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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.

Letter: Eric Watne: Rhode Island should be supporting its local tree farms
Providence Journal Letters to the Editor
4 years 4 months ago
Tuesday, December 3, 2019 - 15:56
School committee chair apologizes after conflicting storm messages cause confusion about Warwick schools
Providence Journal Education
4 years 4 months ago
Tuesday, December 3, 2019 - 12:40
Raimondo, Grebien Announce Largest Economic Development Project in Pawtucket's History
RI Commerce Corporation Press Releases
4 years 4 months ago
Tuesday, December 3, 2019 - 11:30
Arthur I. Cyr: Is there a chance for Bloomberg?
Providence Journal Commentary
4 years 4 months ago
Tuesday, December 3, 2019 - 11:24
Brown Climate and Development Lab brings new wave of climate change countermovement research to DC policymakers, activists
Brown University Environmental Studies
4 years 4 months ago
Tuesday, December 3, 2019 - 08:00
Conflicting storm messages cause confusion about Warwick schools
Providence Journal Education
4 years 4 months ago
Tuesday, December 3, 2019 - 07:14
R.I. education chief recommends 5-year renewal for failing charter school
Providence Journal Education
4 years 4 months ago
Monday, December 2, 2019 - 19:51
Letter: Kassie LaRoche: People with mental illness deserve better health care
Providence Journal Letters to the Editor
4 years 4 months ago
Monday, December 2, 2019 - 15:23
Letter: Brooks M. Thayer: Hanson leaves out the testimony he doesn't like
Providence Journal Letters to the Editor
4 years 4 months ago
Monday, December 2, 2019 - 15:22
My Turn: Michael Morse: When we lighten the darkness
Providence Journal Commentary
4 years 4 months ago
Monday, December 2, 2019 - 15:17
Raimondo, Grebien Announce Largest Economic Development Project in Pawtucket's History
RI Governor Press Releases
4 years 4 months ago
Monday, December 2, 2019 - 12:45
Governor Announces Date for Tree Lighting Ceremony, Unveils New State House Christmas Tree
RI Governor Press Releases
4 years 4 months ago
Monday, December 2, 2019 - 08:00
Storm delays opening for some schools
Providence Journal Education
4 years 4 months ago
Monday, December 2, 2019 - 05:58
End of Year Campaign – Read all about it!
RI Bicycle Coalition
4 years 4 months ago
Sunday, December 1, 2019 - 21:50
End of Year Campaign – Read all about it!
Bike Newport RI -- Rack & Roll Blog
4 years 4 months ago
Sunday, December 1, 2019 - 16:50
My Turn: Chris Callaci: Putting investors above pensioners
Providence Journal Commentary
4 years 4 months ago
Sunday, December 1, 2019 - 16:49
Letter: John DeMeo: Numbers just don't add up for Democrats' many promises
Providence Journal Letters to the Editor
4 years 4 months ago
Sunday, December 1, 2019 - 16:47
Letter: Michael A. Croce Jr.: Well-deserved criticism for costing R.I. its Triple-A franchise
Providence Journal Letters to the Editor
4 years 4 months ago
Sunday, December 1, 2019 - 16:47
Letter: Tom D’Abrosca: Reed, Langevin always attack Trump, ignore Obama's actions
Providence Journal Letters to the Editor
4 years 4 months ago
Sunday, December 1, 2019 - 16:47
U.S. lobster catch headed for decline but not a crash, scientists say
Providence Journal Environment
4 years 4 months ago
Sunday, December 1, 2019 - 16:08

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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.