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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.

Glacier Park Moraine – Ledyard
Trails & Walks in Rhode Island
4 years 11 months ago
Friday, April 19, 2019 - 08:19
Stoddard Hill – Ledyard
Trails & Walks in Rhode Island
4 years 11 months ago
Friday, April 19, 2019 - 07:32
Whitehall Park – Ledyard
Trails & Walks in Rhode Island
4 years 11 months ago
Friday, April 19, 2019 - 07:11
Providence residents fear loss of John Settlement House
Providence Journal Education
4 years 11 months ago
Thursday, April 18, 2019 - 20:50
R.I. lawmakers consider creating new education cabinet position
Providence Journal Education
4 years 11 months ago
Thursday, April 18, 2019 - 18:55
My Turn: Stephen J. Nelson: Leave the beloved Shanley in place
Providence Journal Commentary
4 years 11 months ago
Thursday, April 18, 2019 - 18:13
Letter: Stephanie Sullivan: Doctor-owned organization provides excellent care
Providence Journal Letters to the Editor
4 years 11 months ago
Thursday, April 18, 2019 - 18:10
Letter: Bill Beaudoin: Baffling ruling against public's right to know
Providence Journal Letters to the Editor
4 years 11 months ago
Thursday, April 18, 2019 - 18:10
Letter: Temple Fawcett: Gun-control legislation would stop mass killings
Providence Journal Letters to the Editor
4 years 11 months ago
Thursday, April 18, 2019 - 18:10
Suzette Martinez Standring: Separating the good from the bad and the ugly
Providence Journal Commentary
4 years 11 months ago
Thursday, April 18, 2019 - 16:40
Meet the Winners of CLF and Bow Seat’s Healthy Whale, Healthy Ocean Challenge
Conservation Law Foundation Scoop
4 years 11 months ago
Thursday, April 18, 2019 - 15:40
Sharing a passion for plants and nature with children
RI Wild Plant Society News
4 years 11 months ago
Thursday, April 18, 2019 - 14:59
The Farm Bill and RI Citizens
RI Food Policy Council Blog (Oct 2015 - )
4 years 11 months ago
Thursday, April 18, 2019 - 12:08
The Farm Bill and RI Citizens
RI Food Policy Council (September 2015 -
4 years 11 months ago
Thursday, April 18, 2019 - 12:08
Networx: How to install laminate flooring
Providence Journal Garden News
4 years 11 months ago
Thursday, April 18, 2019 - 10:00
Blackstone River Bikeway Patrons Advised to Use Alternate Parking Areas During Temporary Closure of School Street Lot
RI Department of Environmental Management Press Releases
4 years 11 months ago
Thursday, April 18, 2019 - 08:45
Merger of R.I. education offices could save $1 million
Providence Journal Education
4 years 11 months ago
Wednesday, April 17, 2019 - 20:19
R.I. panel proposes putting labor department in charge of adult education
Providence Journal Education
4 years 11 months ago
Thursday, April 18, 2019 - 15:45
My Turn: Llewellyn King: The whole building was a prayer
Providence Journal Commentary
4 years 11 months ago
Wednesday, April 17, 2019 - 19:26
Letter: Norman Fortin: Let's return to respect for different opinions
Providence Journal Letters to the Editor
4 years 11 months ago
Wednesday, April 17, 2019 - 19:23

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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.