Senator “It’s Time to Wake Up” Whitehouse drops his climate change mic
A few weeks ago, Rhode Island Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) literally dropped the mic, after a nearly eight-year streak of weekly speeches in which he...
Labor and Environment Unite to Build Green Economy
The conversations, and there were many, began the day after the Nov. 3 election. It then took three months for an array of Rhode Island...
Senate Climate Hawk Ends 9-Year Run Of Speeches, Citing Hopes Under Biden
Few senators have been as vocal about the issue of climate change as Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island. The three-term progressive Democrat has given a...
How climate change is impacting bird populations in Newport County
At the Sweet Flag Preserve adjacent to Bailey’s Brook in Middletown, Jameson Chace and his students at Salve Regina University spend two days a week...
States & Cities Are Driving Climate & Clean Energy Progress
It was the year that never seemed to end. The 2020 blows kept coming as the inter-related crises of the COVID-19 pandemic, racial brutality, climate upheaval,...
Climate Justice And Composting Among Providence’s Environmental Initiatives For 2021
The Office of Sustainability and the Environmental Sustainability Task Force (ESTF) are launching major environmental initiatives for the new year.
Rhode Island Senator Pushes Coastal Coalition With Georgia On Climate Change
A senator from Rhode Island has been spending time in Georgia, advocating for coastal states to work together to address climate change.
First meeting of the Senate Energy Transmission Commission – Full video
The first meeting of the Special Legislative Commission to Study and Evaluate Rhode Island’s Electric and Natural Gas Transmission and Distribution System Infrastructure (Commission) met on December...