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Our ongoing fiscal nightmare complicates the quest for the green economy, the New York Times reports today. Yet a few days earlier, the paper had this : OAKLAND, Calif. — California’s energy-efficiency policies created nearly 1.5 million jobs from 1977...
I'm late in getting to this news about Progreso Latino , but I haven't seen it reported elsewhere -- and it seems like a novel response to concerns about global warming and growing utility costs. Central Falls, R.I. - Due to rising fuel costs...
The quote of the day comes from New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman , who was targeted with two mostly errant green-colored pies during his address yesterday at Brown University (h/t RI's Future ): Mr. Friedman quipped, "Ten years in Beruit and Jerusalem...
What better time than Earth Day? When: April 22 2008, from 3-4:30 PM. (Speaking portion begins at 3:30 PM.) Where: State House. Smith Street , Providence , RI . What: A lobby training session and tour of the State House will start at 3 pm in the Bell...
Here, in the form of an event on Tuesday, is another clever notion for Earth Day: Tuesday April 22nd, following Earth Day Lobby Day at the State House, Clean Water Action and the Environment Council of Rhode Island are hosting EARTH in jeoPARTY, an Earth...
A few different things of note today: -- At Brown: Rising Powers, Shrinking Planet: The New Geopolitics of Energy Michael T. Klare, the Five College Professor of Peace and World Security Studies and Director of the Five College Program in Peace and World...
Former Miss Rhode Island Allison Rogers , who made raising awareness about global warming a big part of her platform, is now project manager of the Greening office for the House of Representatives. She was profiled yesterday in Roll Call : While installing...
David Segal and Matt Jerzyk yesterday used a ProJo op-ed to outline a progressive vision for Rhode Island . They focused on three important needs: efficiency through regionalization, and creating a predictable funding formula; building the Green economy;...
The Botanical Center at Roger Williams Park , appropriately, was the location for last night's farewell party for Jen Cole, a longtime stalwart of the Providence Neighborhood Planting Program , who is credited with having planted more than 3000 trees...
Being a third-party candidate in America often resembles pissing in the wind. Be that as it may, SKCM Curry , the Green Party's 2008 vice presidential candidate recently visited Rhode Island, and I have a piece on her in today's Phoenix: In 2000, Curry...
As part of the "Green issue" in the Phoenix hitting the streets today, I have a piece highlighting some of the groups and individuals in the state's environmental vanguard . Joseph E. Newsome (pictured above, by the Gordon Avenue Business Incubator in...
You've got to give this much to Sedinam Kinamo Christin Moyowasifza-Curry . The Green Party vice-presidential candidate, who goes by SKCM Curry, isn't kidding when she says she has "incredible personality and charm." Curry, a native and current resident...
For your consideration: -- A Taste of Sustainability , a fundraiser for the nonprofit advocacy group Groundwork Providence, takes place from 6-8 tonight at Roger Williams Park Casino in Providence. David Cicilline is the honorary chair, and Gordon Fox...
As John Mulligan reports today that a global warming measure has moved to the US Senate's front burner, there are a number of other signs of the swelling effort to come to terms with this pending environmental catastrophe: -- The New York Times recently...
Ira Magaziner gets some prominent play in an October cover story in the Atlantic about his and Bill Clinton's efforts to combine entrepreneuralism and market forces with philanthropy. You need a subscription to get more than the very beginning of the...
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