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Could poison ivy be one of the big winners of climate change? Lewis Ziska, a plant physiologist with the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, in Maryland, thinks so.
DEM looking for help with turkey count
PROVIDENCE -- Wild turkeys appear to be on the decline in Rhode Island, and the state Department of Environmental Management has turned to the public for help. The DEM's Division of Fish and Wildlife wants people to report sightings of hen turkeys with or without immature birds, known as poults.
Through this URI entomologist, ticks talk
To that great majority of us who experience ordinary disgust (if not outright horror) when beholding the tick, Thomas N. Mather's long fascination with these bloodsucking disease carriers seems terribly wrong. Until he begins to explain.
R.I. officials work to stop invasion of Asian longhorned beetle
WORCESTER, Mass. -- Since August, the beetles have destroyed 20,000 trees in a 64-acre zone that includes Worcester and parts of Holden, Shrewsbury, Boylston and West Boylston. Now, authorities fear the pest may spread to other New England states.
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R.I. Department of Environmental Management
Health Dept.: Public Health Updates
R.I. Resource Recovery Corporation
Special Reports
GreenZoneRI.org
A five-part series that explores renewable energy in Rhode Island and ways to conserve energy while saving money
From The Journal
Ultra-eco-friendly house in Narragansett
Interactive graphic: The gold standard of eco-friendly is going up in Narragansett
Alternative fuel
Wood pellet stoves are hot, hot, hot in Rhode Island
The boom for the stoves began in June. Local stove shops, which usually enjoy quiet summers, have been flat out ever since. Now, while a few stoves are available here and there, several store owners said they are taking orders for February, at the earliest.
Coasting on biodiesel
Ponaganset students, teacher 'selling' biodiesel as a fuel coast to coast
Ross McCurdy and the three former and current Ponaganset students are making the 3,000-mile trek from Rhode Island to Los Angeles in a pickup truck fueled by biodiesel, a non-petroleum-based fuel made from vegetable oil.
Video: Coast to coast on biodiesel
08.13.08: Ponaganset students, teacher 'selling' biodiesel as a fuel coast to coast
Special Report: Troubles by the Curb
Audio slideshow: The landfill is almost full
Interactive graphic: How the landfill operates
Graphic: Just how big is the landfill?
Map: The landfill could expand east
Link: Find out about what you can trash, recycle or otherwise dispose of, from the R.I. Recycling Center
How to be green and clean
