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No Splashing: Swimmers Banned from Popular Pond to Make Way for Boats

Our Tax Structure Punishes Environment, Public Health and Low-Wealth Families

Questions Surround Rhode Island’s Calls for More Renewable Energy

It is virtually impossible to keep track of all of Rhode Island's climate-related goals and promises. It's mostly show with little substance.

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Humanity Recklessly Speeding Headlong Down One-Way Street Into Dead End

Affordable Housing Flatlining in Portsmouth

Rhode Island’s New Chief Resiliency Officer Being Set Up to Fail

Neither billionaires, the free market, carbon-capture fantasies, or some magical technological breakthrough are going to solve the climate crisis and the never-ending assault on the natural world. It’s about changing behaviors and attitudes. It starts at home. It starts with you.

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Get Off My Beach!

Journalism Failed On Climate Crisis Front; Now It’s Normalizing Lying

Striking Rhode Island Development Trend: Make It Easier to Build Everywhere

A hired spokesperson for the city of Pawtucket noted last year that redevelopment is necessary because of the neglected and dangerous state of Morley Field. The park is trashed because it’s a property City Hall abandoned in a neighborhood the city doesn’t seem to care about.

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Toxic PFAS and Supreme Court Rulings Gang Up to Stress Local Waters

Rising Ocean Temperatures Could Sink Southern New England on Multiple Levels

Spraying Poisons to Kill Backyard Ticks and Mosquitos Has Exploded. But Does It Work?

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2030: The Year of Tarred Unicorns, Oil-Spill Rainbows

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Pawtucket City Hall’s Drive to Transform Public Green Space Into Blacktop

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