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Climate + Environment

A NOAA NO-XP radar antenna prior to operations in VORTEX 2 in Norman, Oklahoma, on Oct. 5, 2010.

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Climate + Environment

Climate + Environment

NOAA Contracts Are Being Reviewed One by One. It’s Throwing the Agency Into Chaos

April 9, 2025

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Alejandra Borunda

A turkey strolls through Swan Point Cemetery in Providence in July 2023.

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Climate + Environment

Climate + Environment

Roadkill Can Be Taken Home Under New Rhode Island State Regulation

April 9, 2025

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Alexander Castro

Bonito tail

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Climate + Environment

Climate + Environment

In MA, First-Ever Fishing Limits for False Albacore and Bonito Likely Coming

April 8, 2025

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Signs pointing towards Routes 6 and 10, along with Interstate 95, in Providence’s Silver Lake neighborhood.

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News + Culture

News + Culture

Sidelined Route 6/10 Contractor Sues Competitor Over Alleged Smear Campaign

April 8, 2025

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Christopher Shea

Wind turbine debris, shown on Nobadeer Beach on Nantucket, was strewn in local waters and on the shore after a blade failure at Vineyard Wind last summer. Now the Town of Nantucket is challenging the federal approval of a different wind farm, SouthCoast Wind.

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Climate + Environment

Climate + Environment

SouthCoast Wind Responds to Nantucket Litigation Against Wind Farm’s Federal Approval

April 4, 2025

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Jennette Barnes

Zak Mertz holds a spring peeper frog, moments before setting it free next to a vernal pool in Weymouth

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Climate + Environment

Climate + Environment

As Spring Arrives, So Does a Symphony of Nature Sounds

April 4, 2025

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A NOAA NO-XP radar antenna prior to operations in VORTEX 2 in Norman, Oklahoma, on Oct. 5, 2010.

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Climate + Environment

Climate + Environment

U.S. House Dems Say NOAA Cuts Will Harm Weather Forecasting, Fisheries, Navy Operations

Rhode Island U.S. Rep. Magaziner says mass layoffs at agency are ‘outright dangerous’

April 3, 2025

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The Fox Point Hurricane Barrier stands open on July 1, 2024. The 25-foot barrier is meant to keep storm surges from flooding downtown Providence.

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Climate + Environment

Climate + Environment

Climate Disasters Are on the Rise. These States Want to Make Oil Companies Pay

April 2, 2025

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Climate + Environment

Climate + Environment

Awash in Uncertainty, SouthCoast Wind Contract Delayed for a Third Time

Price negotiations between developer and utility companies now set to end June 30

April 1, 2025

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A growing demand for electricity combined with international instability have driven up utility rates beyond Rhode Island Energy’s control, the utility company says.

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Politics + Justice

Politics + Justice

State Utility Regulators Slash RI Energy’s Capital Budget as Customer Outrage Mounts

Summer electric rates to decrease, but gas bills are going up

March 31, 2025

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