February 8, 2021

The apparent conflict of interest between National Grid and CRMC Chair Jennifer Cervenka

Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo appointed Jennifer Cervenka and two others to the Coastal Resources Management Council...

March 2, 2020

CRMC hearing consumed by public testimony against National Grid’s Port project

“We are not required to have any public hearings,” said Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC) Chair Jennifer...

March 2, 2020

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...

February 27, 2020

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...

March 2, 2020

Invenergy power plant application delayed 90 days by EFSB

The Energy Facilities Siting Board (EFSB) has delayed Invenergy‘s application to build a $1 billion fracked gas...

March 2, 2020

Narragansett Chief Sachem Matthew Thomas says Invenergy will not be taking water from Charlestown in a letter to tribe

In a letter from Chief Sachem Matthew Thomas to the Narragansett Indian Tribe (NIT), introduced to the...

February 27, 2020

Rhode Island’s Kill the Trump Tax Bill Rally

A coalition of progressive groups held a “Kill the Trump Tax Bill Rally” at the Rhode Island...

March 2, 2020

The 21st annual Buy Nothing Day Winter Coat Exchange

The Buy Nothing Day Winter Coat Exchange set up on the Rhode Island State House lawn across...

November 22, 2017

A letter from Siham Byah, now in ICE custody

I am writing these lines from the Bristol County Jail, where I was brought upon my unjust,...

March 2, 2020

The Special Legislative Commission to study the Energy Facilities Siting Act begins hearings

The House convened the Special Legislative Commission to study the Energy Facilities Siting Act for the first...

February 27, 2020

Saturday: Kill the Trump Tax Bill Rally at State House

On November 25, a coalition of progressive groups will hold a “Kill the Trump Tax Bill Rally”...

March 2, 2020

PUC approves affordable utility restoration

The George Wiley Center turned out in force at the Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission (PUC) Tuesday...

March 2, 2020

Invenergy objects to disclosure, files to protect some info from public

There was a flurry of motions, objections and supplemental testimony released from parties litigating before the Energy...

March 2, 2020

Grid operator’s faux neutrality and endorsement of natural gas threatens our future

“Our mission is to achieve reliability through wholesale markets and we’re technology neutral,” said Gordon van Welie,...

February 27, 2020

Reed, Whitehouse call Republican tax bills ‘destructive’ and ‘an assault’

“Like any Americans we’re just stunned that the House republicans could vote yesterday, along strict party lines,...