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After more than two decades of indecision, Rhode Island officials are ready to deal with the issue of dredging -- and they are doing it as a united front. Representatives [...]

Save The Bay's environmental campus Resurrecting a former shipyard with a birds-eye view, down Narragansett Bay, to become the future home of Save The Bay's 'Explore the Bay Center' seems [...]

Often we talk about the need for long-range economic planning in Rhode Island. Just as important is an overall environmental plan, one which members of the Conservation Law Foundation suggest [...]

University of Rhode Island (URI) scientists have been given a $745,000 grant from a team of federal agencies to help develop procedures for any offshore renewable projects to be sited in federal waters. The projects include but are not limited to wind farms. Insights on URI's research on Rhode Island's coastal waters are also given.

The ocean Special Area Management Plan (SAMP) by the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council is nearing completion and will provide the groundwork for permitting development off the coastlines. However, environmental groups complain that the state is speeding up the work to meet arbitrary deadlines. Insights on the planned wind farms are also given.

Last November, elected officials, environmental groups and residents rallied at Providence's Roger Williams Zoo to launch 'Go Big little rhody,' a campaign CLF is co-leading that aims to slash global [...]