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Biomass Power Burns Quickly Through Legislature

Governor’s Appointments to Coastal Board Challenged

Food Scrap Being Wasted at Rhode Island Schools

Bill Requires Egg Farmers to Give Hens More Space

Unlike plastic, glass is nontoxic and can be recycled again and again. But plastic is cheap to make, ship and store, prompting beverage and food makers to turn to plastic as a way to boost profits.

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Carbon Tax Bill Moves Slowly Despite Need for Urgency

Rhode Island Tapped into Water Funds to Fill Budget Holes

Statewide Ban On Plastic Bags and Polystyrene is a Slog

PROVIDENCE — A new bill in the General Assembly adds woody biomass to the list of eligible renewable-energy sources that qualify for net metering.

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DEM Losing More Staff as Fiscal 2019 Cuts Loom

Bill Gives Rhode Island Teeth to Cut Carbon Emissions

Ban-the-Bag Movement Taking Rhode Island by Storm

Ivory is common in antiques and collectables such as furniture, jewelry and, most importantly to opponents of any ban, guns.

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Mixed Signals from Gov. Raimondo on Carbon Tax Bill

Fiscal 2018 Budget Includes DEM Staff Cuts

Jamestown Quietly Joined Ocean State’s Bag Ban Club

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Glass Recycling a Problem: Market for Cullet Declining

Bill Adds Wood to R.I.’s Renewable Energy Portfolio

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Gun Lobby Opposes R.I. Ban on Ivory, Rhino Products

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