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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.

Here come the big bass and why is Water St.’s access closed?
Fish Wrap Writer
3 years 9 months ago
Sunday, June 21, 2020 - 10:59
Duplicate Entries in Observation Data file
RI Osprey Monitoring
3 years 9 months ago
Saturday, June 20, 2020 - 19:30
What’s in a Name?
Greater City Providence
3 years 9 months ago
Saturday, June 20, 2020 - 16:42
My Turn: Froma Harrop: Could coronavirus side-effect be a healthier planet?
Providence Journal Commentary
3 years 9 months ago
Saturday, June 20, 2020 - 16:20
Letters: Columbus; R.I. history lessons; what’s in a name
Providence Journal Letters to the Editor
3 years 9 months ago
Saturday, June 20, 2020 - 16:20
My Turn: Christopher J. Fay: The passing of a Rhode Island legend
Providence Journal Commentary
3 years 9 months ago
Saturday, June 20, 2020 - 16:20
My Turn: Victor Davis Hanson: The life cycle of a cultural revolution
Providence Journal Commentary
3 years 9 months ago
Saturday, June 20, 2020 - 16:20
My Turn: John Walsh: A letter to my dad on Father’s Day
Providence Journal Commentary
3 years 9 months ago
Saturday, June 20, 2020 - 16:19
Weeds in the Garden: Mugwort
Fox Point Community Garden News
3 years 9 months ago
Saturday, June 20, 2020 - 13:49
Alan Rosenberg: Capitalizing the B in Black
Providence Journal Commentary
3 years 9 months ago
Saturday, June 20, 2020 - 10:20
Style at Home: Red, white and blue roundup
Providence Journal Garden News
3 years 9 months ago
Friday, June 19, 2020 - 20:51
DIY projects to tackle this summer
Providence Journal Garden News
3 years 9 months ago
Friday, June 19, 2020 - 20:50
Gardening: Organically dealing with pests and diseases
Providence Journal Garden News
3 years 9 months ago
Friday, June 19, 2020 - 20:50
Real Estate Q&A: Do tenants have to agree to multiple credit checks?
Providence Journal Garden News
3 years 9 months ago
Friday, June 19, 2020 - 20:50
Cut cooling costs
Providence Journal Garden News
3 years 9 months ago
Friday, June 19, 2020 - 20:50
DEM Advises Beachgoers To Expect Crowded Entry Lines At State Beaches This Weekend And Asks People To Be Patient
RI Department of Environmental Management Press Releases
3 years 9 months ago
Friday, June 19, 2020 - 17:45
JOB WELL DONE: Rev. Brian Shanley steps down as PC president
Providence Journal Education
3 years 9 months ago
Friday, June 19, 2020 - 16:53
State asks districts for 3 school-reopening plans
Providence Journal Education
3 years 9 months ago
Friday, June 19, 2020 - 16:28
Letters: Teacher accused of vandalizing statue teaches wrong lesson
Providence Journal Letters to the Editor
3 years 9 months ago
Friday, June 19, 2020 - 16:20
My Turn: Michael A. Rice: Is R.I. due for a name change?
Providence Journal Commentary
3 years 9 months ago
Friday, June 19, 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.