Bradley Campbell

Closed East Providence Recycling Facility to be Removed

Bradley Campbell — Thu, 16 May 2013 12:21:57 +0000

A contentious recycling facility in East Providence will close. The Department of Environmental Management will use bond money to pay the property owner to remove all construction and demolition debris from the site.

Portsmouth Desperately Seeking Private Wind Energy Partner

Bradley Campbell — Wed, 15 May 2013 18:42:24 +0000

In Portsmouth, the town council wants to see if a private firm could help fix and run its broken wind turbine.

Senate Finance Committee Reconsiders Renewable Energy Tax Credit

Bradley Campbell — Wed, 15 May 2013 12:31:16 +0000

The state may once again help out residents looking to add wind or solar power to their homes. The senate finance committee will look at a plan Wednesday to restore a renewable energy tax credit.

Portsmouth Stuggles To Deal With Broken Wind Turbine

Bradley Campbell — Mon, 13 May 2013 17:31:42 +0000

The Portsmouth town Council will get an update tonight on its broken wind turbine. The turbine has stood motionless for almost a year.

Boston Marathon Victim Throws Out First Pitch

Bradley Campbell — Sun, 12 May 2013 14:43:22 +0000

A Rhode Islander injured in the Boston Marathon bombings threw out the first pitch at Saturday’s Red Sox game. Heather Abbott of Newport walked to the pitcher’s mound to a standing ovation. She had crutches under both arms. Her left leg stopped at the knee.

The Fenway crowd continued their cheers as she threw the pitch. Red Sox players also met with her before the game.

Narragansett Suspends Talks with Deepwater Wind

Bradley Campbell — Tue, 07 May 2013 12:25:41 +0000

The Narragansett Town Council Voted 5-0 to suspend talks with the offshore wind turbine developer, Deepwater Wind, until June. The council felt its residents needed more time to vet a plan to run a transmission line through a popular beach.

Will Narragansett allow a Transmission Line on Town Beach?

Bradley Campbell — Mon, 06 May 2013 18:57:42 +0000

The Narragansett Town Council is holding a public meeting tonight that could be critical to the plans for an offshore wind project off the coast of Block Island.

The Block Island Wind farm would place five wind turbines off the southeast coast of Block Island. The company in charge of it is Deepwater Wind. It plans to connect the wind turbines and the Island to the power grid on the mainland with a 21 mile underwater cable. Deepwater Wind wants that cable to come ashore in Narragansett.

RISD Students Conclude Divestment Sit-In

Bradley Campbell — Wed, 01 May 2013 12:25:26 +0000

The President of the Rhode Island School of Design, John Maeda, has his office back.

RISD Students Occupy President's Office

Bradley Campbell — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 21:50:11 +0000

Eleven students at the Rhode Island School of Design are occupying the office of President John Maeda. The students are asking him to support a divestment of all RISD’s investments in fossil fuels.

While the students camped out inside the president’s office …

… Almost one hundred other RISD students took a break from their year-end projects to protest the design school’s investments in fossil fuels. The protesters gathered at RISD Beach and marched down College Hill to protest in front of RISD’s administration building.

Rhode Island's Aquaculture Industry Continues to Grow

Bradley Campbell — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 12:04:13 +0000

Aquaculture, the practice of farming fish and shellfish in the sea, is doing well in the Ocean State.