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  • Published on Feb 3, 2025

    33 Fun Things to Do in Rhode Island This February

    Photo courtesy of Discover Newport. FEATURED FILM: Black History Month Film Presentation FEB. 6 Join the Rhode Island Black Film Festival for a special film presentation at the Wheeler School in honor of Black History Month. 9:30 a.m.–noon. The Wheeler …

    Source: Rhode Island Monthly - Neutral
  • Published on Feb 6, 2025

    State of the States 2025: Does IT Make Governors' Agendas?

    Governors want to make the cost of living more affordable in their states. That’s one clear message coming out of this year’s State of the State addresses. Many state chief executives outlined their ideas for bringing tax relief to residents, with cuts to …

    Source: Government Technology - Neutral
  • Published on Feb 4, 2025

    Brown launches initiative to explore connection between environment and health

    Last month, Brown’s Division of Biology and Medicine announced the launch of the Planetary Health Initiative, which aims to study the relationship between human-induced environmental changes and health. As the climate warms to record highs — a phenomenon …

    Source: Brown Daily Herald - Rhode Island - Neutral
  • Published on Feb 4, 2025

    Offshore wind: the future of energy in Connecticut

    Support trusted journalism in Connecticut. Join CT Mirror’s members today and make an impact. Connecticut is staying stagnant and reliant on fossil fuels for energy rather than capitalizing on the opportunity to be a leader in renewable energy. By …

    Source: The Connecticut Mirror - Center-left
  • Published on Feb 6, 2025

    Trump’s offshore wind energy freeze: What states lose if the executive order remains in place

    A single wind turbine spinning off the U.S. Northeast coast today can power thousands of homes – without the pollution that comes from fossil fuel power plants. A dozen of those turbines together can produce enough electricity for an entire community. The …

    Source: The Conversation - Neutral
  • Published on Feb 6, 2025

    DEM to Host Wildland Firefighting Training Class

    Published on Thursday, February 06, 2025 PROVIDENCE, RI –  In an effort to build Rhode Island’s capacity to respond to wildfires, the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management’s (DEM) Forest Fire Program is offering an entry level course to train …

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  • Published on Feb 6, 2025

    Whitehouse: Trump Administration’s Lawless Disregard for Legislative, Judicial Authority Threatens Must-Pass ...

    “This is bigger than Democrats versus Republicans.  It goes to the core of our constitutional republic,” said the EPW Ranking Member Washington, D.C.—Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works …

    Distribution channels: Environment
  • Published on Feb 6, 2025

    What to Know About Trump’s Executive Order on Wind Energy

    Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. On his first day in the Oval Office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that attempts to slow the growth in the country’s wind generation capacity.  The order paused all leasing …

    Source: FactCheck.org - Neutral
  • Published on Feb 6, 2025

    How U.S. states are leading the climate fight — despite Trump’s rollbacks

    This story was originally published by The Guardian and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. As the Trump administration rolls back decades-old environmental protections and pulls Biden-era incentives for renewable energy, state-level …

    Source: Canada's National Observer - Left-wing
  • Published on Feb 6, 2025

    Trump executive order sparks uncertainty around offshore wind's future in RI

    President Trump recently signed an executive order to pause offshore wind leasing — a move that could have widespread impact on Rhode Island and southeastern New England, the site of a growing offshore wind industry. The Ocean State is home to the country’ …

    Source: Brown Daily Herald - Rhode Island - Neutral
  • Published on Feb 6, 2025

    EPA funds still frozen despite agency memo, lawmakers’ pressure

    Funding for several key Environmental Protection Agency programs remained on hold Wednesday despite an internal directive calling for agency staff to comply with a court ruling to disburse the money and intervention from lawmakers concerned about projects …

    Source: Yahoo News - Center-left
  • Published on Feb 6, 2025

    Conservationists: Study of Atlantic menhaden critical to preserving species

    A small forage fish near the bottom of the food chain has a significant effect on the survival of several iconic predators along the Atlantic Seaboard, including striped bass, bluefish and ospreys. A coalition of conservation groups in Rhode Island and …

    Source: Public News Service - Left-wing
  • Published on Feb 5, 2025

    Trump’s funding pause clouds future of Solar For All Program

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s $7 billion Solar For All Program faces an uncertain fate following last week’s rollout of executive orders from President Donald Trump putting a freeze on federal financial assistance. That news came a month after …

    Source: Louisiana Illuminator - Label Pending
  • Published on Feb 6, 2025

    Neronha seeks to overhaul CRMC

    The attorney general of Rhode Island is again calling for the legislature to reform the state agency that has jurisdiction of the territorial sea limit ranging 3 miles offshore to 200 feet inland of any coastal feature. Attorney General Peter Neronha is …

    Source: Jamestown Press - Rhode Island - Neutral
  • Published on Feb 6, 2025

    Timber expansion bill threatens RI forests

    To The Editor, This year, the Forest Parity Act, H 5098, has been reintroduced in the RI General Assembly. This bill, if passed, would remove the sales and use tax on logging equipment, thus making logging more profitable in the state and expanding the …

    Source: Johnston Sun Rise - Rhode Island - Neutral
  • Published on Feb 5, 2025

    Trump’s attempted funding freeze was blocked. So why are billions in grants for solar still locked up?

    In theory, that means the spigot should be back on. Except, according to solar advocates, legal experts, and awardees, as of Monday the Solar for All funds remained inaccessible. In Massachusetts, that means some $156 million that would benefit an …

    Source: The Boston Globe - Massachusetts - Neutral
  • Published on Feb 6, 2025

    Can Trump Power an AI Boom?

    U.S. President Donald Trump’s longtime ambitions of ushering in an artificial intelligence boom have only been supercharged by the emergence of Chinese start-up DeepSeek’s new AI model, which torpedoed markets last week and wiped hundreds of billions of …

    Source: Foreign Policy - Label Pending
  • Published on Feb 5, 2025

    Relax, Whiskers. Scotland is not banning cats

    Cat lovers in Scotland can breathe a collective sigh of relief. The Scottish government will not be banning felines in the country home to an estimated 840,000 pet cats. First Minister John Swinney issued a statement after a report issued on January 27 by …

    Source: Popular Science - Neutral
  • Published on Feb 5, 2025

    PacifiCorp was grossly negligent in Oregon’s 2020 wildfires. Now it’s asking lawmakers for protection.

    Kathleen Becherer, 77, retired in 2014 to the Santiam River Canyon, where she hoped for a life filled with “bees, goats and grandkids.” That dream was incinerated in September 2020. The Santiam Fire, which burned 400,000 acres (almost half the size of …

    Source: Salem Reporter - Oregon - Center-left

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  • Published on February 7, 2025 - 00:18 GMT

    EPA calling for community help on poisoned magpies

    In November last year, the EPA received a report that at least 12 magpies were found sick or deceased by members of the public and the wildlife group, For Australian Wildlife Needing Aid (FAWNA). EPA Director Operations, John Forcier, said toxicological …

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  • Published on February 7, 2025 - 03:21 GMT

    New legislation will accelerate B.C. renewable energy projects

    CANADA, February 6 - To ensure rapid permitting and robust regulation of renewable energy projects, the Province will introduce legislation in spring 2025 allowing the regulation of renewable energy projects, such as wind and solar, to move under the …

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