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As more elected officials call for resignation of CRMC chair, Governor Raimondo remains silent
As of this writing, four more elected state representatives, Aaron Regunberg (Democrat, District 4, Providence), Marcia Ranglin-Vassel (Democrat, District 5, Providence), John Lombardi (Democrat, District 8, Providence) and Susan Donovan...
EFSB comes to Charlestown to discuss water, Invenergy denies residents water plan details
[caption id="attachment_3423" align="alignright" width="400"] Janet Coit, Margaret Curran and Parag Agrawal[/caption] The Energy Facilities Siting Board (EFSB) held a hearing in Charlestown Tuesday evening to hear public testimony about...
Senator Calkin, Representative Diaz first elected officials to call for CRMC Chair Cervenka's resignation
[caption id="attachment_2869" align="alignright" width="400"] Jennifer Cervenka and Grover Fugate[/caption] State Senator Jeanine Calkin (Democrat, District 30, Warwick) and State Representative Grace Diaz (Democrat, District 11, Provide...
CLF's Jerry Elmer on fighting Invenergy's power plant
"I’m praising CLF for taking the case," said Conservation Law Foundation Senior Attorney Jerry Elmer. "We took the case because it was the right thing to do. Because it’s wrong to build a new fossil fuel power plant that will make it imp...
NoLNGinPVD calls for the immediate resignation of CRMC Chair Cervenka
The NoLNGinPVD coalition today sent a letter to various government officials, including Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo, demanding the immediate resignation of Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC) Chair Jennifer Cervenka. The...
Former CRMC member Tony Affigne on environmental racism and the use of police power at CRMC meetings
"In my final few months on CRMC, I repeatedly tried to convince the Council to hold its National Grid hearings in South Providence or Washington Park, closer to the affected communities," said former council member Tony Affigne, "After a...
The apparent conflict of interest between National Grid and CRMC Chair Jennifer Cervenka
[caption id="attachment_3273" align="alignright" width="400"] Jennifer Cervenka[/caption] Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo appointed Jennifer Cervenka and two others to the Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC) sometime in July...
CRMC hearing consumed by public testimony against National Grid's Port project
[caption id="attachment_3273" align="alignright" width="400"] Jennifer Cervenka[/caption] "We are not required to have any public hearings," said Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC) Chair Jennifer Cervenka at the start of Tuesday...
National Grid's proposed rate increase is in for a fight
As I was leaving the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) offices in Warwick yesterday, I saw National Grid employees unloading the boxes and boxes of files that Grid is presenting to make the case that they deserve a 15 percent rate increa...
Protesters target the Rhode Island congressional delegation's support for war
Dissatisfied with the Rhode Island congressional delegation's continued support of large military budgets and the continuation of "unauthorized wars in the Middle East," about six people with signs stood outside United States Representat...