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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.

Wood Frogs and Salamanders
Moshassuck Critters Videos
10 hours 55 min ago
Monday, March 18, 2024 - 14:14
Very Cool Birds
Moshassuck Critters Videos
10 hours 58 min ago
Monday, March 18, 2024 - 14:10
Unaddressed Energy Burdens Are Threatening the Clean Energy Transition
Acadia Center News Items
14 hours 13 min ago
Monday, March 18, 2024 - 10:55
The Truth About Carbon Footprints
Conservation Law Foundation Scoop
16 hours 44 min ago
Monday, March 18, 2024 - 08:25
We’re Hiring: Community Food Systems Research Intern
RI Food Policy Council Blog (Oct 2015 - )
1 day 12 hours ago
Sunday, March 17, 2024 - 12:26
We’re Hiring: Community Food Systems Research Intern
RI Food Policy Council (September 2015 -
1 day 12 hours ago
Sunday, March 17, 2024 - 12:26
Hawk Pair
Moshassuck Critters Videos
1 day 13 hours ago
Sunday, March 17, 2024 - 12:05
Bufflehead Parade
Moshassuck Critters Videos
1 day 13 hours ago
Sunday, March 17, 2024 - 12:04
MORE INFO on Middletown’s Consideration of a Road Diet for East Main Road
Bike Newport RI -- Rack & Roll Blog
2 days 12 hours ago
Saturday, March 16, 2024 - 12:19
Why Are New England’s Electricity Prices So Expensive?
Conservation Law Foundation Scoop
3 days 10 hours ago
Friday, March 15, 2024 - 14:51
Protected: SCLT growers graduate from Technology Basics course
Southside Community Land Trust
4 days 12 hours ago
Thursday, March 14, 2024 - 12:51
Protected: SCLT awarded farm tool grant by SNEFCC
Southside Community Land Trust
4 days 12 hours ago
Thursday, March 14, 2024 - 12:09
Here’s What the Project Maple Gas Pipeline Means for New England
Conservation Law Foundation Scoop
4 days 13 hours ago
Thursday, March 14, 2024 - 11:26
Mussachuck Grove & Beach – Barrington
Trails & Walks in Rhode Island
5 days 6 hours ago
Wednesday, March 13, 2024 - 18:15
Good Food Policy Day 2024
RI Food Policy Council (September 2015 -
5 days 7 hours ago
Wednesday, March 13, 2024 - 17:32
Good Food Policy Day 2024
RI Food Policy Council Blog (Oct 2015 - )
5 days 7 hours ago
Wednesday, March 13, 2024 - 17:32
Coyote and Hawk
Moshassuck Critters Videos
5 days 11 hours ago
Wednesday, March 13, 2024 - 13:20
ROUNDTABLE FOR LEGISLATORS: Thriving by Healthy School Meals for All
RI Food Policy Council (September 2015 -
6 days 4 hours ago
Tuesday, March 12, 2024 - 20:53
ROUNDTABLE FOR LEGISLATORS: Thriving by Healthy School Meals for All
RI Food Policy Council Blog (Oct 2015 - )
6 days 4 hours ago
Tuesday, March 12, 2024 - 20:53
RIFPC MET WITH GOVENOR MCKEE
RI Food Policy Council (September 2015 -
6 days 5 hours ago
Tuesday, March 12, 2024 - 20:04

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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.