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Oil traded near its lowest in a week in New York on speculation that an increase in U.S. crude stockpiles signaled slowing demand in the world’s biggest consumer of the commodity.
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By Grant Smith and Ramsey Al-Rikabi |
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More than 3,200 buildings across the country, including 22 from the Ocean State, are competing in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s 2012 National Building Competition: Battle of the Buildings.
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By Michael Souza |
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Oil declined in New York for the first time in five days as European economic confidence worsened, fanning concern that fuel consumption may slow.
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By Grant Smith |
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Portsmouth-based Escobar Farm has been named Rhode Island’s 2012 Outstanding Dairy Farm of the Year by the Rhode Island Green Pastures Committee, the R.I. Department of Environmental Management announced Thursday.
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By PBN Staff
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A new environmental report on the Ocean State has confirmed that extreme rainstorms and snowstorms are happening 90 percent more frequently in Rhode Island than they did in the past.
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By Michael Souza |
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Barrington’s town council took its first step towards banning one-time use plastic bags at a meeting Monday night.
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By Dana Reilly |
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In 2011, consumers around the world spent $6.6 billion on Fairtrade certified products, a 12 percent increase over the pervious year, according to a report by nonprofit Fairtrade International.
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By Katie Dougherty |
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Oil slid from the highest close in more than two months as investors sold contracts on speculation that recent gains were excessive amid signs of weakening demand in the U.S, the world’s biggest consumer of crude.
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By Ben Sharples |
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Rhode Island College has made plans to establish a beekeeping program to continue promoting sustainable living and protection of the environment.
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By Katie Dougherty |
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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.
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