Environmental Journal

02/07/2010

There’s consensus on climate change
One of the nation’s leading climate change scientists told business leaders here last week that the majority of the world’s scientists who are serious and have their work published in peer-reviewed scientific journals agree that climate change is happening and it is primarily a “human-caused phenomenon.”

ENVIRONMENTAL DIGEST
Green Building Council marks anniversary

01/31/2010

Zone changes for Providence River
The state’s coastal council pleased East Providence officials and supporters of India Point Park, but angered waterfront business people and shipping companies by approving zoning changes last week for the congested waters in the Providence River.

Environmental digest
A look at ocean mapping plan

01/27/2010

R.I. still in fight against proposed LNG terminal
PROVIDENCE — When a federal appeals court rejected efforts by the state’s coastal agency last fall to review plans for a liquefied natural gas terminal in Mount Hope Bay, some thought the state has lost its only chance to stop the terminal. But that is not so.

01/24/2010

Conn. man produces R.I. shark documentary
Scott Tucker floats in the ocean about 25 miles off Point Judith, waiting for sharks.

01/17/2010

Environmental Digest
Federal panel to examine CRMC

Environmental Journal: Container-turned-clinic set for Haiti
The work of a small Pawtucket building company to convert two shipping containers into a rugged, full-service health clinic for undeveloped regions of the world may now play a role in the disaster recovery in Haiti.

01/10/2010

R.I. joins 10 other states to cut emissions
It didn’t get much public attention over the holidays, but on Dec. 29 Governor Carcieri signed a memorandum of understanding that links Rhode Island with 10 other states in an unusual effort to lower the amount of carbon emissions produced by cars, buses and trucks.

R.I. joins 10 other states to cut emissions
It didn’t get much public attention over the holidays, but on Dec. 29 Governor Carcieri signed a memorandum of understanding that links Rhode Island with 10 other states in an unusual effort to lower the amount of carbon emissions produced by cars, buses and trucks.

Environmental Digest: Nominations sought for conservation awards
Nominations sought for conservation awards

12/27/2009

Environmental Digest
College students invited to submit ‘green’ essays

Providence building achieves ‘green’ gold standard
PROVIDENCE — The four-story building on North Main Street offers sweeping views across the city, comfortable sitting areas on a balcony and in a garden, inviting wood paneling and soft, distinctive lighting. The air inside is continually refreshed and a waterfall greets visitors in the lobby.

12/20/2009

Ocean management plan proposed by task force
In September, more than 250 people from Maine to South Carolina packed a room in the Rhode Island Convention Center to offer their suggestions to Obama administration officials working on a new ocean policy for the nation.

Environmental Digest
Salve Regina offers new graduate courses

12/13/2009

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Watershed group to help put student work online

Park service to reimagine Providence’s Roger Williams memorial
Should the Roger Williams National Memorial — the 4.5-acre park off North Main Street in Providence — actually include a memorial to the iconic founder of Providence? Should the park be left alone, one of the few patches of lawn and shade on the East Side? And where is the famed spring that attracted Roger Williams to the site back in 1636?