Three years later, Rhode Island takes illegal seawall to court. buff.ly/dYTBjDb

Gov. McKee’s proposed budget includes pushing back the 2033 deadline for Rhode Island’s 100% Renewable Energy Standard by 17 years. This could save ratepayers $62 million next year. But any delay in the standard also means a delay in executing the Act on Climate law. buff.ly/Bz6pvy4

"Rhode Island's Act on Climate law is certainly a major upgrade over the toothless Resilient Rhode Island Act of 2014. But don’t sleep on Rhode Island’s uncanny ability to ignore environmental law. It’s the state’s superpower," writes columnist @frankcarini.bsky.social buff.ly/9VNBsfu

BREAKING: $14.9 billion @govdanmckee.bsky.social budget is out • 3% surtax on millionaires • WSJ ed board unhappy • Trump blamed for HR1 costs • Climate rollback saves $1B • Tax cuts for seniors, parents • $600M in bond Qs 2,000+ words, at your service > www.wpri.com/news/politic...

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Since 2022, no major legislation responding to or tackling the climate crisis has emerged from the General Assembly. The reason for the slowdown? Aggressive opposition to climate legislation from Rhode Island’s main utility company. buff.ly/byb3VrH

A country club's illegal seawall continues to stand as the state's coastal regulatory agency dithers. buff.ly/dUFNngc

Students like Chrys Santos who rely on public transit to get to school say the system is failing them. “I can’t imagine my younger brothers having to...deal with these conditions..if access to education is determined by how early you wake up or how long you stand in the cold." buff.ly/ava6KTO

The Rhode Island Food Policy Council is calling for investment in four composting facilities to process the 90,000 tons of food waste currently going to the state's landfill. buff.ly/rFPqYgm

Today @ecorinews.bsky.social published my op-ed drawing the connection between our struggle against #Trump 's war on #offshorewind and the fight against his authoritarian takeover in America. #NoKings ecori.org/we-will-not-...

In the 12 months since state officials began work on Rhode Island’s 2025 climate action strategy, the world looks much different.

“This is BS, that’s all this is.” Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee responds to the Trump administration's latest attempt to halt the expansion of offshore wind. buff.ly/6Whpw8g

I almost didn't send this email because it broke all the cardinal rules of fundraising. But these are extraordinary times. bit.ly/48ZNOZU

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After failing in court, the Trump administration stops wind projects again but this time the reasons are secret security concerns to make them harder to challenge

@ribrickartist.bsky.social is selling these kits with a portion of proceeds to benefit our newsroom. Swee! 💚

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A state solar program designed to help low-income residents in environmental justice zones instead leaves them stranded. buff.ly/cdvJ6t1

A private beach club in Narragansett will build a new sea wall. Some fear it will cause more beach erosion and impede beach access. buff.ly/zbtAxki

Opinion: While smart growth won’t solve all today’s problems, the urgent challenges we face demand we double back on these core principles to help build a prosperous future. buff.ly/cDwzUid

Rhode Island Energy, the main utility company and sole administrator of the programs, says it’s time to cut the budget and “right-size” the amount of money Rhode Islanders are charged. buff.ly/Z0frK70

A Dec. 6 letter to the editor in Newport This Week sparked the ire of our columnist frankcarini.bsky.social. He penned this response. buff.ly/w6D763Z

The landscape industry has a pot addiction with an estimated 500M plastic pots contributing to 350M pounds of trash. One Bourne, Mass., landscaper aims to change that. buff.ly/3BasC2G

Providence Parks Department Board of Commissioners spent all the money in the South Providence Community Benefit Fund without input from the community. buff.ly/Rb1gJNd

"I entered a nightmare. Most of the forest in the property was intensively logged, including many clear-cuts." Opinion writer Nathan Cornell weighs in on what he saw when he hiked a DEM property in Burrillvillle. buff.ly/QYMG053

To buttress their opposition to offshore wind development, opponents have claimed these sea-bound turbines rely, significantly, on diesel generators to operate. Few outside the opposition substantiate the allegation. buff.ly/JX0u26q

When Rob Hudson agreed to teach an inaugural course last spring on the business of aquaculture, he expected a fair amount of regional interest. What he didn’t expect was attendees from 15 states and 10 countries, including Australia and Scotland.

Last month, some 360 miles from the Statehouse in Providence, the governor of Pennsylvania and the state Legislature reached a budget deal that will impact Rhode Island and the rest of southern New England. buff.ly/4qk6Bd6

It's not Buddy the Elf, but it IS a Buddy Holiday Pack, which we'll be raffling off this Sunday, Dec. 7 at @ecorinews.bsky.social annual holiday Regift Sale at Flatbread Pizza in Providence. Join us for fun, festivity & stress-free holiday gift shopping, from 1 to 3:30.

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After 40 years, a hotly contested shoreline access point is designated a public right of way. buff.ly/gkAEgfU

Estimated to be 80-120 years old, the elm escaped Dutch elm disease, the illness that had hit Brown and Providence’s other historic trees almost a decade earlier, and was instead falling victim to things greater than itself: time and humankind.

Neighbors of a controversial industrial parcel on the outskirts of Pawtuxet Village notched a win last week when the Zoning Board of Appeals ruled in their favor that subcontractors at 175 Post Road had exceeded the allowed uses of the property.

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As board president of @ecorinews.bsky.social, I ask you to support nonprofit environmental journalism in Rhode Island. Your #GivingTuesday donations will be matched by the board up to $5,000.

Who gives? Our board members do! Donate at ecoRI.org/give and ecoRI News board members will double your gift now through midnight on #GivingTuesday (or as we like to call it, #GivingNewsDay). buff.ly/0RpusKg

"Our me-first way of living treats most of us as consumers and political pawns. Society makes little to no investment in the future of our species, and burns through the natural world as if some fulfillment center will just deliver more to our front door."

Since Halloween, you've been assaulted with Black Friday deals, but we're giving you the opportunity to shop and #buynothingnew next weekend at our Regift Sale. buff.ly/n1uxTXq

In today's Weekender: Illegal ATVs trash trails and nature, and in his weekly column, frankcarini.bsky.social urges us not to let "thankfulness" obscure the suffering of others. Plus, suggestions for stuff to do this weekend. buff.ly/JF6I519 Get the Weekender in your inbox: buff.ly/rMz7yez

There’s a piece of forested property in the northwest corner of the state, new to the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management’s collection, that Andy Grover enjoys hiking, at least when he’s not dodging all-terrain vehicles.

In Rhode Island we keep being told it can't be done here... @ecorinews.bsky.social