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Charting a Clean Energy Future for New England’s Oil-Menaced Southeastern Coast
Ask Americans to name a major oil spill and you’ll hear about the Gulf oil disaster and the Exxon Valdez, maybe even Arkansas, the Kalamazoo River and the Yellowstone River. But two of America’s worst oil disasters took place off… Read more >
Calling on Rhode Island to Take the Lead on Offshore Wind
Of the more than fifty offshore wind energy projects spinning in the world’s oceans, not one of them is in American waters. Rhode Island’s leaders are working to change this and move America forward in pursuing this new clean energy frontier… Read more >
Flocking to Clean Energy: Conservationists Unite Behind Offshore Wind
Hundreds of conservation and public health groups, Atlantic coast elected officials and businesses are joining together to send a loud and clear message to the Obama administration: We’re united behind wildlife-friendly offshore wind energy. The coalition sent a letter to… Read more >
Little State Making Big Progress on Offshore Wind
Growing up in the Ocean State, I spent the majority of my summer by the beaches of Narragansett. My grandmother had a beach house on Great Island. From my grandmother’s beach house on Great Island we could just make out… Read more >
Breath of Fresh Air in Senate: “We Are Not Just in This Chamber to Represent the Polluters”
There’s so much hot air coming out of Washington these days, many Americans have tuned out. But one speech on the Senate floor recently is worth watching in full. Read more >
Salazar Announces Major Step Forward on Offshore Wind
Today, Department of the Interior Secretary Ken Salazar joined Governor Lincoln Chafee and Rhode Island’s Congressional delegation for a press conference to announce a key step forward in the process to develop offshore wind energy in New England. There are significant… Read more >
