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Northeast States Can Make Huge Difference in Tackling Climate-Altering Pollution
For Immediate Release Friday, March 29, 2013Channing JonesRob SargentTen Northeast states, from Maryland to Rhode Island to Maine, are responsible for as much climate-altering carbon pollution as all...
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7300+ Rhode Islanders, 130+ small businesses call for plastic bag ban
For Immediate Release Wednesday, April 3, 2013Channing JonesJohn RumplerProvidence– On April 3, 2013 at the Rhode Island State House, Environment Rhode Island presented over 7300 petition signatures -...
View ArticleBusiness and groups ask Gov. Chafee for 10,000 solar rooftops in Rhode Island
For Immediate Release Thursday, April 18, 2013Channing JonesRob SargentProvidence - As Governor Chafee and state officials consider changes to Rhode Island's renewable energy policies, Environment...
View ArticleRhode Island hit by weather disasters every year since 2010
For Immediate Release Tuesday, April 23, 2013Channing JonesRob SargentInteractive Online Map Shows County-by-County Weather-Related Disaster HistoryProvidence - Nearly six months after Hurricane Sandy...
View ArticleAt committee hearing, support for Rhode Island bag ban
For Immediate Release Friday, April 26, 2013Channing JonesProvidence–– On Thursday, the House Environment & Natural Resources Committee heard testimony around the House bill (H5403) that would ban...
View ArticlePres. Obama to Unveil Plan to Address Climate Change
In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, Winter Storm Nemo, and record June rainfall in the Northeast, Pres. Obama announced he will unveil a climate action plan designed to cut the carbon pollution...
View ArticleGov. Chafee signs off on new program to help residents invest in clean energy
Governor Chafee signed a bill that will significantly expand opportunities for Ocean State homeowners to invest in clean energy options. The bill establishes a Property Assessed Clean Energy financing...
View Article10,000 more petition signatures for the plastic bag ban
As the annual International Coastal Cleanup in Rhode Island approaches, Environment Rhode Island released its summer tally of petitions collected in support of a ban on plastic bags in Rhode Island....
View ArticleObama Administration Should Use Sound Science to Protect Rhode Island’s...
The Obama administration has taken a significant step forward in clarifying the science connecting America’s waterways and the drinking water for millions across the country. The U.S. Environmental...
View ArticleNo New Dirty Power Plants Under EPA Standard
After a summer of extreme June rainfall and record July heat in Rhode Island - and as the one year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy draws closer - the Obama administration proposed a major new rule to...
View ArticleAs R.I. pursues climate solutions, power plants are nation’s biggest polluters
As the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy nears, a new report from Environment Rhode Island Research & Policy Center sheds light on the nation’s largest contributors to global warming...
View ArticleNarragansett Bay haunted by stormwater, trash, global warming
On Halloween, Environment Rhode Island released Frightening Facts about Narragansett Bay, a fact sheet that compiles ten of the most "scary" realities facing Rhode Island’s most iconic waterway. The...
View ArticleInstallers, leaders sound off: Let's grow R.I. solar sector
With concern growing about Rhode Island's energy dependence on out-of-state fossil fuels––and the associated environmental and public health consequences of dirty air and global warming pollution––a...
View ArticleRhode Island Urged to Strengthen Cap on Climate-Altering Carbon Pollution
At a Department of Environmental Management hearing, Environment Rhode Island urged state officials to strengthen the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a program designed to limit...
View ArticleRhode Island to be #2 in wind energy growth
Rhode Island has the potential to reap huge environmental benefits from the development of offshore wind, according to Wind Energy for a Cleaner America, a report by the Environment Rhode Island...
View ArticleWith Block Island Sound project, Rhode Island can be #2 in wind energy growth
At a Department of Environmental Management hearing in Narragansett, Environment Rhode Island joined organizations and concerned citizens to voice support for final steps in approving the planned Block...
View ArticleRhode Island Takes Action to Reduce Climate-Altering Carbon Pollution
On January 13th, Rhode Island announced improvements to the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a pioneering effort to clean up climate-altering carbon pollution from power plants. The changes...
View ArticleLawmakers receive 10,000+ signatures supporting plastic bag ban
Environment Rhode Island delivered over 10,000 public comments to state lawmakers in support of a plastic bag ban in Rhode Island. The petition delivery comes one day before the expected 2014...
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