September 30, 2020

Sunrise disrupts Governor Raimondo’s appearance at Boston Globe forum on Rhode Island’s future

“It is disgraceful for you to talk about the future of Rhode Island and to not mention...

November 5, 2019

EFSB issues final order on power plant; Invenergy has 10 days to appeal

“Invenergy’s case was not helped by the lengthy delays,” reads the EFSB’s final order. “…It is worth...

November 2, 2019

Janie’s Story

“I never dreamed that all the farmland surrounding my house would be purchased by a billion-dollar industry...

October 31, 2019

Nature’s Trust RI: Court to Decide if it Has Jurisdiction Over Climate Case Against DEM More Than a Year and a Half After Filing of Complaint

“The pace of this case is very frustrating given the diminishing amount of time we have left...

November 2, 2019

More Delays in the Nature’s Trust Lawsuit, but the Case Finally Has a Judge

“The judge’s decision is not entirely unexpected in the sense that whether or not the court can...

October 31, 2019

Activists again block key intersections in DC to demand climate action

As many as 2,000 people seized key intersections across Washington DC on Monday morning, significantly disrupting business-as-usual...

October 31, 2019

Climate Action Rhode Island wants you to cut up your Chase Bank credit card – To save the world

“Chase Bank is the worst, the number one investor in fossil fuels,” said Climate Action Rhode Island’s...

October 31, 2019

Mary, Mother of the Universe, joins Climate Strike in Barrington

The Climate Strike, said Pastor Brendan Curran, “is a good reminder that when we stand together against...

October 31, 2019

Third annual climate strike sends 1000 people to the streets of Providence

“If we believed that things would sort themselves out, we wouldn’t be here,” said 14-year-old Sarah LeClair....

October 31, 2019

Sunrise Movement marches through Providence, visits Whitehouse and Raimondo to demand Green New Deal

“Gina Raimondo, I am asking you to stand with your constituents instead of taking half a million...

October 31, 2019

Rhode Island Progressive Democrats: Planning has begun on a first-of-its-kind blueprint for a Cranston Renewable Energy Utility

Ocean State Community Energy has started work on a first-of-its-kind blueprint for a solar, tidal, and onshore...

October 31, 2019

Uprise RI issues APRA request to EFSB for previously confidential Invenergy hearing testimony

If, as CLF maintains, Invenergy lied on the FCTS forms that they submitted to ISO New England,...

October 31, 2019

Sunrise RI protests Senator Whitehouse’s lack of support for the Green New Deal outside his annual clambake fundraiser

“We are tired of Senator Whitehouse,” said Yesenia Puebla of Sunrise. “We have asked him 10 times...

October 31, 2019

Half of the Rhode Island members of the Democratic National Committee pledge to support an official DNC presidential climate debate in San Francisco next month

Two of the four Rhode Island members of the DNC pledge to support an official presidential climate...

October 31, 2019

Sunrise RI confronts Senator Whitehouse at Environmental Business Council event

“This event is supposed to tackle the issue of climate change in this region, but the event...