General Assembly to Study Marine Impacts of Turbines
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PROVIDENCE — The House of Representative is set to authorize a study to determine if offshore wind facilities are killing whales and other sea life.
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Bill to Privatize Providence Water Raises Objections
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PROVIDENCE — Drawing comparisons to Flint, Mich., and other cities that have suffered from privatizing public water systems, environmentalists oppose the latest legislative effort to monetize the Providence Water Supply Board.
Read MoreCritics Unhappy with Latest CRMC Appointment Bill
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PROVIDENCE — A Senate bill brings the Coastal Resources Management Council into compliance with state separation-of-powers laws but it fails to address other criticisms of the state agency, such as representation of environmental justice communities.
Read MoreGov. Raimondo Takes Heat for CRMC Appointments
/PROVIDENCE — The Coastal Resources Management Council is facing intense scrutiny over the reappointment of several board members.
Read MoreWood-Burning Biomass Bill Put on Hold
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PROVIDENCE — The controversial biomass bill appears to be dead after Gov. Gina Raimondo recently promised to veto it.
Read MoreBiomass Bill that Supports Special Interest Over Science Exposes Statehouse's Long Disregard for Environment
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Little to nothing tangible has emerged from the Statehouse during the past eight-plus years to protect Rhode Island’s increasingly vulnerable environment or address mounting climate-change pressures.
Read MoreOpposition Accuses Biomass Developer of Pay to Play
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PROVIDENCE — Environment leaders are uniting against a potential wood-burning power plant as accusations of political pay to play intensify.
Read MoreBill Gives Municipalities More Say in Power-Plant Siting
/PROVIDENCE — A bill moving through the General Assembly won’t halt the proposed Burrillville fossil-fuel power plant but the legislation recently passed by the House makes it more difficult for future energy projects to get approved.
Read MoreSilent Protest as Biomass Bill Moves Out of Committee
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PROVIDENCE — Environmentalists recently staged a silent protest as a House committee passed a controversial biomass energy bill that clears the way for a wood-fueled power plant in Johnston.
Read MoreBills Hinder Proposed Pawtucket Transfer Station
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PROVIDENCE — House and Senate committees are expected to advance bills that will impede the approval of transfer stations, such as the one proposed for the Fairlawn neighborhood in Pawtucket.
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