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These articles come in automatically from raw news feeds. I don't have time to clean up the irrelevant and sometimes duplicative stuff, but it nevertheless demonstrates that an aggregated news resource would be very useful locally. Although the Providence Journal is a shadow of its former self, local environment-related news is produced by various independent reporters and groups, including directly from government agencies and nonprofits. At present we either must subscribe to numerous sources flooding our inboxes and news feeds - an assault we don't have time for, or we ignore the issues because the news is scattered and does not reach critical mass. We need local Associated Press-type collating and curating!

Below the latest news are examples of Featured and Indexed articles that I curated a few years ago. This website actually has a lot of valuable background information on Rhode Island's environment. Scroll down the page to see.

Coyotes in the Field
Moshassuck Critters Videos
11 hours 24 min ago
Monday, July 28, 2025 - 13:20
Cold Blooded Pond Life
Moshassuck Critters Videos
11 hours 25 min ago
Monday, July 28, 2025 - 13:19
As rooftop solar gets hammered, virtual power plants offer a way forward
Acadia Center News Items
14 hours 22 min ago
Monday, July 28, 2025 - 10:22
Familiar Claims About Offshore Wind Aired at Portsmouth Forum on SouthCoast Wind Cable Project
Acadia Center News Items
14 hours 33 min ago
Monday, July 28, 2025 - 10:11
Opinion: Utilities count on your boredom to keep electric bills high
Acadia Center News Items
14 hours 56 min ago
Monday, July 28, 2025 - 09:48
‘Whale Poop Loop’ Keeps Ocean and Humans Alive and Well
ecoRI Climate Change News
14 hours 57 min ago
Monday, July 28, 2025 - 09:47
‘Whale Poop Loop’ Keeps Ocean and Humans Alive and Well
ecoRI Renewable Energy
14 hours 57 min ago
Monday, July 28, 2025 - 09:47
‘Whale Poop Loop’ Keeps Ocean and Humans Alive and Well
ecoRI Food and Farming News
14 hours 57 min ago
Monday, July 28, 2025 - 09:47
‘Whale Poop Loop’ Keeps Ocean and Humans Alive and Well
ecoRI Marine News
14 hours 57 min ago
Monday, July 28, 2025 - 09:47
Electricity demand is on the rise in Maine. Should nuclear power be a part of the energy mix?
Acadia Center News Items
15 hours 2 min ago
Monday, July 28, 2025 - 09:42
Critics Say Energy-Draining AI Data Centers Won’t Get Enough Environmental Review Under Trump Plan
ecoRI Marine News
16 hours 11 min ago
Monday, July 28, 2025 - 08:33
Critics Say Energy-Draining AI Data Centers Won’t Get Enough Environmental Review Under Trump Plan
ecoRI Climate Change News
16 hours 11 min ago
Monday, July 28, 2025 - 08:33
Critics Say Energy-Draining AI Data Centers Won’t Get Enough Environmental Review Under Trump Plan
ecoRI Renewable Energy
16 hours 11 min ago
Monday, July 28, 2025 - 08:33
Critics Say Energy-Draining AI Data Centers Won’t Get Enough Environmental Review Under Trump Plan
ecoRI Food and Farming News
16 hours 11 min ago
Monday, July 28, 2025 - 08:33
Saturday at the Park
Moshassuck Critters Videos
1 day 10 hours ago
Sunday, July 27, 2025 - 14:33
Roger Williams Park Critters
Moshassuck Critters Videos
1 day 10 hours ago
Sunday, July 27, 2025 - 14:31
Catbird and Starlings
Moshassuck Critters Videos
1 day 10 hours ago
Sunday, July 27, 2025 - 14:29
Flanigan Trails – Lincoln
Trails & Walks in Rhode Island
1 day 10 hours ago
Sunday, July 27, 2025 - 14:29
Big Birds July 2025
Moshassuck Critters Videos
2 days 9 hours ago
Saturday, July 26, 2025 - 14:59
Jumping Frogs, Hopping Sparrows
Moshassuck Critters Videos
2 days 9 hours ago
Saturday, July 26, 2025 - 14:57

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Ideally I'd index the relevant stuff and discard the rest regularly, but I am not devoting my time to this in 2018 and 2019. It would be useful to have this compilation of news from a wide variety of responsible local organizations, though. This is a sample of what could be if more people started working on this project. I did index news from the beginning of 2015 into 2018, with a few gaps. It's possible to keep this up in an hour or two a day. But then I can't do other stuff..... SK

 

[First published in early 2015}  News about Rhode Island's environment is gathered automatically from blogs and feeds, and almost every source originates in Rhode Island. This processcatches some stories that aren't  important or relevant to this website, but everything here is in order of latest date published at top. Some of the feeds don't alwaysn work, some need adjustment, and some stories I see in newspapers or websites that I want to include but can't be brought in automatically, so some news is missing. Eventually, this news service will be refined, but there's plenty to read already.

A more useful way to read the news is by category. I assign environmental categories to news stories as I read them, which sometimes means they don't show up for a little while if I'm taking a break from indexing things here. I don't index the irrelevant stuff. Some stories go back to 2010 because their news feeds were set up to deliver older stories, not just the usual 5 or 10 stories.

Providential Gardener does not necessarily agree or disagree with any of the views expressed in these blogs. Facts may or may not be accurate. So read thoughtfully and do your own research in reliable sources. Of course, in this day and age of the Wild-West internet where everyone can publish their opinions, it's a serious and important question what "reliable sources" might be....

If you want to subscribe to one of the news sources directly, go to the source and grab the rss feed. In the menu, there is a list of news sources.