Here’s a rundown of what’s happening this week with the proposed Burrillville power plant: Public comment hearing The Energy Facility Siting Board holds…
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New Effort Underway To Study Black Sea Bass In Southern New England
The Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation is kicking off a new project to collect data on black sea bass, a species that has moved north in search of…
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Green Party’s Jill Stein Visits Southern New England Colleges
Green Party Candidate Jill Stein is making the rounds at colleges in southern New England this week.
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President Obama Names First Marine National Monument In Atlantic Ocean
This morning President Barack Obama announced he’s protecting nearly 5,000 square miles of marine ecosystems in the Atlantic Ocean. He calls his…
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Town Of Burrillville Asks EFSB To Dismiss Invenergy’s Power Plant Application
The Town of Burrillville is asking the state Energy Facility Siting Board to dismiss Invenergy’s application on grounds that the application is incomplete.
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Several Agencies Underscore Invenergy’s Incomplete Application In Advisory Opinions
A dozen local and state agencies have filed their advisory opinions for Invenergy’s proposed power plant, the Clear River Energy Center. Well, sort of….
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The Big Switch: As Renewables Boom, Sparks Fly Over Natural Gas
Even with the boom in renewable power, New England still gets about half its energy from natural gas – that’s a huge jump from 15 percent in 2000. The…
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Introducing The New England News Collaborative
All this week, we’ll bring you more stories from The Big Switch: New England’s Energy Moment. It comes from the New England News Collaborative, a name…
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Your Fall Foliage Forecast
With just a couple of weeks of summer left, the season for leaf peeping is fast approaching.
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Invenergy Makes Slight Change In Its Power Plant Application
Invenergy is scaling back the potential number of days it would run the proposed Burrillville power plant on oil as a backup. This revised cap would…
