Hurricane Irma

Raimondo establishes a Chief Resiliency Officer to combat climate change effects

By Steve Ahlquist on September 16, 2017

Announced at the event was a September 26 Infrastructure Summit and a series of community round tables beginning on Wednesday, September 27 at 5pm at Save the Bay in Providence.

Posted in Climate, Corporate Greed, Energy, Featured, Health Care, Infrastructure, Rhode Island, State House, Video, Water | Tagged Chief Resiliency Officer, EFSB, Energy Facilities Siting Board, Gina Raimondo, Hurricane Harvey, Hurricane Irma, Infrastructure Bank, Infrastructure Summit, janet coit, Parag Argawal, Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, Rhode Island Executive Climate Change Coordinating Council, Save The Bay, Sean O’Rourke, Stormwater Resiliency, URI | 3 Responses

A toxic disaster like Houston is ripe to happen at Providence’s Shell Terminal

By Steve Ahlquist on September 11, 2017

“Shell’s facility sits on the banks of the Providence River, poised to spew toxic chemicals into our waters and our neighborhoods with no adequate safeguards in place,” said CLF president Bradley Campbell.

Posted in Climate, Corporate Greed, Energy, Environmental Racism, Featured, Inequality, Infrastructure, National News, News, Providence, Rhode Island, Texas | Tagged Arkema, Bradley Campbell, Brown University, CLF, Conservation Law Foundation, Hurricane Harvey, Hurricane Irma, Josh Block, Narragansett Bay, Narragansett Boat Club, Providence Harbor, Providence River, Providence Terminal East Side Tank Farm, Shell, Shell’s Providence Terminal, Timmons Roberts, Valero Energy | 1 Response

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Hurricane Irma

Raimondo establishes a Chief Resiliency Officer to combat climate change effects

A toxic disaster like Houston is ripe to happen at Providence’s Shell Terminal

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