We drove to Caguas, a city south of San Juan, four weeks after Hurricane Maria hit. Our guide was Luis Cotto — a former Hartford city councilman now…
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Want To Build An Energy Efficient House? Try Concrete
In the small town of Warren, Vermont a so-called net zero house is being built that will not use any fossil fuel. The house has solar panels on the roof…
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Imported Solar Panels Could Face Tariff, Increasing Costs To Consumers
The International Trade Commission ruled Friday that inexpensive, imported solar panels have harmed U.S.-based panel manufacturers. In New England,…
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Mayors Gather In New Bedford For Tech Summit
A two-day conference on “smart cities” will convene Thursday in New Bedford, drawing 20 mayors from across the U.S., including several from New England…
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Alexion Pharmaceuticals’ Smithfield Plant Closure A Surprise To RI Officials
Pharmaceutical company Alexion announced Tuesday it will close its plant in Smithfield, taking 250 jobs with it. The Smithfield site made a drug known…
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Gigantic Batteries Help Grow Renewable Energy In New England
For more than half a century, a massive, oil-fired plant has been churning out electricity from an island in the heart of Maine’s Casco Bay, where…
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RI Wastewater Treatment Authority To Reach 100% Renewable Energy By 2018
Rhode Island’s largest wastewater treatment authority is close to being powered by 100 percent renewable energy.
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Environmentalists React To Regional Proposal To Cut Carbon Emissions
Local environmental groups are pleased with a new proposal from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative to reduce the amount of carbon emissions in New…
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Thousands Catch Glimpse Of Solar Eclipse
At observatories, public libraries, parks and universities, people gathered Monday to watch the moon pass in front of the sun. The total eclipse was…
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Eclipse Details For New England, And A Warning From Eye Docs
About 65 percent of the sun will be covered in Providence when the eclipse takes its maximum effect at 2:47 Monday afternoon.
