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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.

Appliance Standards & Shave the Peak: Action Week for Efficiency
Energy Consumers Bulletin
3 years 8 months ago
Tuesday, July 7, 2020 - 08:59
Our Newsroom's Troubled Relationship with Facebook
ecoRI Opinions 2
3 years 8 months ago
Tuesday, July 7, 2020 - 08:17
Rhode Island Wild Plant Society sponsors pollinator garden at Kelly House Museum
RI Wild Plant Society News
3 years 8 months ago
Monday, July 6, 2020 - 20:18
My Turn: Michael Morse: Where we are
Providence Journal Commentary
3 years 8 months ago
Monday, July 6, 2020 - 16:55
(No heading)
Providence Journal Letters to the Editor
3 years 8 months ago
Monday, July 6, 2020 - 16:44
(No heading)
Providence Journal Commentary
3 years 8 months ago
Monday, July 6, 2020 - 16:44
Stop & Shop ends coronavirus-related pay increase; workers seek its restoration
Providence Journal Environment
3 years 8 months ago
Monday, July 6, 2020 - 16:35
My Turn: Scott Fraser: The facts around COVID-19 and R.I. nursing homes
Providence Journal Commentary
3 years 8 months ago
Monday, July 6, 2020 - 16:35
Playgrounds Reopening Today!
Partnership for Providence Parks News
3 years 8 months ago
Monday, July 6, 2020 - 11:21
Playgrounds Reopening Today!
Partnership for Providence Parks News
3 years 8 months ago
Monday, August 10, 2020 - 22:04
Heating Rhode Island’s Homes and Businesses Doesn’t Have to Pollute Our Planet
Conservation Law Foundation Scoop
3 years 8 months ago
Monday, July 6, 2020 - 09:30
Environmental groups: R.I. needs bold carbon-price plan
Providence Journal Environment
3 years 8 months ago
Sunday, July 5, 2020 - 18:03
My Turn: Rep. Robert B. Jacquard: Budget shows commitment to public schools
Providence Journal Commentary
3 years 8 months ago
Sunday, July 5, 2020 - 13:42
My Turn: A. Kathryn Power: Telehealth’s time has come
Providence Journal Commentary
3 years 8 months ago
Sunday, July 5, 2020 - 13:28
Thrive Outside
RI Environmental Education Assn News
3 years 8 months ago
Sunday, July 5, 2020 - 09:08
R.I.'s Land-Use Vision and Climate Efforts Blindsided By Shortsighted Development
ecoRI Opinions 2
3 years 8 months ago
Sunday, July 5, 2020 - 06:33
Letters: Judges and parental alienation; coastline access; racism and education
Providence Journal Letters to the Editor
3 years 8 months ago
Saturday, July 4, 2020 - 16:20
My Turn: Froma Harrop: Some of you rabbits are winning, others not
Providence Journal Commentary
3 years 8 months ago
Saturday, July 4, 2020 - 16:20
Our Turn: Sister Mary Pendergast and Sister Patricia Moriarty: Lawmakers can help the poor by supporting cuts to Pentagon budget
Providence Journal Commentary
3 years 8 months ago
Saturday, July 4, 2020 - 16:20
My Turn: Victor Davis Hanson: Universities sowing the seeds of their own obsolescence
Providence Journal Commentary
3 years 8 months ago
Saturday, July 4, 2020 - 16:20

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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.