Rhode Island government agencies are among the state’s top energy consumers, spending about $35 million a year on energy bills. Gov. Gina Raimondo…
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Q&A: Senator Reed on Islamic State, Gun Violence, Climate Change & More
Senator Jack Reed backs President Obama’s view that American troops should play a supporting role, rather than a primary one, in the fight with Islamic…
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Report Touts Wind Energy’s Potential To Curb Carbon Emissions
Since 2001, wind power in the United States has steadily offset carbon pollution. How much? More than a year’s worth of Canada’s emissions. In a new…
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New Englanders Encouraged By Draft Climate Pact
Foreign ministers in Paris have a tough week ahead as they tackle the first draft of a global agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But local…
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Eight Activists Released After Their Arrests At A Burrillville Protest
Eight climate activists who were arrested for trespassing at the Spectra Energy facility in Burrillville have been released. They’re facing charges of…
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Brown University Students And Faculty Join U.N. Climate Change Summit
This week in Paris, world leaders launched a major climate change summit. The two-week meeting is aimed at negotiating an agreement to reduce carbon…
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Wexford Science & Technology President Touts Providence As An Innovation Hub
The president of Wexford Science & Technology, which has proposed a one-million-square-foot mixed-use development on five acres in the I-195…
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General Electric Impressed By Raimondo & RI’s Pension Overhaul
Rhode Island is gaining notice as a contender in the high-stakes battle over General Electric’s possible relocation from Connecticut, thanks to the…
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Some URI Students Say Atmosphere Calm, Amid Racial Tensions On College Campuses Nationwide
Rallies and protests have erupted on college campuses across the country following racially charged incidents at the University of Missouri. Students…
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Scientists Use Salt Marshes To Piece Together Historic Sea Level Changes
University of Rhode Island scientists are turning to salt marshes to better understand the relationship between climate change and sea level rise.
