Environment
Environmental issues and climate change
CLF presents its final arguments to the EFSB against the proposed Invenergy power plant
Simply put: The power plant is not needed for electricity, the power plant will cause irreparable harm to the environment, the power plant will not save ratepayers money, and Invenergy cannot be trusted. Today the Post Hearing Memoranda,...
Why DEM granting Invenergy a draft air pollution control permit is no big deal...
As reported here, the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) has issued a draft air pollution control permit for the proposed Invenergy power plant for public review and comment. Invenergy is the company that wants to...
DEM releases draft air pollution control permit for proposed Invenergy power plant
“We have determined, based on our expert review of the application, that the facility will comply with federal and state air quality standards," said DEM Deputy Director for Environmental Protection Terrence Gray. The Rhode Island Depart...
Washington Park area community and environmental groups challenge Shell Oil's air quality permit renewal with DEM
Shell Oil Products' US Terminal at 520 Allens Ave is in the process of renewing their air quality permit, and two local groups, No LNG in PVD and the Washington Park Neighborhood Association(WPNA), are challenging that permit in a letter...
ISO New England is excluding Invenergy's proposed power plant from its future power projections
"It shows that it is the ISO’s perception, not just CLF’s perception, that Invenergy will never be built and will never be added to the ISO’s system," says Conservation Law Foundation Senior Attorney Jerry Elmer. In ISO New England's Chi...
Water: Understanding the relationship between Scituate and it's largest taxpayer, the City of Providence
Former State Representative Michael Marcello, who authored a report commissioned by the Scituate Town Council examining the relationship between the Town of Scituate and the City of Providence concerning the Scituate Reservoir and the Pr...
Providence City Council passes plastic bag reduction act
The Providence City Council unanimously passed Providence City Councilor Jo-Ann Ryan (Ward 5)'s plastic bag reduction act, which will be implemented by the City of Providence six months after the bill is signed into law by Mayor Jorge El...
Court rules in favor of Invenergy and Johnston: Water sale an 'ordinary municipal water supply purpose'
Updated: Rhode Island Superior Court Judge Michael Silverstein issued a ruling today in favor of Invenergy and the Town of Johnston, allowing the municipality to sell water to the proposed power plant and ship the water by truck to Burri...
Revolution Wind developers pledge $4.5 million to support offshore wind education and supply chain development
Governor Gina Raimondo announced today that Ørsted US Offshore Wind and Eversource – the team behind the Revolution Wind project – have pledged $4.5 million to support offshore wind education and supply chain development for the growing...
Dr Mona Hanna-Attisha scientist-hero of the Flint water crisis, comes to Rhode Island
The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) and Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (RIDEM) hosted Dr Mona Hanna-Attisha, a pediatrician, professor, public health advocate and author of What the Eyes Don’t See: A Story...