Rachel Chelsea Nagy, a doctoral student in ecology and evolutionary biology at Brown University, has been honored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. more

The R.I. Emergency Management Agency, the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Internal Revenue Service are among the agencies working to help those affected by Hurricane Sandy. more

Deepwater Wind LLC, the company hoping to build an offshore wind farm near Block Island, has promoted its chief administrative officer to CEO, the company announced Thursday. more

President Barack Obama approved Rhode Island’s amended request for a disaster declaration and for individual assistance in Newport and Washington counties, Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee announced. more

Brown University has cut annual energy costs by $3 million and reduced its energy-related greenhouse gas emissions by 29.4 percent in the past five years, according to the school’s 2012 Sustainability Progress Report. more

The R.I. Emergency Management Agency and the Federal Emergency Management Agency are scheduled to conduct state applicant briefings on Nov. 15-16 for state agencies, municipalities, fire districts and private, nonprofit groups that sustained damage from Hurricane Sandy. more

In light of Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee’s establishment of a $1 million emergency loan fund to assist Rhode Island businesses affected by Hurricane Sandy, the R.I. Economic Development Corporation will meet with businesses to determine if they qualify for loans from $10,000 to $25,000. more

BOSTON – Gov. Deval L. Patrick announced last week that Massachusetts is helping facilitate gasoline shipments to New York and New Jersey as those states recover from Hurricane Sandy. more

If there’s one thing Rhode Islanders should be familiar with by now, it’s the fine print on their homeowner-insurance policy. more

Dubbed the “Son of Sandy,” the snow and high winds brought by the nor’easter that hit the region on Wednesday left more than 5,000 Rhode Islanders in the dark mere days after some state residents finally regained the power they lost when Hurricane Sandy struck the East Coast early last week. more