Conservation of Resources

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It's easy staying green

New England offers a variety of eco-friendly lodging options
This summer, don't leave home without your environmentalism.
By DEIRDRE FULTON | June 09, 2008

Sierra Club under fire from coastal activists

Conservation
Two coastal advocacy organizations are accusing the Sierra Club of backing down from its position as a protector of Sears Island, a large, uninhabited island off Maine’s Down East coast.
By DEIRDRE FULTON | June 04, 2008

Plum Creek plans to cut down 200-year-old trees

North Woods logging
You would think the Plum Creek Timber Company would be doing all it could to avoid negative publicity right now.
By BRIDGET HUBER | May 28, 2008

Sea invaders pose a threat to Narragansett Bay

Small world
Invasive plants are displacing Rhode Island’s native vegetation, changing the landscape and making it more difficult for amphibians, fish, and birds to survive.
By STEVEN STYCOS | October 11, 2006

T-easing pollution

A series of air-clearing public-transit projects, mapped out in the early ’90s, remain controversial — and incomplete
The T: we love to hate it; we hate to take it; we take it everywhere.
By DEIRDRE FULTON | January 17, 2006

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