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Barrington Climate Committee Focuses On Solar to Address Crisis

BARRINGTON, R.I. — The town’s Resilience and Energy Committee says there is plenty of potential for more solar on rooftops and in already-developed areas. It noted parking lot solar canopies could both shade cars and collect energy to be distributed to the community.

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Pound for Pound, Rose Island Narragansett Bay’s Toughest Place

NEWPORT, R.I. — About a mile from the hustle and bustle of tourists parading up and down Thames Street is a quiet oasis fairly well fortified, at least when compared to much of the Ocean State’s coast, from the climate crisis swirling about it.

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As Northeast Temperatures Rise, Low-Income Neighborhoods and Ethnic, Racial Minorities are Expected to Feel the Heat More

The recently released report by the U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change raised alarm over rapidly rising global temperatures, and, according to researchers at the University of Utah, some neighborhoods in the Northeast are already feeling the heat more than others.

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