The Environment Council of Rhode Island is a coalition of more than 60 Rhode Island organizations that advocate for policies to protect and enhance the environment. Our policy priorities would address some of Rhode Island’s most pressing environmental issues.
Our legislative policy priorities address some of Rhode Island’s most pressing environmental issues.
BOSTON, MA- Today, the states participating in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) announced the results of the program’s record-setting 54th auction. Emissions allowances were sold for $13.00 each, generating $351 million in proceeds for investment in the clean energy economy. Both the allowance price and the auction proceeds establish new record highs for the RGGI program, which has now been in operation for 13 years.
Vineyard Wind LLC, an offshore wind development company 50% owned by funds of Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) and 50% owned by Avangrid Renewables, LLC, is currently in the permitting and financing process for the first large-scale offshore wind energy project in the United States.
Desautel Law is a leading litigation firm in Rhode Island for environmental law, energy and utility law, and land use law matters. The Firm has the experience and connectivity to take on the most complex problems in today’s economy.
Resolution unanimously passed by ECRI February 4, 2019 for NWF re: No New Fossil Fuel Facilities.
We care for our clients and for our community, adding value through legal service ... and a commitment to the greater public good.
A PowerPoint file presented by Kaitlin Kelly from the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources titled "Land Use Policy in Massachusetts Solar Incentive Programs.
A PowerPoint file titled "Renewable Energy Siting in Rhode Island" presemted by Jeanne M. Boyle, Department of Commerce, City of Pawtucket.
We are an integrated architecture, design and planning, ecology studio and research workshop. The studio has been recognized with national, regional, state, and local awards in architecture, planning, urban design, and sustainable building/ecological systems research from professional societies, government agencies, and citizen organizations.
