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Yes on 3: Save The Bay holds rally in support for the Green Economy and Clean Water Bond
January 19, 2020

Yes on 3: Save The Bay holds rally in support for the Green Economy and Clean Water Bond

“This bond supports what we all love about Rhode Island—clean blue waters, green spaces, and vibrant communities,”...

Governor’s Task Force to Tackle Plastics convenes first meeting
October 10, 2018

Governor’s Task Force to Tackle Plastics convenes first meeting

The Governor’s Task Force to Tackle Plastics held their first meeting on Friday to “develop a host...

Rhode Island DEM denies youth climate petition
October 9, 2018

Rhode Island DEM denies youth climate petition

Update: The board of Nature’s Trust Rhode Island just reached a unanimous decision to appeal the Rhode...

Nature’s Trust begins legal action to compel Rhode Island to take action on climate change
August 5, 2020

Nature’s Trust begins legal action to compel Rhode Island to take action on climate change

Nature’s Trust Rhode Island, a youth-driven campaign for the legal right to a healthy climate, joined by...

How Invenergy made $20 million from New England ratepayers without producing even one spark of electricity
November 18, 2019

How Invenergy made $20 million from New England ratepayers without producing even one spark of electricity

Invenergy, the Chicago-based fossil fuel energy company that wants to build a $1 billion fracked gas and...

Raimondo introduces bill to change makeup and nature of the Coastal Resources Management Council
October 31, 2019

Raimondo introduces bill to change makeup and nature of the Coastal Resources Management Council

Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo has responded, in a way, to a Superior Court complaint made by...

Exotic animal hunting bill stalked and killed by activists
June 6, 2018

Exotic animal hunting bill stalked and killed by activists

Another bill that would serve the interests of a single wealthy entity was being fast tracked through...

Keable submits legislation to revamp Energy Facilities Siting Board
October 31, 2019

Keable submits legislation to revamp Energy Facilities Siting Board

“We have been told repeatedly to ‘trust the process,’” said Representative Cale Keable (Democrat, District 47, Burrillville,...

Save The Bay files complaint in Superior Court over Governor Raimondo’s CRMC appointments
April 22, 2018

Save The Bay files complaint in Superior Court over Governor Raimondo’s CRMC appointments

Save The Bay filed a complaint in Rhode Island Superior Court on Friday asking for a declaratory...

Parag Agrawal out at EFSB, leaving two members to decide on Invenergy power plant application
October 31, 2019

Parag Agrawal out at EFSB, leaving two members to decide on Invenergy power plant application

Associate Director for Planning Parag Agrawal is leaving his position at the Rhode Island Department of Planning....

Whitehouse and Raimondo want you to trust the process, unless they say otherwise…
March 2, 2020

Whitehouse and Raimondo want you to trust the process, unless they say otherwise…

On President Donald Trump‘s offshore drilling proposal, Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo was unambiguous at a Monday morning...

DEM hearing on National Grid LNG project was inaccessible and exclusionary
October 31, 2019

DEM hearing on National Grid LNG project was inaccessible and exclusionary

It’s called environmental racism. Community members and environmental allies cried foul Wednesday evening when the Rhode Island...

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

CLF’s Jerry Elmer: Invenergy has a disclosure problem
March 2, 2020

CLF’s Jerry Elmer: Invenergy has a disclosure problem

“Invenergy has a disclosure problem,” says Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) Senior Attorney Jerry Elmer, and the company’s...

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