Environment
Environmental issues and climate change
Knowing they can't prove the power plant is needed on the merits, Invenergy attempts to baffle the EFSB with bullshit
In the 1990s, many northeastern states, including Rhode Island, restructured (or deregulated) utility markets. Before restructuring, electrical utilities like National Grid owned the power plants that produced the power. The rule then wa...
Army Corps of Engineers seeking public comment on Invenergy's proposed power plant
Invenergy and National Grid have filed a joint permit with the United States Army Corps of Engineers "to conduct work in waters of the United States in conjunction with constructing a transmission line, an energy center and upgrading a s...
Margaret Curran out at PUC and EFSB, Laura Olton nominated to replace
Curran has also agreed to continue as chair of the EFSB through the conclusion of Invenergy proceedings. Governor Gina Raimondo today nominated Laura Olton to chair the Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission (PUC). The governor will su...
CLF's Jerry Elmer: EFSB likely to deny Invenergy's permit
With the caveat that "no ethical lawyer will ever guarantee future results" Conservation Law Foundation Senior Attorney Jerry Elmer predicted that "on June 25th it is likely but not certain that [Invenergy's power plant] permit will be d...
With the final decision on Invenergy's power plant weeks away, Burrillville rallies at the State House
"We are here today in frustration and outrage at our Senators and Governor Gina Raimondo for not coming out against Invenergy's proposed power plant in Burrillville," said Kathy Martley of Burrillville BASE, one of the first groups to op...
Nicole DiPaolo: To defeat climate change, we must disrupt the status quo
Climate activist Nicole DiPaolo speaking at the 2nd International Student Climate Strike at the Rhode Island State House last Friday: "Friends, last time we were here we stood with a global movement of one and a half million people on st...
Students rally at the Rhode Island State House as part of the second International Climate Strike
The second international Student Climate Strike was observed around the world on Friday. Here in Providence, students Joelye Land and Sara LeClair brought nearly fifty students from high school across the state to the Rhode Island State...
Burrillville: Invenergy power plant is unneeded and will cause unacceptable environmental harm
Invenergy Lacks Credibility - Application Still Incomplete and Substandard The Town of Burrillville filed its post hearing memorandum with the Energy Facility Siting Board (EFSB) on Friday, which is considering the Invenergy application...
Invenergy's final argument to the EFSB is kind of a mess...
Invenergy, the company that seeks to build a $1 billion fracked gas and diesel oil burning power plant amidst the irreplaceable forests of northwest Rhode Island, faced a problem when it began writing its Post Hearing Memorandum, filed o...
DEM cites petroleum distributor for odors in Port of Providence
The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) has issued a Notice of Violation (NOV) to Sprague Operating Resources LLC, a Providence business for alleged environmental violations arising from the receipt, distribution, a...