Environment
Environmental issues and climate change
Environmental groups hold vigil outside Governor Raimondo's home
The rain mostly stopped and the weather cooperated so that about 30 people could gather for a vigil outside Governor Gina Raimondo’s private residence on the East Side of Providence Thursday evening. The vigil was organized by No LNG in...
Secretary Ross Submits Secret Recommendations for Marine Monuments
Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) released the following statement today in response to US Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross’s refusal to make public his report on marine monuments and sanctuaries. Secretary Ross’s report was mandated by...
Protesting the EPA’s gag on climate science
Read:Protesting the EPA’s gag on climate scienceWith only a few hours' notice, an event organized by CARI and the RI Student Climate Coalition drew over 40 Rhode Islanders to protest the EPA's decision to ban its scientists from speaking...
No LNG in PVD brings their opposition directly to DEM and Raimondo
Members of the No LNG in PVD coalition, which opposes National Grid’s proposed fracked gas liquefaction facility in the Port of Providence, today delivered a letter to Janet Coit, executive director of the Rhode Island Department of Envi...