Environment
Environmental issues and climate change
Senator Whitehouse established a team tasked with 'exfenestrating' Trump's EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt
After delivering the keynote at a Brown University "mini-conference" on climate change, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (Democrat, Rhode Island) took a question from former Region 1 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) head Curt Spalding. Be...
Fundraiser for Governor Raimondo, held by Invenergy's local law firm, protested by climate activists
Standing in the freezing cold, members of Sunrise RI partnered with the FANG Collective and other climate activists to protest a fundraiser Invenergy‘s local law firm Adler, Pollock and Sheehan, threw for Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimo...
If granted, Invenergy will seek to sell its permit or sit on it until market conditions make the plant needed, says expert
Burrillville's expert witness says plant is not needed Under cross-examination from Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) Senior Attorney Jerry Elmer, Burrillville's expert witness on the question of whether or not Invenergy's proposed power...
Invenergy's expert witness reads series of ISO press releases showing that Invenergy's power plant is not needed
The hearings on Invenergy's proposed $1 billion fracked gas and diesel oil burning power plant, aimed at the pristine forests of northwest Rhode Island resumed this morning at the Energy Facilities Siting Board (EFSB). Picking up where h...
Invenergy makes 11th hour change to their power plant application
Last week, Invenergy revealed that the company is "going to file a significant change in plans" for their proposed $1 billion fracked gas and diesel oil burning power plant aimed at the pristine forests of north west Rhode Island, writes...
Under cross examination, the testimony of Invenergy's expert witness Ryan Hardy falls apart
Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) Senior Attorney Jerry Elmer and Attorney for the Town of Burrillville, Michael McElroy, spent hours cross-examining Invenergy's expert witness, Ryan Hardy, before the Energy Facilities Siting Board (EFSB...
Three bidders for Elorza's water leasing plan revealed
Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza's Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for leasing the Providence Water Supply received three bids on Tuesday, from three water companies, Poseidon Water, Veolia Water and Suez North America. Details on the thre...
Elorza confronted by activists over his water leasing scheme during inauguration
In his second inaugural address, Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza spoke about housing, the City's financials, the dropping crime rate, PVDFest and much more. What he did not talk about was his controversial plan to 'monetize' the Providence...
Jerry Elmer: The end of the Invenergy case is in sight
Invenergy's proposal for a $1 billion fracked gas and diesel oil burning power plant, aimed at the pristine forests of northwest Rhode Island is still before the Energy Facilities Siting Board (EFSB) and the case is now in its fourth yea...
An open letter from Climate Action Rhode Island to Governor Gina Raimondo
Dear Gina, Congratulations on being named Chair of the Democratic Governors Association. Our organization, Climate Action Rhode Island, decided to write you a letter about how you could use this new position to push for a stronger respon...