Challenge to Burrilville feeder pipeline approval goes to DC Circuit Court
If the Invenergy-Raimondo power plant in Burrillville will be built, it will burn fracked gas supplied by the pipeline expanded as part of the AIM Project. After years of delays by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, residents and environmental groups finally had their day in court. In Rhode Island, the AIM Project increases the flow […]
Narragansetts say tribe can’t sell water without a vote of the people
“There’s a constitution in this tribe,” said Domingo Talldog Monroe. “The body is the final say. That’s the way it is set up through our bi-laws and constitution as a tribe…”
A clambake and a protest for Sheldon Whitehouse at Kempenaar’s on Sunday
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse held his annual summer fundraiser on Sunday at Kempenaar’s Clambake Club in Middletown. This year, unlike in the past, he and his distinguished guests and supporters were met with reminders that no one is immune from the Summer of Resistance. Whitehouse, known throughout the country as an environmental champion, still has […]
FERC4 will conduct their own defense at June trial
Washington, D.C.—At the status hearing today in Superior Court of the District of Columbia, three of the FERC4, Peter Nightingale of Kingston RI, Claude Guillemard of Baltimore, MD, Ellen Taylor of Washington, D.C., and Donald Weightman of Philadelphia, PA, committed to representing themselves at their criminal trial, scheduled for June 21, 2017. The FERC4 were arrested with […]
Johnston Town Council unanimously supports selling water to Burrillville power plant
At a rowdy but terse meeting, the Johnston Town Council voted unanimously to sell water to a proposed fossil fuel power plant in Burrillville. “My concern is Johnston,” said Mayor Joe Polisena. The mayor does not vote in Johnston. “I have a fiduciary responsibility to ensure that I can get as much revenue in for […]
Noise, air pollution from proposed power plant would ruin Burrillville
On Tuesday August 9, the Rhode Island Department of health (RIDOH) will hold a hearing on Invenergy’s proposed gigawatt fossil fuel power plant in Burrillville, aka the Clear River Energy Center (CREC). The meeting will start at 5:30 pm at Burrillville HighSchool, 425 East Avenue, Harrisville, Rhode Island 02830. As part of the process, RIDOH […]
Archambault, Conley lose Sierra Club endorsement over Burrillville bill
“Make no mistake – that vote was a betrayal of everyone who cares about our planet, and of future generations of Rhode Islanders.” RI Sierra Club
Public excluded from FERC public meeting
Last Wednesday, the #RubberStampRebellion participated in a #FlushTheTPP protest, exposing the U.S. International Trade Commission’s (USITC) report on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) as a cover-up of a transnational, corporate coup d’état. The USITC’s Economic Impact Report glorifies the TPP and fails to mention that it will significantly worsen the economic impact of the climate crisis. In response, TPP […]
PVD mulls divesting $10 million from fossil fuel co’s
Even though Brown University has decided not to divest from the coal industry, the Capital City is still considering taking its pension investments out of companies that profit from fossil fuels. While Brown decided against divesting about $1 million (or 1 percent of its endowment) from 15 coal companies Sunday, Providence is considering moving more […]
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