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Exeter’s Commercial Greenhouse Project Shouldn’t be Exempt from Property Taxes

Downtown Landlords Block Public Toilets Then Public Officials Point Fingers

Concern About Aerial Spraying of Toxins to Kill Mosquitoes Keeps Me Up at Night

Time for General Assembly to Finally Act on Forest Conservation

Even though fossil fuels impact human health, by polluting the air we breathe, the soil we grow food in, and the water we drink, U.S. health insurers collectively invest tens of billions of dollars into coal, oil, and gas companies.

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Carbon Fee Border Adjustments: The Camel Peeks Its Nose Under the Climate Tent

First-Time Composter Learns to Deal with the Stink

Climate Deniers, Covidiots and Conspiracy Quacks Really Have Nothing to Fear

Two recent news stories from neighboring states hit the target when it comes to what matters most to so many in our damaged society: greed and destruction. They often go hand in hand.

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Car-Dominated Transit, Lax Pollution Controls Heat Up Rhode Island

Insect Apocalypse? Bothered By Bereft of Backyard Bugs

Fake Talking Points: Time to Bring Down Curtain On Plastic Propaganda

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), a toxic alphabet soup of manufactured chemicals linked to cancer, will one day, perhaps soon, join the long list of profitable poisons that were allowed to sicken us and damage the environment long after their dangers were first discovered.

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Our Newsroom’s Troubled Relationship with Facebook

R.I.’s Land-Use Vision and Climate Efforts Blindsided By Shortsighted Development

Elected Officials Douse Climate, Coronavirus and Racism Flames With Gasoline

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A Real Health Problem: Insurers Must Divest From Fossil Fuels

Two Different Local Stories Share Familiar Plot of Greed and Destruction

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Lasting Health Impacts of PFAS Will Rival Our Past Public-Health Failures

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