By Steve Ahlquist on September 16, 2017
The Energy Facilities Siting Board (EFSB) ruled, 3-0, against the Town of Burrillville and for Invenergy on every motion brought before it on Friday.
Posted in Burrillville, Class Warfare, Climate, Corporate Greed, Energy, Featured, Health Care, Infrastructure, International News, Johnston, National News, News, Photos, Providence, Rhode Island, State House, Video | Tagged Adler Pollock and Sheehan, Alan Shoer, Burrillville Land Trust, CLF, Conservation Law Foundation, EFSB, Energy Facilities Siting Board, Gina Raimondo, Invenergy, janet coit, John Niland, Mary Pendergast, Michael Blazer, Michael McElroy, Michael Sabitoni, Parag Agrawal, Paul Roselli, Providence City Council, Rhode Island Building and Construction Trades Council, Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, Rhode Island Division of Planning, Rhode Island Superior Court, RIBCTC, RIDEM, Sabina Matos, Sisters of Mercy |
By Steve Ahlquist on September 1, 2017
The motion “respectfully requests that the EFSB dismiss this licensing proceeding with prejudice for the failure of Invenergy to provide complete plans as to all structures in its prelicensing application.”
Posted in Burrillville, Climate, Energy, Featured, Infrastructure, News, Rhode Island | Tagged CLF, Conservation Law Foundation, EFSB, Energy Facilities Siting Board, Invenergy, Jerry Elmer, Michael McElroy, Ocean State Power Plant, OSP, William Dimitri |
By Lauren Niedel on August 21, 2017
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 […]
Posted in Activism, Climate, Congress, Featured, Middletown | Tagged Burrillvillle, fossil fuel, fracked gas, Invenergy, Kempenaar's, Sheldon Whitehouse, whitehouse |
By Steve Ahlquist on August 17, 2017
The choice that Providence now has in the Superior Court lawsuit is whether to side with a Delaware corporation, based in Chicago, that wants to build a dirty, carbon-emitting, diesel oil and fracked gas power plant in a rural Rhode Island community or side with local citizens and environmentalists that oppose this unneeded and dirty plant.”
Posted in Burrillville, Climate, Energy, Featured, Infrastructure, Johnston, Labor, Providence, Rhode Island | Tagged CLF, Conservation Law Foundation, EFSB, Energy Facility Siting Board, Invenergy, Jerry Elmer, jorge elorza, Michael Sabatoni, national grid, New England, Providence City Council, Rhode Island Building and Construction Trades Council, Rhode Island Superior Court, RIBCTC, Sabina Matos, seth yurdin |
By Steve Ahlquist on August 16, 2017
“The EFSB should again suspend the docket until Invenergy provides a simple answer to Burrillville’s simple question: Is Invenergy in negotiations with anyone else about supplying water to the proposed power plant?” said CLF Senior Attorney Jerry Elmer.
Posted in Burrillville, Climate, Energy, Featured, Infrastructure, Johnston, News, Rhode Island | Tagged Alan Shoer, CLF, Conservation Law Foundation, EFSB, Energy Facilities Siting Board, Invenergy, Jerry Elmer, Nicole Verdi, Rhode Island Superior Court, Richard Beretta |
By Steve Ahlquist on July 25, 2017
Yurdin (Ward 1) rose to speak about the reasons for his resolution, but sending the resolution to committee seemed a foregone conclusion as Matos had already spoken before Yurdin rose. After Yurdin spoke, Matos repeated her order to send the resolution to committee.
Posted in Burrillville, Climate, Energy, Featured, Johnston, Photos, Providence, Rhode Island, Video, Water | Tagged Carmen Castillo, CLF, Committee on Women and Healthy Communities, Conservation Law Foundation, David Salvatore, Invenergy, Jeffrey Dana, Jeremy Bailey, Jo-Ann Ryan, Luis Aponte, Mary Kay Harris, Paul Roselli, Providence City Council, Sabina Matos, seth yurdin |
By Steve Ahlquist on July 24, 2017
If approved, the resolution would align the City of Providence and Providence Water Supply Board with the Conservation Law Foundation and against Invenergy.
Posted in Burrillville, Climate, Energy, Featured, Johnston, News, Providence, Rhode Island, Water | Tagged 2014 Resilient Rhode Island Act., Blackstone River Watershed Council, Burrillville Building inspector, Burrillville Conservation Chairman, Burrillville Planning Board, Burrillville Tax Assessor, Burrillville Zoning Board, Clear River Energy, CLF, Conservation Law Foundation, EFSB, Energy Facility Siting Board, Harrisville Fire District, Invenergy, Jeffrey Dana, Johnston Town Council, jorge elorza, Kevin Cleary, Pascoag Utility District, Providence City Council, Providence Water Supply Board, PWSB, seth yurdin |
By Steve Ahlquist on July 19, 2017
“I mean, we’ve all defended him. He’s a United States Senator, he’s not a state senator, it’s a local issue but he has to do something to appease those people. Because they kind of think he’s, in a way, almost a hypocrite.”
Posted in Activism, Burrillville, Climate, Energy, Featured, Health Care, National News, Photos, Rhode Island | Tagged Affordable Care Act, Allan Fung, Before the Flood, George Carvalho, Gina Raimondo, Indivisible Rhode Island, Invenergy, Jan O'Reilly, Joseph Kennedy III, Leonardo DiCaprio, Narragansett Bay, Robert Flanders, Sheldon Whitehouse, Steven Belaus, United States Senate |
By Steve Ahlquist on July 15, 2017
Governor Raimondo’s gesture is meaningless and empty unless it is backed up with concrete action. Governor Raimondo cannot simultaneously support the Paris Agreement and support Invenergy’s plan to build a carbon-emitting, diesel oil, and fracked gas power plant in Burrillville.
Posted in Activism, Burrillville, Class Warfare, Climate, Corporate Greed, Energy, Environmental Racism, Events, Featured, Health Care, Inequality, Infrastructure, International News, National News, News, Photos, Providence, Rhode Island, State House, Video, Water, Women, Youth | Tagged Alexandra Duryea, Brown University, Burrillville Land Trust, CLF, Climate Action Rhode Island, Conservation Law Foundation, Environmental Council of Rhode Island, Fossil Free Rhode Island, Gina Raimondo, Invenergy, Jerry Elmer, Justin Boyan, Kat Burnham, Monica Huertas, National Governors Association, national grid, NGA, No LNG in PVD, Paris Climate Accord, Paul Roselli, providence college, Rhode Island Convention Center, Robert Malin, Timmons Roberts |
By Steve Ahlquist on July 13, 2017
“Even if Invenergy hires an army of lawyers, they will find it impossible to make a convincing case in favor of paving over a forest in order to build a diesel oil and fracked gas power plant in rural Burrillville.”
Posted in Burrillville, Chicago IL, Class Warfare, Corporate Greed, Energy, Featured, National News, News, Rhode Island | Tagged Alan Shoer, CLF, Conservation Law Foundation, Invenergy, Jerry Elmer, LinkIn, Michael Blazer, Richard Beretta |
By Steve Ahlquist on July 5, 2017
For the second year in a row a float with the theme of opposing Invenergy’s proposed $1 billion fracked gas and diesel oil burning power plant has taken first prize in the Glocester, Rhode Island Ancients and Horribles Parade.
Posted in Burrillville, Climate, Featured, Glocester, Photos, Video, Water | Tagged Ancients and Horribles Parade, Burrillville Land Trust, Invenergy, jack reed, John Niland, Joseph Polisena, Scituate Reservoir, Sheldon Whitehouse |
By John Pacheco on June 21, 2017
“We knew we would never be able to battle this power plant without additional funding and we also knew despite our best efforts, the power plant could still be forced on us. The tax agreement Is to protect the interests of the Town, and since it provides for upfront money with no strings attached, we are using that money to oppose the plant.”
Posted in Burrillville, Climate, Corporate Greed, Energy, Featured, Infrastructure, Opinion, Rhode Island, State House, Water | Tagged Audubon Society, Blackstone River Watershed Council, Burrillville Town Council, EFSB, Energy Facility Siting Board, Environment Council of Rhode Island, General Assembly, hode Islanders for Affordable Energy, Invenergy, Keep Rhode Island Beautiful, Save The Bay |
By Steve Ahlquist on June 20, 2017
“Any way you look at it, today’s ruling is a victory for the environment, and a serious set-back for Invenergy,” said CLF senior attorney Jerry Elmer.
Posted in Burrillville, Climate, Corporate Greed, Energy, Featured, Infrastructure, Johnston, National News, Providence, Water | Tagged CLF, Conservation Law Foundation, EFSB, Energy Facility Siting Board, Invenergy, Jerry Elmer, Johnston, Michael Silverstein, Providence Water Supply Board, PWSB, Superior Court |
By Steve Ahlquist on June 7, 2017
Recent actions by Raimondo have only served to further confuse her environmental stance.
Posted in Activism, Burrillville, Climate, Energy, Featured, Infrastructure | Tagged Andrew Stewart, David Oppenheimer, donald trump, Gina Raimondo, Invenergy, Joanne Borodemos, Judy Huguenin, Kathy Martley, Lorraine Savard, Mary Pendergast, Michael Polsky, Ogie's Trailer Park, Our Revolution-RI, Paris Climate Agreement, Sally Mendzela, Scott Pruitt, United States Climate Alliance |
By Steve Ahlquist on June 5, 2017
Three hikers set off from Blue Shutters Town Beach in Charlestown, Rhode Island Sunday morning, beginning an intense 3 day, 78 mile hike along Rhode Island’s North-South Trail to raise awareness about Invenergy’s unneeded $1 billion fracked gas and diesel oil burning power plant planned for Burrillville.
Posted in Activism, Burrillville, Charlestown, Climate, Corporate Greed, Douglas MA, Energy, Featured, Infrastructure, National News, Photos, Rhode Island, Video | Tagged Blue Shutters Town Beach, cale keable, Invenergy, Jason Olkowski, Julie Carroccia, Keep Rhode Island Beautiful, KRIP, Lincoln Chafee, Mike Lamoureux, Oak Embers Campground, Paul Ernest, Ray Trinque, Rhode Island North-South Trail, Sean Trinque, Timmons Roberts |
By Steve Ahlquist on May 31, 2017
Attorney William Dimitri noted that in Burrillville, “no one wants this power plant.”
“I already know that because I live in that part of the state,” said Judge Michael Silverstein.”
Posted in Climate, Corporate Greed, Energy, Featured, Johnston, Justice, North Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, Smithfield | Tagged Burrillville Planning Board, Burrillville Zoning Board, Clear River Energy LLC, CLF, Conservation Law Foundation, EFSB, Elizabeth Noonan, Energy Facility Siting Board, Invenergy, Jerry Elmer, Michael Silverstein, Providence Water Supply Board, PWSB, Superior Court, william conley, William Dimitri |
By Steve Ahlquist on May 24, 2017
Estimated to cost $47.2 million dollars, the project will clear cut approximately 74 acres, more wooded area than the power plant itself.
Posted in Burrillville, Climate, Corporate Greed, Energy, Featured, Infrastructure, Photos, Rhode Island, Video | Tagged Burrillville Interconnection Project, Claudia Gorman, David Beron, EFSB, Energy Facility Siting Board, Invenergy, national grid |
By Steve Ahlquist on May 12, 2017
News broke today that the Connecticut Siting Council voted to deny NTE Energy’s application for a 550-megawatt power plant proposed for Killingly, which shares a border with Burrillville, Rhode Island…
Posted in Burrillville, Climate, Connecticut, Corporate Greed, Energy, Featured, Infrastructure, Massachusetts, National News, Rhode Island | Tagged CLF, Connecticut Siting Council, Conservation Law Foundation, CT Siting Council, EFSB, Energy Facility Siting Board, Forward Capacity Auction, Invenergy, ISO-New England, John Penney, Killingly CT, Killingly Energy Center, Lake Road Generating Facility, Max Greene, Medway MA, Norwich Bulletin, NTE Energy |
By Steve Ahlquist on May 8, 2017
The Conservation Law Foundation accuses Invenergy and Johnston of false statements, irrelevancies and contradictions in their latest legal brief.
Posted in Burrillville, Climate, Energy, Featured, Infrastructure, Johnston, Water | Tagged chicago, CLF, Conservation Law Foundation, EFSB, Energy Facility Siting Board, Invenergy, Jerry Elmer, Max Greene, Providence Water, RIPUC, Superior Court, Woonsocket Water Division, WWD |
By Steve Ahlquist on April 26, 2017
“This is not an open meeting,” said Lucarelli.
“Why is that?” I asked.
“Because only attorneys were invited.”
Posted in Burrillville, Climate, Corporate Greed, Energy, Featured, Infrastructure, Media, News | Tagged Adler Pollock and Sheehan, Alan Shoer, Attorney General, CLF, Conservation Law Foundation, EFSB, Energy Facilities Siting Board, Invenergy, Jerry Elmer, Max Greene, Nicole Verdi, Patricia Lucarelli, Public Utilities Commission, puc, RI ACLU, Steven Brown, Todd Bianco |
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