November 16, 2021

PVD Ordinance Committee passes two measures limiting fossil fuel expansion

Both pieces of legislation need to pass the full City Council to take effect. The ordinance preventing...

November 8, 2021

From Burrillville to Killingly: No more fossil fuel power plants!

“As in Rhode Island, in Connecticut we found that delaying them, defeated them. Early local opposition was...

November 3, 2021

Money from the state’s successful air pollution lawsuit used to plant trees in the Port

The settlement money for the Port area is being put towards planting approximately 170 trees. The Washington...

PVD Ordinance Committee to weigh bills curbing major fossil fuel expansion in the Port
November 2, 2021

PVD Ordinance Committee to weigh bills curbing major fossil fuel expansion in the Port

The Zoning ordinance change and the resolution would not be a declaration against all fossil fuels by...

Lamar Advertising wants electronic billboards – The neighborhood wants their trees back
November 2, 2021

Lamar Advertising wants electronic billboards – The neighborhood wants their trees back

Lamar Advertising illegally bulldozed over 100 trees in the Washington Park Neighborhood of Providence, a place plagued...

The Zombie Apocalypse vs the Climate Apocalypse outside Chase Bank
November 1, 2021

The Zombie Apocalypse vs the Climate Apocalypse outside Chase Bank

“When Chase Bank finances new oil and fracked gas pipelines and new offshore oil infrastructure, they are...

October 18, 2021

Sisters of Mercy at Bay View Academy demanding action on climate change

“We are in Climate Emergency Code Red,” said Sister Mary Pendergast. “It’s time to act. We have...

October 14, 2021

PVD Zoning Board of Review rejects variance application of polluting asphalt company in the Port

“…there is no power-wash or solvent to remove that from our lungs,” said Dr Andrew Saal rom...

August 24, 2021

The General Assembly did better on the environment than last session, but was it enough?

The Speaker makes the ultimate decisions on whether or not legislation moves out of committee and to...

East Providence City Council approves Metacomet rezoning over community objections
July 21, 2021

East Providence City Council approves Metacomet rezoning over community objections

Developer Lianne Marshall smiled as she left the City Council chambers. Now that the City Council has...

July 21, 2021

Statement from Keep Metacomet Green to the East Providence City Council on proposed development

On Tuesday, Keep Metacomet Green had the opportunity to present their case against Marshall Properties’ proposed development...

July 19, 2021

Climate Action RI holds Art / Music Protest outside fossil fuel funder Chase Bank in PVD

“Chase is making a profit from all these disasters. People are dying… Hundreds of people have died...

July 14, 2021

DEM denies medical waste to energy facility permit

“We knew the proposal to burn medical waste in our community was bad news. Application denied!” tweeted...

October 5, 2021

EFSB takes up Sea 3 propane expansion proposal for Port of Providence

“Sea 3 Providence describes its project as ‘clean propane.’ … they even go so far as to...

Climate Action Rhode Island brings Chase Bank protest to Smithfield
June 29, 2021

Climate Action Rhode Island brings Chase Bank protest to Smithfield

“We can either have continued human civilization on this, our one and only planet,” said former State...