In an effort to slow the effects of climate change, Roger Williams University is spearheading a tree-planting campaign. Trees can absorb and store…
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The Bottom Line: Should RI Tax Carbon Emissions?
Providence Business News Editor Mark Murphy joins Rhode Island Public Radio’s Dave Fallon for our weekly business segment, The Bottom Line.
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This I Believe Rhode Island: Climate Change
Climate change is a hot button issue, that’s for sure. Reputable survey after survey indicate that the majority of people believe that climate change is…
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Energy Coalition Says Rhode Island Needs A Carbon Tax
A new bill that puts a tax on carbon has garnered broad support from environmental advocates, businesses, and religious groups. Supporters believe the…
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Biggest Environmental Stories Of 2016? Wind Turbines And Fights Over Energy
2015 had no shortage of stories about the environment and energy, including the start of construction on Deepwater Wind’s Block Island Wind Farm. Rhode…
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Environmentalists Hopeful Global Climate Pact Will Put New England On Renewable Energy Path
Global leaders in Paris over the weekend approved a historic international agreement to slow the warming of the planet. Here at home, the Rhode Island…
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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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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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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…
