Friday, March 8, 2013
RI was largely spared the latest snow storm, but that was not the case for our neighbors in MA and CT. The state's economy is improving. These stories and more on the Morning News Podcast. Plus this...
View ArticleCliff Walk Repairs Draw Surfer Ire
The Newport City Council will be reviewing a plan at Wednesday's meeting to rebuild the famed Cliff Walk damaged last year by Superstorm Sandy. Many in the town are concerned about how a proposed plan...
View ArticleRhode Island's Aquaculture Industry Continues to Grow
Aquaculture, the practice of farming fish and shellfish in the sea, is doing well in the Ocean State.
View ArticleFirst CRMC Subcommittee Hearing On Offshore Wind Project Featured Mostly...
Deepwater Wind presented more than two and a half hours of testimony at the first public hearing for its permit application. The offshore wind developer’s experts detailed how the project takes careful...
View ArticleDeepwater Wind Hearing Today On Block Island
A subcommittee of the Coastal Resources Management Council will hold another hearing today on Deepwater Wind's permit application to build a wind farm off the coast of Block Island.This is the second...
View ArticleCRMC Subcommittee To Decide Its Recommendation On Offshore Wind Farm
A subcommittee of the Coastal Resources Management Council will take another step in the permitting process for a proposed offshore wind farm in state waters, when it decides next week whether to...
View ArticleCRMC Subcommittee Recommends Approving Proposed Offshore Wind Farm
A subcommittee of the Coastal Resources Management Council has unanimously recommended approving a proposed offshore wind farm off the coast of Block Island. The subcommittee’s official recommendation...
View ArticleNew Technique To Restore Eroding Shorelines In Place At Narrow River
Rhode Island has lost more than half of its salt marsh habitats to erosion and other climate change impacts. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse will tour the Narrow River tomorrow to learn about a new technique...
View ArticleRI's Coastal Resources Management Council Hits Major Milestone
The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management and the Coastal Resources Management Council have released the state’s first comprehensive shellfish management plan. The plan recommends better...
View ArticleDeepwater Wind Set To Begin Construction Of Block Island Wind Farm
More approvals rolled in this week for the five-turbine wind farm Deepwater Wind. And the company says it has secured the last of its permits for the offshore wind farm planned for three miles off...
View ArticleBattle With The Sea: Change Is Here (Part 2)
Last week, we brought you the story of West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin’s visit to Rhode Island. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse brought the Democratic senator, a strong coal advocate, to witness how climate...
View ArticleBattle With The Sea: In Westerly, Beach Town Still Shoring Up For Future Storms
Within four years, the town of Westerly experienced four major storms: the Great Flood of 2010, Hurricane Irene in 2011, Superstorm Sandy in 2012, and the February 2013 Nor’easter. Like many coastal...
View ArticleBusinesses Plan For Rising Sea And Extreme Weather
More than 100 people will gather in Newport today to learn how to minimize impacts to waterfront businesses from sea level rise and other severe weather at the 13th Annual Baird Symposium.
View ArticleNew Online Tools Available To Assess Flood Risks Along Shorelines
The University of Rhode Island, in partnership with the Coastal Resources Management Council, has developed new tools to plan for future climate change threats. New maps with projected storm surge and...
View ArticleBattle With The Sea: Rhode Island Develops State-of-the-Art Planning Tools
Just this week, the U.S. Senate went on the record that climate change exists. Local and state officials in Rhode Island haven’t been waiting around to take the lead from Washington. They not only know...
View ArticleBattle With The Sea: Helping Salt Marshes Adapt To Rapidly Rising Seas
Rhode Island is losing salt marshes at an alarming rate. Scientists and coastal planners say this is one of the most pressing climate change impacts already facing the Ocean State. Salt marshes are...
View ArticleThe Environmental Impact Of The State Budget
Governor Gina Raimondo’s budget proposal includes some new initiatives for the environment, including a larger role for the state’s Clean Water Finance Agency. Rhode Island Public Radio’s environmental...
View ArticleHabitat Restoration Projects Get Boost From RI CRMC
The state Coastal Resources Management Council has awarded more than $200,000 to nine habitat restoration projects. The projects aim to protect from the impacts of climate change.These nine habitat...
View ArticleCRMC Report Reinforces Vulnerability Of Salt Marsh Loss To Rising Sea Levels
Rhode Island is more likely to lose than gain salt marshes due to the rate of rising sea levels. Those are the findings of a recent analysis by the Coastal Resources Management Council.
View ArticleDespite Law, Coastal Management Agency Operating Without Full-Time Hearing...
By law, the Coastal Resources Management Council should have two hearing officers to oversee contested cases. But the agency has gone without a full-time hearing officer for more than 10 years. The...
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