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The award consists of a monetary prize and recognition on a perpetual plaque housed in the Department of Environmental & Natural Resource Economics at the University of Rhode Island The editors of Marine Resource Economics are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2011 Hong Award for Outstanding Article in MRE. Established by Dr. Seoung-Yong Hong, President, Inha University, Incheon, Korea, this award is given annually to recognize outstanding works published in MRE. MORE
The plug-in Prius will only be available in 15 states at launch time in spring of 2012: Arizona, California, Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, Washington and Hawaii although you can’t use the online system for Hawaii for some reason. Want to celebrate Earth Day by putting yourself down for a Toyota Prius plug-in Hybrid capable of 83 – 87 miles per gallon? MORE
The Rhode Island state flag. My wife and I had a friend from our hometown of Philly to visit at our current home of Wakefield, Rhode Island, this Fourth of July weekend. Excited to show her around, we decided to have a full-fledged Rhode Island locavore experience. MORE
Some states have no species at all, not even a pigeon, crow, or sparrow: Hawaii , Utah , Nebraska , Oklahoma , Minnesota , Iowa , Wisconsin , Kentucky , West Virginia , Mississippi , Alabama , Connecticut , and Rhode Island. MORE
Department of Energy for $200 million in stimulus funding to develop an “end-to-end” smart grid deployment that will include approximately 200,000 customers in New York, Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Tagged: Bluebonnet Electric, energy efficiency, green technology, grid transformation, National Grid, Rhode Island, smart grid, stimulus funds. Rick Nicholson and H. MORE
From the NY Times : Last fall, five turbines in the waters of Rhode Island — the country’s first offshore farm — began delivering power to the grid. And in New York, after years of stymied progress, the Long Island Power Authority has reached an agreement with Deepwater Wind, which built the Rhode Island turbine array, to drop a much larger farm — 15 turbines capable of running 50,000 average homes — into the ocean about 35 miles from Montauk. MORE
In Rhode Island, it’s getting a lot easier to support your local farms because, believe it or not, there are so many more of them sprouting up! The Providence Business News reports these highly encouraging and exciting stats for Rhode Island locavores: Farming is undergoing something of a renaissance in Rhode Island. Also telling is the number of farms in Rhode Island engaged in agritourism, growing from six in 2002 to 43 in 2007. MORE
Now natural populations remain only in parts of Arkansas, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Dakota and Rhode Island. Lou Perrotti of the Roger Williams Park Zoo in Providence, Rhode Island leads the American Burying Beetle Species Survival Plan for the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. MORE
One of my favorite moments happened around the campfire one night when my son turned to me and asked, “ Why are there so many more stars in New Hampshire then Rhode Island ?” Tagged: ecotourism, farmer’s markets, International Ecotourism Society, light pollution, New Hampshire, noise pollution, Rhode Island, Storyland, White Mountains. Eco-tourism exists at many levels. MORE
The state will be celebrating Rhode Island Recycles Day , they will be accepting many recyclables. Rhode Island’s Eco-Depot will be accepting computers, TV’s, batteries, rechargeable batteries , digital cameras, computers, and even computer accessories. Tagged: batteries, Central Landfill, household hazardous wastes, recycle, Rhode Island, Rigid Plastics. MORE
The states which have essentially banned leghold traps are Florida, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Arizona, Colorado, Massachusetts, California, and Washington. This is the kind of insanity that goes on with leghold traps. A few years ago my friend Astrid called me on the phone. She had taken her border collie for a walk in the woods in the local 1200-acre state park, and her dog had stepped on a leghold trap. Astrid’s dog howled as she pried it off. MORE
Bob Barker reaches out to Rhode Island''s House of Representatives to help protect elephants. Read More The post Bob Barker Speaks for Elephants in Rhode Island appeared first on Ecorazzi. MORE
The RI Economic Development Corporation just released the 20-page “Roadmap for Advancing the Green Economy in Rhode Island”. As a small business owner I found the recommendation that the state appoint a statewide small business innovation research liaison to help link Rhode Island companies find federal financing opportunities of crticial importance. Tagged: RI Economic Development Corporation , RIEDC , Roadmap for Advancing the Green Economy in Rhode Island. MORE
Unfortunately they don’t pick up in Rhode Island – yet. But for you RI residents, visit the Rhode Island Resource Recovery. Tagged: all green electronics recycling, electronics disposal, recycling electronics, rhode island resource recovery. Tags: Green all green electronics recycling electronics disposal recycling electronics rhode island resource recovery MORE
Davis is asking legislators in her home state of Rhode Island to back a bill that offers greater protection to circus elephants. Read More The post Viola Davis Calls for Circus Elephant Protection appeared first on Ecorazzi. Animals Causes News Top News viola davis MORE
The last time fish could migrate unimpeded on the Pawcatuck River, George Washington was a surveyor, not a president. Fish & Fisheries From the Field Connectivity Fish Migrations Nature + People Restoration Rivers Water Wetlands MORE
University of Rhode Island. From the inbox: You’ll be happy to see the new features available starting in the new year: you can get an ONLINE subscription, and a redesigned website. What better way to enter the New Year, than by taking advantage of improved, easy, economical, and online access to the best, greenest marine economics journal ever ? **NEW: MarineResourceEconomics.com – January 2012**. Online subscriptions available beginning in 2012! MORE
There is one team of riders per state (Rhode Island and Connecticut are one team) which travel exclusively by bicycle. Drivers in New England may witness an unusual sight this summer; teams of 5-6 young adults on bikes, clad in bright orange t-shirts, will be lugging two 100 pound trailers from town to town to work to build upon the movement towards sustainability. MORE
The dry and tangy palate provides enough counterpoint to prevent this blend of Red Delicious, Cortland, Ida Red, and Rhode Island Greenings apples from becoming too cloying, though Barn Swallow ends with a punchy and fruity finish that doesn’t overwhelm with tartness or tannins. You’ll have to bear with another short and sweet review this week at Birds and Booze. MORE
This landmark legislation is a critical piece to Rhode Island’s goal to increase the use of renewable sources of energy to generate 20 percent of the state’s electricity needs,” Carcieri said in a statement. based Deepwater Wind plans to construct in Rhode Island Sound in the first half of the next decade. The new law “sends a strong signal that Rhode Island is serious about renewable energy,” Carcieri added. “We In June, Gov. Donald L. MORE
This post is long overdue as the Rhode Island Sustainable Living Festival took place about a month ago – but better late than never, right? . But like in the previous bullet, we weren’t reaching the consumers and Rhode Islanders who were unfamiliar or uneducated about these topics. If you are from Rhode Island, you have to try Rhode iLin ice cream. But Rhode Island has a long way to go. MORE
It was in the midst of a terrific heat wave while I was visiting my Yankee girlfriend who lived on Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island. She convinced me to. Adventure Health & Wellness Inspiring (Wow) advice boat doubt life panic sailor scared MORE
Photo by Getty Images Fish oil is touted as a magical potion that boosts fertility, heart health, and weight loss and promotes a clear complexion, while lessening the effects of depression, ulcers, diabetes and many more conditions. MORE
1986, Marine Pollution and Environmental Damage Assessment -- Narragansett, Rhode Island. MORE
Only in Rhode Island. Birds cockatoos Crime Nature News Rhode IslandSulphur-crested Cockatoos by Redgannet. MORE
After dropping out to work on a goat farm in Rhode Island, she realized that she wanted to start her own farm. “I MORE
University of Rhode Island. From the inbox: Dear colleagues, I want to inform you of recent decisions regarding standing committees under the auspices of the Science Advisory Board (SAB). On the recommendation of the SAB Staff Office, the SAB, unanimously agreed, at our 5/31/18 administrative meeting, to retire three of our current seven standing committees. MORE
Carcieri has been an effective advocate for coastal and offshore wind development and a leader in developing Rhode Island’s wind energy resources, including the first offshore wind project in North America that will provide 15 percent of all electricity used in Rhode Island. Tagged: government, Governor Carcieri, Governors Wind Energy Coalition, Rhode Island, wind energy resources, wind power. Donald L. MORE
Twin birth rates rose by at least 50% in 43 states and the District of Columbia, and by more than 100% in five: Connecticut, Hawaii, Massachusetts, New Jersey and Rhode Island. In 1980, one in every 53 babies born in the United States was a twin. By 2009, that number had risen to one in 30, according to a new brief released by the National Center for Health Statistics. Over the three decades, the twin birth rate (number of twins per 1,000 births) rose 76%. "It's MORE
Birders in Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, West Virginia, Indiana, Minnesota, North Dakota, Maryland, and Virginia are all enjoying Snowy Owls , but none as much as the North Carolina birders, who are enjoying their first and second Snowy Owls in thirteen years. Snowy Owl in Queens, New York, 1 December 2013. MORE
Rhode Island is the smallest state, about the size of Houston, Texas actually. Tagged: discovery, oceans, pacific, pacific trash vortex, planetgreen, pollution, Recycling, Rhode Island, water pollution. Tags: Green discovery oceans pacific pacific trash vortex planetgreen pollution Recycling Rhode Island water pollution That’s no secret, but when considering all the people and places I’ve encountered in R.I. MORE
Two weeks ago students at the Rhode Island School of Design held a sit-in until their president responded to their demands for divestment. Eleven cities, including San Francisco and Seattle, are moving towards divesting from fossil fuel companies. MORE
Recently, six states have each proposed legislation to introduce a comprehensive state-wide carbon tax: Massachusetts , New York , Oregon , Rhode Island , Vermont , and Washington. The others—Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New York—go a step further and also include methane emissions, which make up a smaller proportion of total atmospheric warming emissions but are more potent. MORE
And rabbits are being raised for release at the Roger Williams Park Zoo in Rhode Island, the Queens Zoo in New York, and Great Bay National Wildlife Refuge in New Hampshire. New England cottontail bred at the Roger Williams Park Zoo in Rhode Island. MORE
One of southern Rhode Island’s busiest and most popular spots, especially in the summertime, is the village of Galilee in the town of Narragansett. The Block Island Ferry shuttles travelers to and from the island from its dock here. It’s a small price to pay, though, for getting Rhode Islanders working and going green at the same time. MORE
My name is Rachel and I''m a climate activist with the group Fossil Free Rhode Island. Dozens of climate activists will be rallying to greet Vice President Biden in Newport, Rhode Island this Thursday, in order to protest the construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline. MORE
Tagged: green energy, green living, National Geographic, Portsmouth, Rhode Island, Sean Riley, Wind Turbine, World’s Toughest Fixes. Tags: Green green energy green living National Geographic Portsmouth Rhode Island Sean Riley Wind Turbine World’s Toughest Fixes Back in March, I posted an entry entitled, “ Wind Powers My Hometown Pride ,” in response to the 366-foot wind turbine erected in Portsmouth, RI, the town I grew up and continue to live in. MORE
It also won a CINE Golden Eagle in the dependent division, and is an official selection in the Rhode Island International Film Festival. American University Grad Student’s Film “Dying Green” discusses new sustainable burial method. Washington, D.C. : MORE
Nine New England and Mid-Atlantic states (Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont) currently participate in the RGGI program, which limits power plant carbon emissions. Rachel Cleetus: Yesterday the nine states that participate in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) released a report that highlights the continuing success of the nation’s longest-running carbon market. MORE
And yet, that is the very bird Rhode Islanders chose for their state bird: the Rhode Island Red Hen ! In the 1950’s, there was a special election sponsored by the Rhode Island Federation of Garden Clubs, the Providence Journal Company, and the Audubon Society of Rhode Island. Roberts said : “The Rhode Island red has become a symbol of Rhode Islanders all over the world.” Rhode Island Red Hen. MORE
So far I would possibly be applying to U of I, Rhode Island, MSU, Maryland, UC Davis, UC Santa Barbara and possibly Texas A&M. From the inbox: Hello Mr. Haab, I'm writing you because I will be soon graduating from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a degree in Ag. Econ - Env. Econ and policy. I have always considered going to grad school, and with the deadlines approaching I've yet to make my mind on which universities to apply to. MORE
Submitted by Martin Heintzelman: The 2015 Northeast Agricultural and Resource Economics Association (NAREA) & the Canadian Agricultural Economics Society (CAES) Annual Meeting and Workshop will be held June 27-30 at Hotel Viking in the historic seaside town of Newport, Rhode Island. MORE
Tagged: hodges badge, Portsmouth RI, Rhode Island, wind power, Wind Turbine. Tags: Green hodges badge Portsmouth RI Rhode Island wind power Wind Turbine Earlier this year, GLSL documented the installation of a major wind turbine aimed at taking the municipal buildings of Portsmouth, RI off the grid and ultimately using the blades to spin a profit. MORE
Rhode Island Related Topics 10,000 Birds
JUNE 16, 2016
And yet, that is the very bird Rhode Islanders chose for their state bird: the Rhode Island Red Hen ! In the 1950’s, there was a special election sponsored by the Rhode Island Federation of Garden Clubs, the Providence Journal Company, and the Audubon Society of Rhode Island. Roberts said : “The Rhode Island red has become a symbol of Rhode Islanders all over the world.” Rhode Island Red Hen.
Eccorazzi
JUNE 24, 2013
Bob Barker reaches out to Rhode Island''s House of Representatives to help protect elephants. Read More The post Bob Barker Speaks for Elephants in Rhode Island appeared first on Ecorazzi.
Nature Conservancy - Science
MARCH 13, 2018
The last time fish could migrate unimpeded on the Pawcatuck River, George Washington was a surveyor, not a president. Fish & Fisheries From the Field Connectivity Fish Migrations Nature + People Restoration Rivers Water Wetlands
Green Life Smart Life
JULY 10, 2009
The Rhode Island state flag. My wife and I had a friend from our hometown of Philly to visit at our current home of Wakefield, Rhode Island, this Fourth of July weekend. Excited to show her around, we decided to have a full-fledged Rhode Island locavore experience.
Celsias
AUGUST 21, 2013
My name is Rachel and I''m a climate activist with the group Fossil Free Rhode Island. Dozens of climate activists will be rallying to greet Vice President Biden in Newport, Rhode Island this Thursday, in order to protest the construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline.
Green Life Smart Life
AUGUST 13, 2009
Rhode Island is the smallest state, about the size of Houston, Texas actually. Tagged: discovery, oceans, pacific, pacific trash vortex, planetgreen, pollution, Recycling, Rhode Island, water pollution. Tags: Green discovery oceans pacific pacific trash vortex planetgreen pollution Recycling Rhode Island water pollution That’s no secret, but when considering all the people and places I’ve encountered in R.I.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 29, 2013
Only in Rhode Island. Birds cockatoos Crime Nature News Rhode IslandSulphur-crested Cockatoos by Redgannet.
Green Life Smart Life
OCTOBER 6, 2009
This landmark legislation is a critical piece to Rhode Island’s goal to increase the use of renewable sources of energy to generate 20 percent of the state’s electricity needs,” Carcieri said in a statement. based Deepwater Wind plans to construct in Rhode Island Sound in the first half of the next decade. The new law “sends a strong signal that Rhode Island is serious about renewable energy,” Carcieri added. “We In June, Gov. Donald L.
Green Life Smart Life
JULY 13, 2009
In Rhode Island, it’s getting a lot easier to support your local farms because, believe it or not, there are so many more of them sprouting up! The Providence Business News reports these highly encouraging and exciting stats for Rhode Island locavores: Farming is undergoing something of a renaissance in Rhode Island. Also telling is the number of farms in Rhode Island engaged in agritourism, growing from six in 2002 to 43 in 2007.
Green Life Smart Life
FEBRUARY 9, 2010
The RI Economic Development Corporation just released the 20-page “Roadmap for Advancing the Green Economy in Rhode Island”. As a small business owner I found the recommendation that the state appoint a statewide small business innovation research liaison to help link Rhode Island companies find federal financing opportunities of crticial importance. Tagged: RI Economic Development Corporation , RIEDC , Roadmap for Advancing the Green Economy in Rhode Island.
Green Life Smart Life
NOVEMBER 19, 2009
The state will be celebrating Rhode Island Recycles Day , they will be accepting many recyclables. Rhode Island’s Eco-Depot will be accepting computers, TV’s, batteries, rechargeable batteries , digital cameras, computers, and even computer accessories. Tagged: batteries, Central Landfill, household hazardous wastes, recycle, Rhode Island, Rigid Plastics.
Green Life Smart Life
SEPTEMBER 30, 2009
Department of Energy for $200 million in stimulus funding to develop an “end-to-end” smart grid deployment that will include approximately 200,000 customers in New York, Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Tagged: Bluebonnet Electric, energy efficiency, green technology, grid transformation, National Grid, Rhode Island, smart grid, stimulus funds. Rick Nicholson and H.
Green Life Smart Life
JUNE 18, 2009
Unfortunately they don’t pick up in Rhode Island – yet. But for you RI residents, visit the Rhode Island Resource Recovery. Tagged: all green electronics recycling, electronics disposal, recycling electronics, rhode island resource recovery. Tags: Green all green electronics recycling electronics disposal recycling electronics rhode island resource recovery
Green Life Smart Life
JULY 24, 2009
This post is long overdue as the Rhode Island Sustainable Living Festival took place about a month ago – but better late than never, right? . But like in the previous bullet, we weren’t reaching the consumers and Rhode Islanders who were unfamiliar or uneducated about these topics. If you are from Rhode Island, you have to try Rhode iLin ice cream. But Rhode Island has a long way to go.
Green Life Smart Life
OCTOBER 2, 2009
Carcieri has been an effective advocate for coastal and offshore wind development and a leader in developing Rhode Island’s wind energy resources, including the first offshore wind project in North America that will provide 15 percent of all electricity used in Rhode Island. Tagged: government, Governor Carcieri, Governors Wind Energy Coalition, Rhode Island, wind energy resources, wind power. Donald L.
Green Life Smart Life
SEPTEMBER 5, 2009
One of my favorite moments happened around the campfire one night when my son turned to me and asked, “ Why are there so many more stars in New Hampshire then Rhode Island ?” Tagged: ecotourism, farmer’s markets, International Ecotourism Society, light pollution, New Hampshire, noise pollution, Rhode Island, Storyland, White Mountains. Eco-tourism exists at many levels.
Green Life Smart Life
JULY 27, 2009
Tagged: hodges badge, Portsmouth RI, Rhode Island, wind power, Wind Turbine. Tags: Green hodges badge Portsmouth RI Rhode Island wind power Wind Turbine Earlier this year, GLSL documented the installation of a major wind turbine aimed at taking the municipal buildings of Portsmouth, RI off the grid and ultimately using the blades to spin a profit.
Green Life Smart Life
JULY 1, 2009
Tagged: green energy, green living, National Geographic, Portsmouth, Rhode Island, Sean Riley, Wind Turbine, World’s Toughest Fixes. Tags: Green green energy green living National Geographic Portsmouth Rhode Island Sean Riley Wind Turbine World’s Toughest Fixes Back in March, I posted an entry entitled, “ Wind Powers My Hometown Pride ,” in response to the 366-foot wind turbine erected in Portsmouth, RI, the town I grew up and continue to live in.
Eccorazzi
MAY 22, 2013
Davis is asking legislators in her home state of Rhode Island to back a bill that offers greater protection to circus elephants. Read More The post Viola Davis Calls for Circus Elephant Protection appeared first on Ecorazzi. Animals Causes News Top News viola davis
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 13, 2018
Some states have no species at all, not even a pigeon, crow, or sparrow: Hawaii , Utah , Nebraska , Oklahoma , Minnesota , Iowa , Wisconsin , Kentucky , West Virginia , Mississippi , Alabama , Connecticut , and Rhode Island.
Environmental Economics
APRIL 12, 2016
Recently, six states have each proposed legislation to introduce a comprehensive state-wide carbon tax: Massachusetts , New York , Oregon , Rhode Island , Vermont , and Washington. The others—Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New York—go a step further and also include methane emissions, which make up a smaller proportion of total atmospheric warming emissions but are more potent.
Elephant Journal
MAY 21, 2015
It was in the midst of a terrific heat wave while I was visiting my Yankee girlfriend who lived on Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island. She convinced me to. Adventure Health & Wellness Inspiring (Wow) advice boat doubt life panic sailor scared
Green (Living) Review
APRIL 3, 2016
After dropping out to work on a goat farm in Rhode Island, she realized that she wanted to start her own farm. “I
Environmental Economics
FEBRUARY 15, 2012
University of Rhode Island. From the inbox: You’ll be happy to see the new features available starting in the new year: you can get an ONLINE subscription, and a redesigned website. What better way to enter the New Year, than by taking advantage of improved, easy, economical, and online access to the best, greenest marine economics journal ever ? **NEW: MarineResourceEconomics.com – January 2012**. Online subscriptions available beginning in 2012!
10,000 Birds
APRIL 19, 2019
The dry and tangy palate provides enough counterpoint to prevent this blend of Red Delicious, Cortland, Ida Red, and Rhode Island Greenings apples from becoming too cloying, though Barn Swallow ends with a punchy and fruity finish that doesn’t overwhelm with tartness or tannins. You’ll have to bear with another short and sweet review this week at Birds and Booze.
Environmental Economics
OCTOBER 31, 2011
So far I would possibly be applying to U of I, Rhode Island, MSU, Maryland, UC Davis, UC Santa Barbara and possibly Texas A&M. From the inbox: Hello Mr. Haab, I'm writing you because I will be soon graduating from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a degree in Ag. Econ - Env. Econ and policy. I have always considered going to grad school, and with the deadlines approaching I've yet to make my mind on which universities to apply to.
Green (Living) Review
JULY 24, 2014
Photo by Getty Images Fish oil is touted as a magical potion that boosts fertility, heart health, and weight loss and promotes a clear complexion, while lessening the effects of depression, ulcers, diabetes and many more conditions.
Environmental Economics
MARCH 13, 2013
The award consists of a monetary prize and recognition on a perpetual plaque housed in the Department of Environmental & Natural Resource Economics at the University of Rhode Island The editors of Marine Resource Economics are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2011 Hong Award for Outstanding Article in MRE. Established by Dr. Seoung-Yong Hong, President, Inha University, Incheon, Korea, this award is given annually to recognize outstanding works published in MRE.
Environmental Economics
APRIL 23, 2015
Nine New England and Mid-Atlantic states (Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont) currently participate in the RGGI program, which limits power plant carbon emissions. Rachel Cleetus: Yesterday the nine states that participate in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) released a report that highlights the continuing success of the nation’s longest-running carbon market.
Environmental Economics
JULY 9, 2013
1986, Marine Pollution and Environmental Damage Assessment -- Narragansett, Rhode Island.
Environmental Economics
JANUARY 24, 2017
From the NY Times : Last fall, five turbines in the waters of Rhode Island — the country’s first offshore farm — began delivering power to the grid. And in New York, after years of stymied progress, the Long Island Power Authority has reached an agreement with Deepwater Wind, which built the Rhode Island turbine array, to drop a much larger farm — 15 turbines capable of running 50,000 average homes — into the ocean about 35 miles from Montauk.
Environmental Economics
JUNE 21, 2018
University of Rhode Island. From the inbox: Dear colleagues, I want to inform you of recent decisions regarding standing committees under the auspices of the Science Advisory Board (SAB). On the recommendation of the SAB Staff Office, the SAB, unanimously agreed, at our 5/31/18 administrative meeting, to retire three of our current seven standing committees.
Celsias
JULY 4, 2013
Two weeks ago students at the Rhode Island School of Design held a sit-in until their president responded to their demands for divestment. Eleven cities, including San Francisco and Seattle, are moving towards divesting from fossil fuel companies.
Nature Conservancy - Science
MAY 17, 2016
Now natural populations remain only in parts of Arkansas, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Dakota and Rhode Island. Lou Perrotti of the Roger Williams Park Zoo in Providence, Rhode Island leads the American Burying Beetle Species Survival Plan for the Association of Zoos and Aquariums.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 2, 2013
Birders in Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, West Virginia, Indiana, Minnesota, North Dakota, Maryland, and Virginia are all enjoying Snowy Owls , but none as much as the North Carolina birders, who are enjoying their first and second Snowy Owls in thirteen years. Snowy Owl in Queens, New York, 1 December 2013.
Celsias
JULY 24, 2012
There is one team of riders per state (Rhode Island and Connecticut are one team) which travel exclusively by bicycle. Drivers in New England may witness an unusual sight this summer; teams of 5-6 young adults on bikes, clad in bright orange t-shirts, will be lugging two 100 pound trailers from town to town to work to build upon the movement towards sustainability.
Eco Auto Ninja
APRIL 19, 2011
The plug-in Prius will only be available in 15 states at launch time in spring of 2012: Arizona, California, Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, Washington and Hawaii although you can’t use the online system for Hawaii for some reason. Want to celebrate Earth Day by putting yourself down for a Toyota Prius plug-in Hybrid capable of 83 – 87 miles per gallon?
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 20, 2013
The states which have essentially banned leghold traps are Florida, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Arizona, Colorado, Massachusetts, California, and Washington. This is the kind of insanity that goes on with leghold traps. A few years ago my friend Astrid called me on the phone. She had taken her border collie for a walk in the woods in the local 1200-acre state park, and her dog had stepped on a leghold trap. Astrid’s dog howled as she pried it off.
Environmental Economics
JANUARY 30, 2015
Submitted by Martin Heintzelman: The 2015 Northeast Agricultural and Resource Economics Association (NAREA) & the Canadian Agricultural Economics Society (CAES) Annual Meeting and Workshop will be held June 27-30 at Hotel Viking in the historic seaside town of Newport, Rhode Island.
Environmental Economics
JANUARY 5, 2012
Twin birth rates rose by at least 50% in 43 states and the District of Columbia, and by more than 100% in five: Connecticut, Hawaii, Massachusetts, New Jersey and Rhode Island. In 1980, one in every 53 babies born in the United States was a twin. By 2009, that number had risen to one in 30, according to a new brief released by the National Center for Health Statistics. Over the three decades, the twin birth rate (number of twins per 1,000 births) rose 76%. "It's
Green (Living) Review
JUNE 29, 2012
It also won a CINE Golden Eagle in the dependent division, and is an official selection in the Rhode Island International Film Festival. American University Grad Student’s Film “Dying Green” discusses new sustainable burial method. Washington, D.C. :
Nature Conservancy - Science
JUNE 7, 2017
And rabbits are being raised for release at the Roger Williams Park Zoo in Rhode Island, the Queens Zoo in New York, and Great Bay National Wildlife Refuge in New Hampshire. New England cottontail bred at the Roger Williams Park Zoo in Rhode Island.
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