and is an organization that National Grid is a member of." "Which side...
Invenergy suspends their Army Corps of Engineers application
Maybe it's a sign that Invenergy is not planning to appeal the Energy Facilities Siting Board (EFSB) final decision to deny the company a permit to build a $1B fracked gas and diesel oil burning power plant in the northwest corner of the...
When Sunrise Rhode Island visited the Rhode Island Democratic Party HQ to demand a Presidential Climate Debate, outgoing Executive Director Olasanoye pushed back
“We care about this issue and we’re going to do something about it. I can’t tell you what the DNC is going to do. I can’t tell you,” said Olasanoye. “As a matter of fact, I’m probably here to tell you that [the DNC is] likely not going t...
Protest at Massachusetts home of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Member Cheryl LaFleur
On Saturday July 13th, climate justice activists from Beyond Extreme Energy (BXE) held a protest outside Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) commissioner Cheryl LaFleur’s home in Wellesley, Massachusetts. LaFleur is a former Nati...
Washington Park community members and allies speak out against environmental racism during Shell Oil air pollution permit hearing
The public hearing highlighted environmental racism and the danger to the health and wellbeing of the surrounding communities. Shell Oil Products, located at 520 Allens Avenue in Providence is seeking to renew their Title V Operating Per...
Activists demand that Chase Bank stop funding the climate crisis, call for Rhode Island boycott of new local branches
Protesters call Chase Bank the "#1 Worst Bank in the World for funding fossil fuel projects." Chase Bank is beginning a major expansion into Rhode Island with the planned openings of 8-10 branches, including one on Thayer Street in Provi...
A more surreal than usual Ancients and Horribles Parade
I've been going to the Glocester Ancients and Horribles Parade for almost 20 years now, always as a spectator, never as a participant. It's a parade long known for its political incorrectness and more than occasional lapses of good taste...
DEM's air pollution permit for Invenergy project uses outdated metrics, says Paul Roselli of the Burrillville Land Trust
The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) issued a draft "major source" air pollution permit for Invenergy's proposed $1B fracked gas and diesel oil burning power plant aimed at the pristine forests of northwest Rhode...
It's over: EFSB denies Invenergy application
After four years of fighting, the Town of Burrillville and Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) prevailed, as the Energy Facilities Siting Board (EFSB) ruled, in an unanimous decision, that Invenergy's proposed $1B fracked gas and diesel oi...
DEM hears testimony on Invenergy's air pollution permit
If licensed, Invenergy will become the largest emitter of pollution and greenhouse gases in Rhode Island. Final hearings at the Energy Facilities Siting Board begin today. The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) hel...