Update 12/20: Providence’s City Plan Commission delayed a vote expected Tuesday, setting the next hearing for January 16 . There’s a dispute brewing…
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Maine Investing 500K To Study Lobster Fishery
Maine’s Department of Marine Resources is launching a half-million-dollar project to get a more comprehensive scientific assessment of one of the state…
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Report: RI Among Healthiest States
Rhode Island ranks as the 11 th healthiest state, according to a new report released by the nonprofit United Health Foundation. Massachusetts ranks…
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New England Utility Wants Study Claiming Electric Rate Inflation Taken Down
Utility company Eversource is demanding a national environmental group take down a study that says they unfairly withheld natural gas capacity and…
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Future Of Northeast Marine National Monument Protections Still Uncertain
Protections of a marine national monument made up of underwater mountains and canyons 130 miles off the coast of Cape Cod could be at risk after…
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As Boston Nears Plastic Bag Ban, Environmentalist Encourages RI Statewide Ban
Boston is close to banning plastic bags after a unanimous city council vote Wednesday. Several Rhode Island municipalities have also banned the bags,…
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Celebrity Turkey That Once United A New England Town, Now Has It Divided
Take a drive through Old Wethersfield, CT and he’s hard to miss. Kevin, the wild Old Wethersfield turkey, puffs with personality. So much in fact that…
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RI Wildlife Biologist Talks Wild Turkeys, Where To Find Them, And How They Taste
For some families in Rhode Island this Thanksgiving, a fresh wild turkey may be on the menu. However, that wouldn’t have been possible just four decades…
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Aided By Volkswagen Settlement, Electric Vehicle Adoption Poised For Growth In New England
Electric vehicles, or EVs, make up a tiny fraction of the cars sold in New England. But new state policies — and a big cash infusion from the settlement…
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ISO New England CEO: Invenergy Power Plant May Be Needed
The CEO of ISO New England, the region’s electrical grid operator, says it may be wrong to claim that a proposed natural gas-fired power plant in…
