According to a new report published last month, Rhode Island already has the highest CO2 emission rate in New England. Rhode Island’s CO2 emission rate is 14% higher than the next highest New England state and a staggering 198% higher… Continue Reading
Dear Friends, This Independence Day we are reminded of the role of our great state in our nation’s independence and in firing the first 13 Gun Salute (once in the morning and again as evening fell) in observation of our… Continue Reading
Burrillville’s Sean Trinque will be leading a team on the 78 mile through hike of the North South trail in an effort to raise awareness to the very forests that are being threatened by the Clear River Energy Center gas… Continue Reading
With all the talk about the importance of not destroying hundreds of acres of forest for the proposed power plant we thought it was important to highlight World Arbor Day today Friday, April 28th. Arbor Day History Each year many Rhode… Continue Reading
A Review of the Statewide Planning Advisory Opinion Concerning the Clear River Energy Center, Burrillville, Rhode Island, and the Facility’s Consistency and Compliance with the State of Rhode Island Guide Plan Prepared by: Keep Rhode Island Beautiful On March… Continue Reading
Why is everyone so concerned about the Johnston sale of water to Invenergy? (AKA: The Johnston water sale to Invenergy stinks.) Hint: It’s not only what they did, but also how they did it. Last week, Invenergy was up against the… Continue Reading
It’s a Matter of Trust”…and we don’t trust the process. Like the singer Billy Joel said, ”It’s a matter of trust” and well, we just don’t trust the process anymore. It’s not that we don’t want to, but we… Continue Reading
Regarding the Burrillville power plant saga, it is striking how dominated the story has been by questions of climate change and power need when the most astonishing aspect of the story has been neglected: The fact that for the first… Continue Reading
“It was an act of self-hypnosis, a deliberate drowning of consciousness by means of rhythmic noise.” George Orwell “Anything noisy is poorly designed.” Raymond Loewy Noise has been one of the prominent topics of debate over the Clear River… Continue Reading
On a windy weekday this spring I took my bike out to the very northwesternmost corner of Rhode Island, a place of long rural roads through rolling rocky and piney hills. I went with copies of the maps from the… Continue Reading