Caution: Plastic Bag Bans Will Not Make You Sick
Never underestimate the ability of the corporate media to come up with a ridiculous reason for why common sense environmentalism should be ignored. The latest example: plastic bag bans make people sick. “Rhode Island’s leaders have a new Public Enemy No. 1: plastic bags,” proclaims WPRI blogger Ted Nesi. “But is this bit of feel-good [...]
Monday on Greenwich Cove
After a long weekend of work, I took some time today to reacquaint myself with Greenwich Cove. In the morning, I went down to the old town dump, now called Scalloptown Park. Then in the afternoon I headed over to Goddard Park on the other side of the Cove. Here are some of the pictures [...]
Progress Report: Protecting the Bay; GOP Slate Has No Experience; Obama Still Favorite; Stein in Providence
Go ProJo! The newspaper’s editorial board makes a great point this morning in advocating for passage of two bonds that would clean up local drinking water and Narragansett Bay. “Rhode Island’s environment — beautiful in much of the state — is one of its great comparative economic and social advantages, and plays a key role [...]
Clean Water Action Endorses Candidates
With September 11th just around the corner, it is time for RI Primary voters to make up their mind. I’m sure you have been sitting up half the night wondering which candidate has the strongest voice for our environment. Look no further. Clean Water Action is proud to announce that, after vetting the candidates who seek [...]
Coastal Erosion: How to Deal With It, And Why
The Journal ran a story Sunday on Rhode Island’s new efforts to deal with coastal erosion. It’s a decent piece, but it understresses a couple of important points and misses a few more. First, the problem of shore erosion has been and will continue to be intensified by sea level rises pushed by global warming, [...]
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