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By Will Weatherly on June 27, 2018
As the deadline to run for elected office came and went Wednesday afternoon, there are more than a few political newcomers—many young, and many centered around social justice—that could constitute the makings of a progressive wave in Rhode Island. Governor Most notable might be the governor’s race, where Matt Brown promises to give incumbent Governor […]
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By Bob Plain on June 15, 2018
Saying Gina Raimondo won’t win in the general election even if she prevails in the Democratic primary, her underdog rival Paul Roselli ended his outsider campaign for governor to support fellow progressive outsider Matt Brown instead. “If Gina Raimondo wins the primary, Raimondo will lose the general election,” he said in a prepared statement released […]
Posted in Featured, Politics, State House | Tagged Gina Raimondo, gov18, Mat Brown, Paul Roselli |
By Bob Plain on March 6, 2018
It’s deja vu all over again in the race to be the next governor of Rhode Island. Governor Gina Raimondo, the incumbent Democrat, leads her Republican rival, Cranston Mayor Allan Fung, by just two points, 38 percent to 36 percent, according to a new WPRI/Roger Williams University poll that revealed eerily similar results as last […]
Posted in Elections, Featured, Politics, State House | Tagged Allan Fung, Bill Gilbert, bob healey, Cool Moose, Gina Raimondo, Joe Trillo, Moderate Party, Paul Roselli, poll, Roger Williams University, Spencer Dickinson, wpri |
By Steve Ahlquist on October 16, 2017
“Whoever signed the water deal for the sake of the Burrillville power plant was not authorized on the part of the Narragansett Tribe,” said Tribal Councilor Randy Noka…
Posted in Activism, Burrillville, Charlestown, Civil Rights, Climate, Corporate Greed, Energy, Environmental Racism, Featured, Indigenous Americans, Photos, Rhode Island, State House, Video, Water | Tagged Bureau of Indian Affairs, Burrillville Land Trust, Darlene Monroe, Domingo Talldog Monroe, Invenergy, Julia O’Rourke, narragansett indian Tribe, NIT, Paul Roselli, Randy Noka, Rhode Island Indian Council, Rhode Island State House, Suzanne Dumas |
By Steve Ahlquist on October 12, 2017
“I think this was an amazing public comment hearing,” said EFSB Chair Margaret Curran after the speakers were finished.
Posted in Activism, Burrillville, Climate, Corporate Greed, Energy, Featured, Indigenous Americans, Infrastructure, Labor, National News, Photos, Rhode Island, Video, Water | Tagged Blackstone River, Bobby Nardolillo, Christopher Hamblett, EFSB, Energy Facilities Siting Board, Gina Raimondo, Invenergy, Lincoln Chafee, Margaret Curran, narragansett indian Tribe, Paul Roselli, Randy Noka, Save The Bay, Sheldon Whitehouse, Silvermoon DeRose |
By Steve Ahlquist on October 3, 2017
Paul Roselli, who describes himself as a “social justice, environmentalist and Invenergy power plant opposition leader” has declared himself as a candidate for Governor of the State of Rhode Island.
Posted in Activism, Burrillville, Climate, Elections, Energy, Featured, Infrastructure, National News, News, People, Politics, Rhode Island, State House, Water | Tagged Blackstone River Watershed Council, Burrillville Land Trust, Friends of the Blackstone, Gina Raimondo, Lincoln Chafee, National Governors Association, Paul Roselli, Rhode island Association of Conservation Commissions, Spencer Dickinson |
By Bob Plain on October 2, 2017
Former state legislator Spencer Dickinson is running for governor, he told RI Future. The Wakefield Democrat who filed papers last week said he plans a grassroots campaign against incumbent Governor Gina Raimondo, of Providence. “I’m running for governor because I think the governor we have has the wrong focus and has gone the wrong way,” […]
Posted in Featured, Rhode Island, State House | Tagged burrillville, burrillville power plant, Gina Raimondo, Governor, Paul Roselli, Spencer Dickinson |
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 5, 2017
With the events of Charlottesville and the death of Heather Hyer still smoldering in our memories, hundreds of Rhode Islanders representing dozens of labor, political and advocacy groups came together to celebrate the accomplishments of organized labor and to condemn racism, white supremacy and the rise of fascism.
Posted in Activism, Civil Rights, Events, Featured, Inequality, Labor, News, Photos, Providence, Race & Racism, Rhode Island, State House, Video | Tagged aaron regunberg, AFL-CIO, black lives matter, Brown University, Burnside Park, Charles Jones, Charlottesville, Coalition of Labor Union Women, DACA, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, Democratic Socialists of America, donald trump, DSA, Free Hugo, fuerza laboral, Heather Hyer, Hugo Mejia, IBT Local 251, IUPAT, Javier Juarez, John Brown Gun Club, Justin Kelley, labor day, Latino Policy Institute, Marcia Ranglin-Vassell, Matthew Taibi, Maureen Martin, Michael Araujo, Paul MacDonald, Paul Roselli, Providence Career & Technical Academy, Providence Central Labor Council, providence student union, Raul Figueroa, Resist Hate RI, Rhode Island Jobs with Justice, Rhode Island State House, Right to Work, Sabina Matos, Scott Malloy, seth magaziner, university of rhode island, What Cheer? Band |
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 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 April 19, 2017
“Washing the dinner dishes is a domestic use,” writes CLF Attorneys Jerry Elmer and Max Greene, “cooling a billion-dollar fossil-fuel power plant is not.”
Posted in Burrillville, Climate, Corporate Greed, Delaware, Energy, Featured, Illinois, Infrastructure, Johnston, Providence | Tagged Burrillville Land Trust, CLF, Conservation Law Foundation, David Brunetti, EFSB, Energy Facility Siting Board, Invenergy, Jason Olkowski, Jerry Elmer, Kathryn Sherman, Max Greene, Paul Roselli, Resilient Rhode Island Act, Superior Court |
By Steve Ahlquist on January 26, 2017
Johnston, through enabling legislation, is allowed to take water from Providence Water, to the tune of 150 gallons per person per day.
Posted in Burrillville, Climate, Energy, Featured, Infrastructure, Johnston, News, Providence | Tagged Bryan Principe, burrillville, Burrillville Land Trust, cale keable, Invenergy, Jeffrey Dana, Jeremy Bailey, Jo-Ann Ryan, Kevin Jackson, Lincoln Water, Luis Aponte, Mary Kay Harris, Michael Correia, Nicholas Narducci Jr, Paul Roselli, Providence City Council, Providence Water Supply Board, PWSB, Resilient Rhode Island Act, Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, Rhode Island Department of Health, Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission, Ricky Caruolo, RIDEM, RIDOH, RIPUC, Sabina Matos, sam zurier, seth yurdin, William O'Gara, Xaykham Khamsyvoravong |
By Steve Ahlquist on December 20, 2016
Invenergy was not on the official agenda but power plant opponents from Burrillville and Woonsocket used the public comment period, listed on the agenda as “Citizen’s Good and Welfare” to let their opinions be known.
Posted in Burrillville, Climate, Corporate Greed, Energy, Environmental Racism, Featured, Health Care, Infrastructure, News, Photos, Video, Woonsocket | Tagged Albert Brien, Bill Potvin, burrillville, Burrillville Land Trust, Burrillville Town Council, cale keable, Carole Pichette, Christopher Beauchamp, Cranston City Council, Daniel Gendron, Denise Potvin, Denise Sierra, FANG Collective, Gerry L'Heureux, Invenergy, James Cournoyer, Jilson Avenue water treatment plant, jon brien, Ken Putnam Jr, Linda Perrault, lisa baldelli hunt, Lorraine Corey, Lynn Clark, Margaux Morrisseau, Maria Chappelle-Nadal, Melissa Murray, Michael McElroy, Nick Katkevich, Ocean State Power, Paul Roselli, Peter Nightingale, Richard Fagnant, Stephanie Sloman, Woonsocket, Woonsocket City Council |
By Steve Ahlquist on September 22, 2016
The Energy Facilities Siting Board public hearing in Warwick Wednesday evening was filled with almost philosophical reflection, with many speakers commenting with a battle weary determination and steely resolve.
Posted in Activism, Class Warfare, Climate, Corporate Greed, Energy, Featured, Infrastructure, Rhode Island | Tagged 38 Studios, Ben Weilerstein, Burrillville Land Trust, Burrillville Town Council, cale keable, CLF, Conservation Law Foundation, Cynthia Crook-Pick, Denise Potvin, Donna Woods, EFSB, Energy Facilities Siting Board, Gina Raimondo, Greg Mancini, Herbert DeSimone Jr, Invenergy, Jason Olkowski, Jeremy Bailey, John Anthony Scott, Karen Palmer, Kenneth Putnam Jr, Lisa Petrie, Lorraine Savard, Lynn Clark, Meg Kerr, Ocean State Power Plant, Paul Roselli, Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission, Richard Dionne, Richard Sinapi, RIDEM, RIPUC, Sally Mendzela, Sheldon Whitehouse, Stephanie Sloman, Suzanne Dumas, TEC-RI |
By Steve Ahlquist on August 8, 2016
Even if both Harrisville and Pascoag deny Invenergy their water, it doesn’t necessarily put an end to the company’s plans. Water could be imported from over state lines, and of course there is always the option used by Burrillville’s existing power plant, Ocean State Power. They seem to be trucking in the water from a nearby superfund site.
Posted in Activism, Climate, Corporate Greed, Energy, Featured, Health Care, Infrastructure, News, Rhode Island | Tagged burrillville, Burrillville Land Trust, EFSB, Energy Facilities Siting Board, Harrisville, Harrisville Fire District, Invenergy, MTBE, Ocean State Power, Paul Roselli, RI Department of Health, RIDOH |
By Steve Ahlquist on May 27, 2016
The State House rally against Invenergy’s proposed fracked gas and diesel oil burning power plant became confrontational as counter-protesters, identifying themselves as Building Trades union members, disrupted the proceedings by holding signs in front of speaker’s faces and attempting to grab the microphone.
Posted in Activism, Civil Rights, Class Warfare, Corporate Greed, Energy, Featured, Labor, News, Photos, Rhode Island, State House, Video | Tagged cale keable, Donna Woods, Invenergy, Jason Olkowski, Jeremy Bailey, Michael Sabitoni, Nick Katkevich, Paul Fogarty, Paul Roselli |
By Steve Ahlquist on January 29, 2016
EFSB Chair Margaret Curran said that because of the “tight time schedule” it’s critical that the board get advisory opinions “as soon as possible,” raising the question as to why the board feels the need to rush Invenergy’s application process.
The EFSB also denied all but two motions that were brought before it today.
Posted in Activism, Civil Rights, Class Warfare, Climate, Corporate Greed, Energy, Featured, News | Tagged clean power plan, Clean Water Act, Clear River Energy Center, CLF, Conservation Law Foundation, DEM, Department of Environmental Management, Department of Health, EFSB, Energy Facilities Siting Board, janet coit, Margaret Curran, Occupy Providence, Office of Energy Resources, Paul Roselli, Rhode Island Building and Construction Trades Council, Rhode Island Progressive Democrats, RI Administration for Planning, RI Public Utilities Commission, ridot, RIPDA, RIPUC |
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