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Natural Gas Leak Puts Pressure on Fossil Fuel Projects
Rehoboth to Vote April 3 on Gas Compressor Station
Sneak Attack: Citizens Bank Divestment Snuffed Out
Citizens Bank Asked to Stop Funding Pipeline Work

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Citizens Bank Target of Boycott and Divestment Protest

PROVIDENCE — The call has been sounded across the country to halt the last stage of the Dakota Access Pipeline. At a recent downtown protest, Citizens Bank was targeted for helping finance the $3.78 billion oil-transmission project that would travel underneath the Missouri River, the primary drinking-water source for the Standing Rock Sioux.

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Local Efforts Sought to Oppose Trump’s Cabinet Picks
Massachusetts Native Teaches, Farms for Racial Justice
Local Tribe Opposes Power Plant and LNG Projects

Slow Progress, Lack of Diversity Cited at Rhode Island PUC

WARWICK, R.I. — Two recent votes by the Rhode Island utilities board didn't satisfy those wanting to help customers who can't afford to keep the power and heat on.

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Providence Cemetery Home Turf for Some People Who Can’t Afford to Live

PROVIDENCE — Before leaving the Irish Famine Memorial to walk to Kennedy Plaza, Will Lawlor told the two Brown University students to use the code word “glasses” if they found themselves in a difficult situation. He said the group would walk away together.

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Activist vs. Lawmaker: Different Approaches to Climate
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