October 31, 2019

Youth Plaintiffs file Superior Court requests in Duryea v Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management

Nature’s Trust Rhode Island announced that it has taken further action to compel the State of Rhode...

October 31, 2019

Newport Water and Suez in South County may be on the hook for Invenergy’s water needs

Invenergy has identified 8 sources for the water needed to build and operate their proposed $1 billion...

February 28, 2019

Global Warming Solutions Act and combating plastic on ECRI’s legislative to do list

State leaders joined members of the Environment Council of Rhode Island[note]ECRI is a coalition of organizations and...

October 31, 2019

Janet Coit’s reappointment as DEM Director opposed by environmental justice group NO LNG in PVD

“Janet Coit’s actions and decisions around National Grid’s application for the RIDEM permits required to build a...

October 31, 2019

Senator Whitehouse says that to fight climate change, the public should be petitioning corporations

Wait, what? Yeah, he said that… “How much are the Koch Brothers putting [in]? $500, $400 million?”...

October 30, 2019

Providence City Council resolution against water monetization sent to committee

The Providence City Council resolution opposing “any and all forms of monetization and/or privatization of Providence water...

October 30, 2019

Providence City Council to weigh resolution against Elorza’s water ‘monetization’ scheme

Providence City Councilors Rachel Miller (Ward 13), Katherine Kerwin (Ward 12) and Seth Yurdin (Ward 1) will...

October 30, 2019

Providence Water in negotiations to acquire the Johnston Water District

It is unknown how the potential acquisition might impact the water deal between the Town of Johnston...

October 31, 2019

Sunrise RI confronts Senator Whitehouse over his excuses for not supporting the Green New Deal

“We are demanding that we not be written off as young people excited to be engaged in...

October 31, 2019

CRMC did ‘the best we could’ in opposing National Grid’s LNG facility says Director Fugate

Yet the CRMC voted unanimously to approve the project in 2017 and improperly withheld documents from the...

October 31, 2019

Senator Whitehouse suspects Invenergy’s defeat in the EFSB hearings a ‘slam dunk’

Whitehouse expressed confidence in EFSB Chair Margaret Curran and boardmember Janet Coit: “I suspect that at this...

October 31, 2019

Under pressure from Sunrise RI, Senator Whitehouse refuses to budge on Green New Deal

Whitehouse’s explanations as to why he will not support Green New Deal resolution fail to satisfy constituents;...

October 31, 2019

Governor Raimondo reminded about the 1st Amendment right to protest

As Governor Gina Raimondo‘s press conference to announce her plan to increase funding for state parks and...

February 18, 2019

Raimondo seeks to expand funding for parks and beaches

Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo and Janet Coit, director of the Department of Environmental Management (DEM) chose...

October 31, 2019

The cynical charade of Sheldon Whitehouse on the Green New Deal

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse may not support the Green New Deal, but he’s certainly not adverse to collecting...