Environment
Environmental issues and climate change
Updated: ISO New England cancels proposed Invenergy power plant's electricity supply commitment
"This means that the ISO is confirming, in writing, in a filing with FERC, that the ISO does not need and does not want this power plant," said CLF (Conservation Law Foundation) Senior Attorney Jerry Elmer. "ISO is kicking this power pla...
How to economically account for CO2 a central question during EFSB Invenergy hearings
Invenergy's expert witness Ryan Hardy fought with Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) Senior Attorney Jerry Elmer for 75 minutes on Tuesday morning during the Energy Facility Siting Board (EFSB) hearings on the licensing of the company's $...
Did the CRMC mislead the public about their authority regarding National Grid's proposed liquefaction facility?
The Rhode Island Attorney General's Office recently determined that the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC) improperly denied the APRA (Access to Public Records Request) of Providence Attorney Seth Handy. Handy had a...
Without a power plant, Invenergy is making millions off New England ratepayers
The Town of Burrillville today filed the supplemental testimony of expert witness Glenn Walker on the issue of whether or not the Invenergy power plant is needed to Rhode Island's Energy Facilities Siting Board (EFSB). What the testimony...
Based on new evidence: Invenergy's power plant still not needed
New testimony in the Invenergy hearings currently before the Energy Facilities Siting Board (EFSB) was filed today on whether or not the electricity from the proposed $1 billion racked gas and diesel oil burning power plant aimed at the...
Nature's Trust begins legal action to compel Rhode Island to take action on climate change
Nature’s Trust Rhode Island, a youth-driven campaign for the legal right to a healthy climate, joined by Sisters of Mercy Ecology, today initiated legal action to compel the State of Rhode Island to "step up and do its fair share to stop...
No LNG in PVD continues to protest Grid's liquefaction facility
Monica Huertas, campaign coordinator for No LNG in PVD, along with area residents and other community and environmental organizations, held an action outside the National Grid facility near the corner of Allens Avenue and Terminal Road o...
Raimondo says Invenergy's power plant will not hurt her re-election chances
Members of BASE (Burrillville Against Spectra Expansion) intercepted Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo on her way to a campaign stop meeting with real estate professionals at Punta Cana Bistro on Broad St in Providence. At issue is Gov...
Burrillville: Building Invenergy’s power plant in direct conflict with Raimondo administration’s environmental and energy goals
A great deal has changed since the Invenergy power plant in Burrillville was proposed and received the endorsement of Governor Gina Raimondo. Based on extensive studies by experts over the past two and a half years, there is now evidence...
Sunrise Movement once again asks Governor Raimondo to refuse fossil fuel campaign funds
Student activists from the Sunrise Movement delivered a message and a petition to Governor Gina Raimondo at the Rhode Island State House Friday afternoon. Sunrise Rhode Island is asking the Governor to sign the No Fossil Fuel Money Pledg...