PROVIDENCE — A bill banning plastic retail bags across the state recently received another boost, this time from Senate President Dominick Ruggerio.

PROVIDENCE — Massachusetts and Connecticut keep a list of illegal and regulated invasive plant species and some nature groups want an updated one started in Rhode Island.

PROVIDENCE — It may get a lot easier to donate excess food, as a bill that allows institutions to give away food cleared its House committee with the backing of many key stakeholders.

PROVIDENCE — The Green New Deal resolution has been received with little fanfare or criticism as it makes its way through the General Assembly.

PROVIDENCE — A bill to protect Rhode Island’s remaining woodlands and forests wasn’t received warmly by the House Committee on the Environment and Natural Resources.

PROVIDENCE — The siting of ground-mounted solar facilities continue to exasperate environmentalists, developers, and planners who are trying to protect open space amid a booming renewable-energy sector.