By Steve Ahlquist on October 11, 2017
Citing the use of Charlestown water in Invenergy’s latest power plant plan, the town is filing to be an intervenor, which could delay the power plant application significantly.
Posted in Activism, Burrillville, Charlestown, Climate, Corporate Greed, Energy, Featured, Indigenous Americans, Infrastructure, Johnston, Rhode Island, Video, Water, Woonsocket | Tagged Charlestown Rhode Island Planning Commission, Charlestown Town Council, CLF, Conservation Law Foundation, EFSB, Energy Facilities Siting Board, Energy Facility Siting Act, Harrisville, Invenergy, Jerry Elmer, Lower Wood River Aquifer, narragansett indian Tribe, NIT, Pascoag Utility District, Pawcatuck River Basin, Peter Ruggiero, Randy Noka, Ruth Platner, Silvermoon LaRose |
By Steve Ahlquist on January 26, 2017
It looks like the idea of Pawtucket being the back up water supplier to Invenergy’s proposed power plant in Burrillville may never get off the ground.
Posted in Burrillville, Climate, Corporate Greed, Energy, Featured, Infrastructure, Johnston, Pawtucket, Woonsocket | Tagged burrillville, Invenergy, Lorraine Savard, Meghan Kallman, pawtucket, Pawtucket City Council, Pawtucket Water Supply Board, PWSB, Sandra Cano, Terrence Mercer, Woonsocket, Woonsocket City Council |
By Steve Ahlquist on January 11, 2017
“The Town of Johnston municipal water system obtains its water supply from Providence Water and is considered a consecutive water system… ‘a public water system that receives some or all of its finished water from one or more wholesale systems.'”
Posted in Burrillville, Business, Climate, Energy, Featured, Health Care, Infrastructure, Woonsocket | Tagged Adler Pollock and Sheehan, Alan Shoer, burrillville, CREC, EFSB, Energy Facility Siting Board, Invenergy, Johnston, Providence Water Supply Board, PWSB, Richard Beretta, Scituate Reservoir Complex, Woonsocket, Woonsocket City Council |
By Steve Ahlquist on January 11, 2017
The Woonsocket City Council rejected Invenergy’s offer to buy water from the city by a 5-2 vote.
Posted in Burrillville, Climate, Corporate Greed, Energy, Featured, Infrastructure, Video, Woonsocket | Tagged burrillville, Christopher Beauchamp, Daniel Gendron, Denise Siera, Invenergy, James Cournoyer, John Niland, jon brien, lisa baldelli hunt, Mark Russo, Melissa Murray, Michael Sabitoni, Richard Fagnant, Woonsocket City Council |
By Bob Plain on January 9, 2017
A Rhode Island city and town council will separately be considering – at the same time tomorrow night – providing water to a proposed fossil fuel power plant in Burrillville. Both the Johnston Town Council and Woonsocket City Council meet Tuesday at 7pm to talk about selling millions of gallons of water annually to Invenergy, […]
Posted in Burrillville, Cities and Towns, Climate, Featured, Woonsocket | Tagged burrillville, Invenergy, Johnston, Woonsocket |
By Steve Ahlquist on January 8, 2017
John Niland, Invenergy’s director of development, is once more presenting false information to the public, this time in Woonsocket.
Posted in Burrillville, Climate, Corporate Greed, Energy, Featured, Infrastructure, News, Video, Woonsocket | Tagged burrillville, Christopher Stix, CLF, Conservation Law Foundation, EFSB, Energy Facility Siting Board, Invenergy, Jerry Elmer, John Niland, Public Utilities Commission, puc, Woonsocket City Council |
By Steve Ahlquist on January 8, 2017
Woonsocket residents speak out against water sale to Invenergy at city council meeting.
Posted in Burrillville, Corporate Greed, Energy, Environmental Racism, Featured, Health Care, Infrastructure, Photos, Video, Woonsocket | Tagged Benjamin Rackliffe, Blake Collins, Bruce Tobey, burrillville, Christina Duarte, Christopher Beauchamp, Daniel Gendron, Denise Sierra, EFSB, Energy Facility Siting Board, Invenergy, James Cournoyer, John Niland, jon brien, Leslie Mayer, lisa baldelli hunt, Marc Vigianni, Mark Russo, Melissa Murray, Nick Katkevich, Pannone Lopes Devereaux & West, PLDW, Richard Fagnant, Steve Dagostino, Woonsocket, Woonsocket City Council |
By Steve Ahlquist on January 8, 2017
Lawyers from PLDW contributed $2400 to Woonsocket Mayor Lisa Baldelli-Hunt’s campaign just ahead of representing the city in negotiations with Invenergy…
Posted in Burrillville, Class Warfare, Corporate Greed, Energy, Featured, Infrastructure, News, Video, Woonsocket | Tagged Adler, Benjamin Rackliffe, Bernard Jackvony, Bruce Tobey, burrillville, Burrillville Town Council, Devereaux and West, Gary Pannone, Invenergy, Jeffrey Ray, John Niland, lisa baldelli hunt, Lopes, Michael McElroy, Pannone, PLDW, PLDW RI State PAC, Pollock and Sheehan, Teno West, William Devereaux, William O'Gara, Woonsocket, Woonsocket City Council |
By Fossil Free Rhode Island on January 6, 2017
As Rhode Island is battling the Invenergy-Raimondo fossil fuel power plant in Burrillville, many along the fuel supplying pipeline are fighting the same battle.
Posted in Activism, Burrillville, Cities and Towns, Class Warfare, Climate, Corporate Greed, Energy, Featured, News, Woonsocket |
By Peter Nightingale on January 4, 2017
Woonsocket may sell water to Invenergy to cool its gigawatt power plant in Burrillville. For citizens’ input, the Woonsocket City Council will hold public hearing this Friday, January 6, at the Woonsocket High School. Of course, water is not the only issue. Woonsocket has five fracked gas power plants within five miles from its center. […]
Posted in Burrillville, Class Warfare, Climate, Corporate Greed, Energy, Featured, Inequality, Woonsocket |
By Steve Ahlquist on January 3, 2017
From Woonsocket Mayor Lisa baldelli-Hunt: “After less than one month of closed meetings with the administration and the newly appointed council, Representatives from Invenergy have made an official offer to the City of Woonsocket to purchase water to supply the proposed Clear River Energy Center project.”
Posted in Burrillville, Climate, Energy, Featured, Infrastructure, National News, News, Woonsocket | Tagged burrillville, Clear River Energy Center, CREC, EFSB, Energy Facility Siting Board, Invenergy, lisa baldelli hunt, PILOT agreement, Water Supply and Economic Development Agreement, Water Transport Facility, Woonsocket High School, WSA |
By Steve Ahlquist on January 3, 2017
“[Providence Water] can easily provide [Invenergy] with water to meet their demand,” says Ricky Caruolo, general manager of Providence Water, “but it’s going to be a huge lift on their end designing a pipeline and getting the public to accept this project.”
Posted in Burrillville, Climate, Corporate Greed, Energy, Featured, Infrastructure, News, Providence, Woonsocket | Tagged Adler Pollock and Sheehan, Alan Shoer, apra, Brett Smiley, burrillville, Burrillville Town Council, Carissa Richard, David Ortiz, Emily Crowell, Energy Facility Siting Board, Gina Raimondo, Greg Giasson, Invenergy, Joe Spremulli, John Niland, jorge elorza, lisa baldelli hunt, Michael McElroy, Nicole Pollock, Peter Pallozzi, Providence, Providence Water, Public Utilities Commission, puc, RI Future, Richard Beretta, Ricky Caruolo, Robin Muksian, Smithfield Water, Woonsocket, Woonsocket Water, X Access to Public Records Act |
By Steve Ahlquist on December 30, 2016
Burrillville Town Councilor Donald Fox called the meeting “unprecedented,” and it was.
Posted in Burrillville, Climate, Energy, Events, Featured, Infrastructure, Labor, News, Photos, Politics, Video, Woonsocket | Tagged Burrillville Town Council, Christopher Beauchamp, Daniel Gendron, David Place, Denise Sierra, Donald Fox, EFSB, Energy Facility Siting Board, Invenergy, James Cournoyer, Jeremy Bailey, John F Pacheco III, jon brien, Lisa Badelli-Hunt, Melissa Murray, Michael McElroy, Michael Wood, Michelle Bouchard, Ray Trinque, Rhode Island Building & Construction Trades Council, RI Department of Environmental Management, Richard Fagnant, Stephen Rawson, William Dimitri, Woonsocket City Council, Woonsocket City Hall |
By Steve Ahlquist on December 20, 2016
Invenergy was not on the official agenda but power plant opponents from Burrillville and Woonsocket used the public comment period, listed on the agenda as “Citizen’s Good and Welfare” to let their opinions be known.
Posted in Burrillville, Climate, Corporate Greed, Energy, Environmental Racism, Featured, Health Care, Infrastructure, News, Photos, Video, Woonsocket | Tagged Albert Brien, Bill Potvin, burrillville, Burrillville Land Trust, Burrillville Town Council, cale keable, Carole Pichette, Christopher Beauchamp, Cranston City Council, Daniel Gendron, Denise Potvin, Denise Sierra, FANG Collective, Gerry L'Heureux, Invenergy, James Cournoyer, Jilson Avenue water treatment plant, jon brien, Ken Putnam Jr, Linda Perrault, lisa baldelli hunt, Lorraine Corey, Lynn Clark, Margaux Morrisseau, Maria Chappelle-Nadal, Melissa Murray, Michael McElroy, Nick Katkevich, Ocean State Power, Paul Roselli, Peter Nightingale, Richard Fagnant, Stephanie Sloman, Woonsocket, Woonsocket City Council |
By Paul Roselli on December 19, 2016
I believe that many of you on the City Council and as residents question the value of selling water to a power plant. But you need to be heard and you need to ask questions. Why enter into an arrangement with an outside company when others have already rejected just such an arrangement?
Posted in Burrillville, Climate, Energy, Featured, Health Care, Infrastructure, News, Woonsocket | Tagged Audubon Society, Blackstone River, Blackstone River Watershed Council, Blackstone Valley National Heritage Corridor, Blackstone Valley Tourism Council, burrillville, Center for Disease Control, Charlestown, Clean Water Action, cumberland, EFSB, Energy Facility Siting Board, Environmental Council of Rhode Island, Friends of the Blackstone, Harrisville Water, Hopkinton, Invenergy, Lincoln, middletown, Nature Conservancy, North Smithfield, Pascoag Utility District, Resilient Rhode Island, Richmond, Save The Bay, Scituate, south kingstown, Thompson CT, tiverton, Woonsocket, Woonsocket City Council, Woonsocket's Utility District |
By Peter Nightingale on December 16, 2016
This Monday, December 19, at 7 pm the Woonsocket City Council will hold a public meeting. Not on the agenda is the Invenergy’s proposal to pipe water to the fossil fuel power plant it proposes to build in Burrillville. What is happening in Woonsocket is a text-book example of how environmental justice is incompatible with […]
Posted in Burrillville, Class Warfare, Climate, Corporate Greed, Economics, Energy, Environmental Racism, Featured, Inequality, Infrastructure, Poverty, Rhode Island, Woonsocket | Tagged burrillville, Clear River Energy Center, Environmental Justice, fracked gas, Invenergy, Woonsocket |
By Steve Ahlquist on December 12, 2016
According to Invenergy, the proposal includes “the installation of a dedicated new pipeline from Woonsocket to the Project that would be constructed on state highways and roads,” described as a “new, approximately fourteen (14) mile-long pipeline from the City’s water system from Woonsocket, with a new pumping station to be locate in Woonsocket.”
Posted in Burrillville, Climate, Corporate Greed, Energy, Featured, Infrastructure, News, Rhode Island, Woonsocket | Tagged CREC, EFSB, Energy Facility Siting Board, Ferrucci Russo PC, Invenergy, Pannone Lopes Devereaux & West LLC, Providence Water Supply, PWS, W Mark Russo, Water Supply Agreement, William E O’Gara, Woonsocket, Woonsocket City Council, Woonsocket Department of Public Works |
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