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News Release | Environment Rhode Island

Sen. Whitehouse launches climate change task force

Following President Obama's pledge to address global warming during his inaugural address, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse and Representative Henry Waxman launched a Bicameral Task Force on Climate Change that will provide a Congressional forum for discussions of solutions to global warming.

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R.I. Needs to Reel in Plastic Bag Waste

Plastic bags have been waving from trees and clogging storm drains since the 1960s. These petroleum-based pouches have become the unofficial flags of a throwaway society. So how do we stop these plastic parachutes from muddling windswept landscapes and degrading the environment? Do we even have the political and/or societal will do so?

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Which Way Will Wind Blow R.I.'s Plastic Bags

Plastic bags. They're fast, cheap and out of control. If not disposed of properly, they blow — get caught in trees, clog storm drains or wind up in the bay. Should Rhode Island ban plastic bags outright as Barrington did? Which way will the wind blow on Rhode Island's plastic bags?

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Local Activism Sparks Change in Mass.; Can It Here?

Are residents here open to such bans on styrofoam, leaf blowers, and plastic bags and bottles? That’s what Environment Rhode Island wanted to know, and so far the answer has been a tentative, “Yes.”

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President Obama, Congress Save Wind Power in Fiscal Cliff Agreement

Today President Obama will sign into law a bill that extends key tax credits for wind power and averts the 'fiscal cliff'.

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