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The storm surge from Hurricane Sandy shifted Richard Broccoli’s Charlestown cottage on its pilings, ripped off the front deck and ruined the electrical system.
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By Patrick Anderson |
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Climate change is causing rising seas and intensified storms, in the view of many scientists around the world. Rhode Island planners and environmental experts on the leading edge of climate-change issues are alerting businesses and communities to start making changes now to deal with the impacts.
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By Rhonda Miller |
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Toy and game maker Hasbro Inc. landed the top spot on the 2012-2013 Climate Counts Climate Scores rankings in the toys and children’s products sector, Hasbro announced Wednesday.
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By PBN Staff
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency disaster recovery centers in Westerly and Middletown that were opened to help Rhode Islanders recover from Hurricane Sandy will close on Friday, FEMA announced Wednesday.
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By PBN Staff
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In what is being called “a first of its kind collaboration,” a coalition of environmental organization and offshore wind developers have agreed to a series of voluntary measures to help protect the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale while helping to expedite offshore wind development.
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By Emily Greenhalgh |
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The 2,700 spaces of the Misquamicut State Beach parking lot now lie under a veritable mountain of sand, all of it removed from Atlantic Avenue and its businesses and residences in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.
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By Richard Asinof
Contributing Writer | 12/17/12 |
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A man-made sand dune, stretching about 200 yards and engineered with steel rebar, its top covered with planted grasses, is the largest built object still standing along the entire Atlantic Avenue beachfront in Westerly.
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By Richard Asinof
Contributing Writer | 12/17/12 |
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The Energy Department increased its estimate of what U.S. households heating primarily with oil will spend this winter.
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By Barbara J Powell |
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Eco-sustainability company HDS International Corp. has entered into an agreement with Hillwinds Energy Development Corp. to expand its licensed territory, among other things, the company announced Monday.
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By PBN Staff
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The many short-and long-term challenges to rebuilding along the coast in the wake of the recent “superstorm” are indeed daunting, as a special pullout section in this issue called Rebuilding From Sandy shows.
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12/17/12
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