Environment
Environmental issues and climate change
CLF petitions to protect Rhode Island Waters
Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) has filed petitions with the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management to combat stormwater pollution in Bailey’s Brook and North Easton Pond on Aquidneck Island and Mashapaug Pond in Providenc...
Sunrise RI asks Cicilline to support Ocasio-Cortez's Green New Deal resolution
On Tuesday morning, as part of a national day of action that saw around 400 separate actions across the country, Sunrise RI visited United State Representative David Cicilline's office to ask him to "stand with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez,...
Sunrise RI disrupts Tom Perez event at Brown over DNC's lack of urgency on climate change
Student activists from the Sunrise Movement, continuing their Washington DC protest where they occupied United States House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (Democrat, California)'s office, gathered outside Brown University's Watson Institut...
CLF issues a flurry of Motions before the EFSB in Invenergy case
Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) issued a flurry of motions Monday morning, ahead of the Energy Facility Siting Board (EFSB) hearings for Invenergy's $1 billion fracked gas and diesel oil burning power plant, set to resume next week. Th...
Speaker Mattiello shares his current thinking on the Invenergy power plant and energy in New England
Ed Achorn, the Providence Journal editorial pages editor, has used his pulpit to strongly advocate for Invenergy's proposed $1 billion fracked gas and diesel oil burning power plant aimed at the pristine forests of Burrillville. Achorn h...
Nature's Trust Rhode Island appeals state denial in Rhode Island Superior Court
Nature's Trust Rhode Island filed an appeal in Rhode Island Superior Court on the decision by the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) to deny a petition by youth, young adults, and others. The petition, filed on Sep...
Environment Council of Rhode Island releases green report card
The Environment Council of Rhode Island (ECRI) released its biennial Green Report Card on Monday. The report highlights critical environmental issues that were considered by Rhode Island state legislators during the 2017 and 2018 session...
Revised Energy Facilities Siting Board Invenergy Hearing Schedule released
Energy Facility Siting Board hearings for Invenrgy's proposed $1 billion fracked gas and diesel oil burning power plant aimed at the pristine forests of northwest Rhode Island are scheduled to resume after Thanksgiving. Here's the new, r...
EFSB rules in favor of three motions that strongly bolster case against Invenergy's power plant
The Energy Facilities Siting Board (EFSB) met today to hear three motions. All the motions were decided in favor of Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) and the Town of Burrillville, the two intervenors opposed to Invenergy's proposed $1 bi...
Halloween-themed Providence DSA Rally draws attention to utility shutoffs
On Tuesday evening, a boisterous group of protesters, with a band in tow, peacefully marched through the streets of Wayland Square before gathering outside the home of the Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission (PUC) Chairperson Margar...