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Ethanol stays in gasoline even if mandate ends
Ethanol, the best-performing energy commodity this year, is cheaper than gasoline, encouraging refiners to use the biofuel even if President Barack Obama’s administration ends a requirement to do so. more
Oil advances to 3-month high before European debt meetings
Oil climbed to the highest in three months in New York as speculation European leaders meeting this week will make progress on the region’s debt crisis supported prices against forecasts of rising supply in the U.S. more
EPA awards $400K to assess Fall River sites
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will provide two brownfields assessment grants totaling $400,000 to the city of Fall River. more
| 8/20/12
Heavy rains flood Fall River hospital
For the second time in a week, heavy rains and flash floods left the emergency room of Fall River’s St. Anne’s Hospital underwater, according to The Herald News. more
| 8/16/12
Textron named a ‘top air polluter’
(Updated Fri, Aug. 17, 4:30 p.m. with comments from Textron) Textron Inc. – the Providence-based company that includes Bell Helicopter and Cessna Aircraft – was named the No. 2 corporate air polluter in America by researchers at the Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. more
| 8/15/12
EPA awards $200K to clean up N.B. location
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded a $200,0000 brownfields cleanup grant to the city of New Bedford. more
| 8/14/12
Blueways Alliance releases maps for R.I. paddle boaters
Rhode Island’s kayakers and canoers now have a crystal clear idea of what kind of waters they’re getting into. The Rhode Island Blueways Alliance, a nonprofit organization, released 20 detailed maps of paddle trails throughout the state on Monday. more
Gas prices rise 7 cents in R.I., 9 cents in Mass.
Gas prices rose 7 cents this week in Rhode Island and 9 cents in Massachusetts, according to AAA Southern New England. more
| 8/14/12
July hottest month on record in lower 48 states
July was the hottest month in the lower 48 states in records going back 117 years, capping the hottest 12 months ever in the continental U.S., the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said. more
RIC establishes beekeeping program
Rhode Island College has made plans to establish a beekeeping program to continue promoting sustainable living and protection of the environment. more
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