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Countless Withdrawals of Natural Capital Likely to Bankrupt Human Well-Being

Infinite growth in the smallest state in the union on a planet with finite resources seems impossible, and most certainly destructive, but many of the reports Rhode Island has commissioned to address climate change and environmental protections consider economic growth a part of the solution or at least the end reward.

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Mind the Gap: R.I.’s Affordable Housing Stock Fails to Meet Need

The gap between housing costs and what many Rhode Islanders can afford has been a persistent — and routinely ignored — problem for sometime. Decades of underinvestment in affordable housing development has forced the state’s lowest-income renters to rent apartments beyond what they can afford.

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Local Food Builds Health, Community and Sustainability

A robust Rhode Island food system would support environmental justice and help mitigate climate change. The current corporate-ruled system is collapsing under the weight of a changing climate, even as the barriers to food equality grow.

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