Environment
Environmental issues and climate change
Southside NoLNGinPVD Community Earth Day Block Party
The Southside NoLNGinPVD Community Earth Day Block Party was held in amazing weather outside the Washington Park Library on Sunday afternoon. Dozens of families played games, created art projects and ate BBQ courtesy of NoLNGinPVD and th...
Whitehouse reverses course, decides against Pompeo nomination ahead of hearings
Today, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (Democrat, Rhode Island) released the following statement opposing the nomination of Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director Mike Pompeo to serve as Secretary of State: “The Secretary of State has a m...
Reed opposes Pompeo’s nomination to be Secretary of State
United States Senator Jack Reed (Democrat, Rhode Island) today issued the following statement on his opposition to the nomination of Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director Mike Pompeo to serve as the next Secretary of State. “I do no...
Whitehouse reluctant to publicly oppose Pompeo
In conjunction with youth-led activism across the country, this Sunday at a Millennials Meet & Greet campaign event, members of the Rhode Island Student Climate Coalition pressured Senator Sheldon Whitehouse to oppose current Central Int...
Invenergy proposal begins Final Hearings at EFSB
On the first day of the Energy Facilities Siting Board (EFSB)'s Final Hearing on Invenergy's $1 billion fracked gas and diesel oil burning power plant aimed at the pristine forests of northwest Rhode Island, previously redacted portions...
Regunberg renews call for public utilities in wake of DPUC report
Representative Aaron Regunberg (Democrat, District 4, Providence) said the the Rhode Island Division of Public Utilities (DPUC)’s review of National Grid’s storm preparedness highlighted the need for a long-term restructuring of utility...
Elorza vetoes plastic bag ban over concern for low income families
Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza vetoed the plastic bag ban bill on Monday responding to concerns from the Racial and Environmental Justice Committee (REJC). The Committee sent a letter to Elorza and members of the Providence City Council o...
DPUC report outlines National Grid's post storm power restoration failures
A new report from the Rhode Island Division of Public Utilities (DPUC) find's that National Grid's preparations and response to the October 2017 storm "which left thousands of Rhode Islanders without power for days" found that National G...
Parag Agrawal out at EFSB, leaving two members to decide on Invenergy power plant application
Associate Director for Planning Parag Agrawal is leaving his position at the Rhode Island Department of Planning. One of the duties off the Associate Director for Planning is to serve as one of the three members of the Energy Facilities...
Plastic bags are bad, negatively impacting poor people is worse, says REJC
The Providence City Council passed an ordinance that calls for the "reduction of single-use plastic bags and encourages the use of reusable checkout bags at retail establishments" throughout Providence. The ordinance is modeled after tho...