March 2, 2020

Economic Progress Institute issues call for workforce investment in latest report

[Note: Since the original publication of this post on December 20, 2017, the Economic Progress Institute has...

March 2, 2020

Fall River City Council continues to investigate water deal with Invenergy

The Fall River City Council Committee on Health and Environmental Affairs met on Monday night to discuss...

March 2, 2020

Public testimony at the Special Legislative Committee to Study the Energy Facilities Siting Act

Greater weight should be given to public input. The size of the board should be greater than...

March 2, 2020

My testimony for the Energy Facilities Siting Act Commission

The following testimony was presented to the Special Legislative Committee to Study the Energy Facilities Siting Act...

March 2, 2020

Raimondo breaks silence on CRMC and Jennifer Cervenka

Governor Gina Raimondo declined to answer any of my numerous inquiries about Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC)...

March 2, 2020

Regunberg testifies before DPUC on National Grid storm preparedness

State Representative Aaron Regunberg (Democrat, District 4, Providence) testified Tuesday at a public comment meeting before the...

March 2, 2020

CRMC approves National Grid project over community objections

Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC) Chair Jennifer Cervenka brushed off the idea that her work for the...

March 2, 2020

Invenergy must show-cause at hearing to avoid indefinite suspension of power plant plans

The Energy Facilities Siting Board (EFSB) has voted, 3-0, to hold a show-cause hearing to provide Invenergy...

March 2, 2020

CRMC to vote on Providence LNG plant despite calls for chair’s resignation

Despite outcry over conflict of interest, racial bias, and growing calls for resignation of the Chairperson, the...

December 11, 2017

Refugee Dream Center awarded a children’s library of books by SCBWI

Rhode Island’s Refugee Dream Center, a post resettlement refugee agency, was one of two organizations chosen from...

March 2, 2020

Invenergy’s lawsuit against National Grid may put ‘tens of millions’ of construction costs on ratepayers

There will be both a hearing and an open meeting of the Energy Facilities Siting Board (EFSB)...

December 10, 2017

DACAmented: The Documentary

“I grew up in a neighborhood in DC often known as ‘Little Central America’ and I went...

March 2, 2020

Second meeting of the Special Legislative Committee to Study the Energy Facilities Siting Act

The Special Legislative Committee to Study the Energy Facilities Siting Act held its second meeting on Thursday,...

March 2, 2020

One more time: The EFSB comes to Burrillville

The second last Energy Facilities Siting Board (EFSB) public testimony hearing in Burrillville had an easy familiarity...

March 2, 2020

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...