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Environment
May 25
By Rebecca Keister
Contributing Writer

Bristol pride arms harbor guardians

Rob Hancock, president of the board of directors of Save Bristol Harbor, a grassroots nonprofit dedicated to repairing the coastal waters of Bristol, doesn’t see a time when the organization won’t be needed.
Environment
May 25

State, regional agencies awarded for water work

PROVIDENCE – Jamestown and the Narragansett Bay Commission were among the winners at the annual Narragansett Water Pollution Control Association banquet held in May, the R.I. Department of Environmental Management announced.
Small Business
May 25

GAO: Less than one in four affected by Sandy get loans

WASHINGTON – Less than one in four small businesses affected by Superstorm Sandy – including those in Rhode Island – have had their U.S. Small Business Administration loan applications approved, according to the Government Accountability Office.
Health Care
May 25
By Richard Asinof
Contributing Writer

Health council mapping out ways to curb costs

Having documented Rhode Island’s projected future need of hospital beds in a report delivered on April 30 to the R.I. General Assembly, the state’s Health Care Planning and Accountability Advisory Council is laying the groundwork for a statewide plan to help control ever-rising care and insurance costs.
Technology
May 25

By Patrick Anderson
PBN Staff Writer

Slater investing slowed by delay in stimulus grant

Slater Technology Fund is waiting patiently - but still waiting – for the bulk of $9 million in federal stimulus crucial to its transformation from a state-funded investment vehicle to a self-sustaining, venture-capital firm.
Newsmakers
May 25

By Rhonda Miller
PBN Staff Writer

Revised energy plan will be roadmap for Ocean State

Marion Gold is Rhode Island’s second commissioner of energy resources, leading the state’s environmental planning at a critical time when climate change, increasingly intense storms and a sluggish economy have to merge into viable energy policy.
Government
May 25

By Patrick Anderson
PBN Staff Writer

Deepwater eyes fed. lease prize in summer auction

As Deepwater Wind LLC fights to install five wind turbines off Block Island, a much bigger contest to harness the wind in southern New England waters is about to begin in earnest.
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