The Civic Alliance for a Cooler Rhode Island (CACRI) has issued a “citizen evaluation” of the Executive Climate Change Coordinating Council (EC4) and have determined that “regarding climate change mitigation …
Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) issued a flurry of motions Monday morning, ahead of the Energy Facility Siting Board (EFSB) hearings for Invenergy‘s $1 billion fracked gas and diesel oil burning …
Nature’s Trust Rhode Island filed an appeal in Rhode Island Superior Court on the decision by the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) to deny a petition by youth, …
Energy Facility Siting Board hearings for Invenrgy‘s proposed $1 billion fracked gas and diesel oil burning power plant aimed at the pristine forests of northwest Rhode Island are scheduled to …
The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) has leased three new all electric buses for use in Providence. “This marks a major step toward a cleaner and greener future for …
The Governor’s Task Force to Tackle Plastics held their first meeting on Friday to “develop a host of options to reduce plastic pollution in Rhode Island’s waters and reliance on …
Update: The board of Nature’s Trust Rhode Island just reached a unanimous decision to appeal the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) denial of the petition in the Rhode …
Nature’s Trust Rhode Island, a youth-driven campaign for the legal right to a healthy climate, joined by Sisters of Mercy Ecology, today initiated legal action to compel the State of …
A new analysis of law enforcement traffic stops found that a “total of 11.4 percent of motorists stopped were observed to be Black and 13 percent to be Hispanic. The …
The House convened the Special Legislative Commission to study the Energy Facilities Siting Act for the first time Tuesday. This first meeting was strictly organizational in nature and concerned itself …
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