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environmental journal by peter lord 05/18/2008

Meeting on ‘green’ building standards draws a big crowd
Organizers expected to see about 70 people attend their first meeting last Thursday to form a new Rhode Island chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council, designed to promote green building standards throughout the state.

05/11/2008

Save the Bay celebrates Spalding’s 17 years of leadership
Curt Spalding, the longtime director of Save the Bay, the state’s largest environmental advocacy group, said goodbye last week. And John Scanlon, the group’s first executive director, gave a humorous account of Save the Bay’s founding 38 years ago — a time, he said, when corporations, unions and just about everybody mistrusted environmentalists.

05/04/2008

At last, herring return to Woonasquatucket in the city
For the first time in more than 100 years, herring are making their way up the Woonasquatucket River in Providence.

04/27/2008

Scituate High’s energy project earns a Chafee award
A high school science program that has grown into something affecting much of the town of Scituate is one of the four top winners of the Environment Council of Rhode Island’s annual John H. Chafee Conservation Leadership Awards.

04/20/2008

Lighthouse tours to begin again

04/13/2008

Earth Day events: Cleanups, films, talk by Thomas Friedman
A talk by Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman will headline Earth Day activities in Rhode Island on Tuesday, April 22.

04/06/2008

Photo exhibit illustrates effects of warming on nature
Dramatic photographs of piping plovers, a lobster and sugar maples are part of a special photography exhibit this month in downtown Providence designed to call attention to the effects of climate change on wildlife.

Photo exhibit illustrates effects of warming on nature
Dramatic photographs of piping plovers, a lobster and sugar maples are part of a special photography exhibit this month in downtown Providence designed to call attention to the effects of climate change on wildlife.

03/30/2008

NOAA decommissions a storied stalwart of the sea
The Rude, a federal research vessel that was involved in several noteworthy events in southern New England in recent years, was decommissioned last week at its home port in Virginia.

03/23/2008

DEM finally practices what it preaches — recycling paper
When the state announced in January a renewed effort to improve the woeful recycling rate of Rhode Island stores and businesses, Terrence Gray, associate director at the state Department of Environmental Management, was embarrassed to admit that the DEM headquarters is in leased space that doesn’t provide recycling.