A Frank Take

Ocean State On the Hook: Warming Coastal Waters Will Impact Fisheries, Tourism

Hungry Hungry Hippos: Burying, Burning of Resources Feeds Mindless Consumption

A Short Column with a Big Idea

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

It’s time we get creative, and fairer, when deciding how and what we tax. We need to switch the tax onus away from things that don’t pollute and waste resources to things that do.

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Questions Surround Rhode Island’s Calls for More Renewable Energy

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

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

Rhode Island's elected officials need to better understand the importance — economically, environmentally, sociality, and morally — of housing people. Passing bills is the easier part. What is needed is follow-through, funding, and support.

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Stories That Matter, in Your Inbox

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

Give It a Try: Individual Actions Can Add Up to Climate-Changing Movement

Get Off My Beach!

As a journalist for the past 32 years, I take no glee in writing this. I find the situation embarrassing, troubling, and dangerous. It makes me sick to my stomach when I see how much the news of the day/hour/minute is framed.

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