At least one commission member has a clear history of anti-environmental, pro-fossil fuel bias.
“This heinous new rule is another Trump Administration giveaway to industries at the expense of our environment, and it cannot go unchecked.” Conservation Law Foundation (CLF)...
Environmental groups call for immediate action based on reports conclusions and recommendations.
Essentially, “you just took a fossil fuel, gave it a brief lifespan as a plastic, turned it back into a fossil fuel and burned it. That’s...
“This was a win for the community,” said Linda Perri, President of the Washington Park Neighborhood Association. “It is so great that everybody got behind this....
“[I]f states like Rhode Island for example, just say, ‘Oh yeah, you know, we don’t really need to do anything, it doesn’t matter,’ it’s not going...
“We have to stand together, stand strong, united, because this community cannot, under any conditions, accept anything like [this transfer station],” said Providence City Councilmember Pedro...
“First, it makes the carbon emission reductions… more stringent, more in keeping with current science,” said Conservation Law Foundation Senior Attorney Jerry Elmer. “The second change...
“Toxic PFAS have no place in our bodies or our drinking water,” said Amy Moses, vice president and director of Conservation Law Foundation Rhode Island. “The...
“It is now possible, not certain but possible, that there will be no future large fossil fuel power plants permitted anywhere in New England,” said CLF...