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- Warwick residents urged to help city win energy-savings grant (7/29/14)
Mayor Scott Avedisian’s office reminded residents that they have until the end of August to sign up for energy-saving tips online and if the city gets 5 percent of its residents and local businesses to take part in the program, Warwick will receive a $7,500 grant from National Grid to help the community further its energy-saving efforts.
- Brown, RISD students say participation in international house-building competition was valuable (7/26/14)
The super-efficient soft-shelled house built by students at Brown University and the Rhode Island School of Design may not have been one of the top scorers at a recently completed international competition in France, but those who worked on the Techstyle Haus said the experience was valuable.
- R.I., Mass. on leading edge of offshore wind power development, study says
Rhode Island and Massachusetts are leading the way in supporting the development of offshore wind power, according to a new report from the National Wildlife Federation.
- PolitiFact R.I. rules Sen. Whitehouse claim on solar, coal jobs is True (7/6/14)
PROVIDENCE -- For more than a year, U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse has delivered weekly Senate speeches about the dangers of climate change. He frequently denounces climate-change deniers, and urges growth of green jobs and technologies to reduce America’s reliance on foreign fossil fuel.
- Spinning gold (and other precious metals) from no-longer-useful products (4/28/14)
Gannon & Scott Inc.’s business strategy can be summed up in two words: green growth. Over the past 15 years, the precious metal recycler has expanded to two states, significantly grown its customer base and adopted a number of initiatives to make its operations more environmentally friendly
- A ‘symbol of embarrassment’ could be spinning again in Portsmouth (7/29/14)
PROVIDENCE — The wind turbine at Portsmouth High School that has sat idle since its gearbox broke in May 2012 could be spinning again within three to six months, ending what Governor Chafee said Monday has been one of a few “symbols of embarrassment” in the state that bother him.
- Cape Wind developer awarded lease option for staging area at Quonset Business Park (7/15/14)
NORTH KINGSTOWN — The Quonset Business Park could be the assembly and staging area for the first two offshore wind farms in the United States after a lease option was awarded on Tuesday to the developer of the Cape Wind project in Massachusetts.
- Wind farm developer seeks lease at Quonset Business Park (7/10/14)
The developer of a wind farm proposed for the waters of Nantucket Sound is seeking to lease property at the Quonset Business Park for a staging and assembly area for the 130-turbine project.
- Trash backlash: Mandated containers in Cranston an election issue / Video (7/2/14)
CRANSTON — Every residence gets two 65-gallon durable wheeled plastic containers in the city’s new “automatic trash collection” system. Each has a serial number and is only intended to be a loaner to a particular residence.
- Schools see solar projects as way to educate, save (4/28/14)
Several schools are hoping to add rooftop solar projects to their campuses in order to cut back on annual energy costs – and incorporate an educational component at the same time.