Environment
Environmental issues and climate change
Speaker Mattiello opposes Mayor Elorza's plan to monetize Providence Water
Speaking about Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza's plan to monetize the the Providence Water Supply, which includes the Scituate Reservoir and serves 60 percent of the state's population, Rhode Island's Speaker of the House Nicholas Mattiell...
Elorza administration presents water monetization plan to Providence Water Board, activists push back
The Providence Water Supply Board (PWSB) held their March meeting in the Providence City Hall so that members of Mayor Jorge Elorza's administration could explain the push to "monetize" Providence Water to help alleviate the City's loomi...
Raimondo administration caught silencing RI Department of Health - environmental racism
DeSmog obtained emails and other documents that show that the administration of Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo instructed the Rhode Island Department of Health (DOH) to refrain from urging the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (F...
Mayor Elorza's first Community Conversation about monetizing Providence Water
Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza held the first of three scheduled Community Conversations on his idea to "monetize" Providence Water, that is, to enter into a public-private partnership with a large company that will pay the City for the r...
Invenergy hearings resume at EFSB, CLF warns against delays
The hearings on Invenergy's proposed $1 billion fracked gas and diesel oil burning power plant are resuming tomorrow before the Energy Facilities Siting Board (EFSB) at 10am. These hearings have been held on and off for nearly a year, bu...
Resolutions to find state level Green New Deal solutions to the climate crisis introduced
Representative Christopher Blazejewski (Democrat, District 2, Providence) and Senator Louis DiPalma (Democrat, District 12, Little Compton, Middletown, Newport, Tiverton) are introducing resolutions to solicit a report from the Rhode Isl...
Youth Plaintiffs file Superior Court requests in Duryea v Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
Nature's Trust Rhode Island announced that it has taken further action to compel the State of Rhode Island to publish, for public comment action, proposed regulations to directly control the emission of greenhouse gases.
Newport Water and Suez in South County may be on the hook for Invenergy's water needs
Invenergy has identified 8 sources for the water needed to build and operate their proposed $1 billion fracked gas and diesel oil burning power plant aimed at the forests of northwest Rhode Island. (See Page 14 at this link.) Five of the...
Global Warming Solutions Act and combating plastic on ECRI's legislative to do list
State leaders joined members of the Environment Council of Rhode Island[note]ECRI is a coalition of organizations and individuals whose mission is to serve as an effective voice for developing and advocating for policies and laws that pr...
Janet Coit's reappointment as DEM Director opposed by environmental justice group NO LNG in PVD
"Janet Coit's actions and decisions around National Grid's application for the RIDEM permits required to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant on Allens Avenue demonstrate either an inability or an unwillingness to fulfill her respon...