‘God won’t save us from climate catastrophe’
Best progressive Rhode Island headline of the day comes courtesy of the Huffington Post: “Sheldon Whitehouse: God Won’t Save Us From Climate Catastrophe” Michael McCauliff’s lede was pretty great too. WASHINGTON — God will not save us, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) declared in a Senate floor speech on climate change Wednesday that sounded more like [...]
Happy Earth Day, RI from Sheldon Whitehouse
Happy Earth Day, Rhode Island … to celebrate: enjoy some outside time. Or, if you’re stuck in front of a machine all day, at least enjoy this great piece by our own Senator Sheldon Whitehouse: I’m working with Rep. Henry Waxman and other colleagues in Congress to draft legislation to put a price on carbon. [...]
Rhode Island Can Be Heroic On Climate Change
“By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail”~ Ben Franklin Fourth Economy Consulting, a firm out of Pennsylvania hired as part of the federally funded “Sustainable RI” grant, recently submitted its preliminary report of the strengths and weaknesses of Rhode Island’s economy. The first recommendation in the report’s initial guidance section is to “Create [...]
Whitehouse’s Week That Was In Washington DC
It was a busy political week here in the Ocean State, and it was for those who represent us inside the beltway, as well … off-shore drilling, climate change, carbon pollution, the debate on how to control gun violence, the budget process and much more… Senator Sheldon Whitehouse managed to stay involved in all of [...]
Environmental Disobedience
For those of you trapped in caves, the weather has been getting unruly of late. 2012 was the latest in a long string of very hot years, the hottest on record in fact. It brought with it extreme drought, raging wildfires and Superstorm Sandy. The accumulated damage is still being tabulated but it will be [...]
Progress Report: Why Public TV Matters; Public Cars for Legislators; Woonsocket School Committee; Climate Change
Remember way back in the days when we feared Mitt Romney might become president and, if he did, he would cut public funding to PBS? Well Rhode Island already beat Romney to this nightmare scenario for liberals … WSBE Ch.36 is being transitioned off the state payroll beginning this month, reports Bill Rappleye of WJAR, [...]
Progress Report: ‘Marketplace’ Looks at DLT Cutbacks; WPA Plaques Disappear; Bad News for Citizens Bank; Olympics
Marketplace, the public radio program that makes economics fun and easy to follow, reached out to RI Future yesterday. They are doing a piece – for tonight’s show, I believe – on layoffs at local unemployment offices and wanted to talk with our contributor, Jonathan Jacobs, who has been filing stories for us on losing [...]
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