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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.

CI Seeks Student Assistant for Spring/Summer 2022
URI Coastal Institute News
2 years 9 months ago
Friday, February 25, 2022 - 16:17
David Austin’s 2022 Rose Introductions
Rose Journal
2 years 9 months ago
Friday, February 25, 2022 - 14:43
5 Birds in Winter Mode
Moshassuck Critters Videos
2 years 9 months ago
Friday, February 25, 2022 - 13:28
Electric Vehicle Spotlight: Nissan Ariya
Energy Consumers Bulletin
2 years 9 months ago
Friday, February 25, 2022 - 09:44
Meeting Writer Don Barone
Fish Wrap Writer
2 years 9 months ago
Thursday, February 24, 2022 - 17:00
A CIIP Celebration in the Coast Zone
URI Coastal Institute News
2 years 9 months ago
Thursday, February 24, 2022 - 14:42
Coastal Institute Research Breakfast
URI Coastal Institute News
2 years 9 months ago
Thursday, February 24, 2022 - 14:33
Governor McKee Directs Rhode Island Flags Lowered
RI Governor Press Releases
2 years 9 months ago
Thursday, February 24, 2022 - 13:45
Environmental Education Coordinator
RI Environmental Education Assn News
2 years 9 months ago
Thursday, February 24, 2022 - 13:07
Governor McKee Announces That Applications Have Opened for Pediatric Relief Initiative
RI Governor Press Releases
2 years 9 months ago
Thursday, February 24, 2022 - 12:15
DEM, US Fish and Wildlife Restoration Program, and Little Compton Team Up to Acquire, Permanently Protect 27 Acres of Forestland at Eight Rod Management Area
RI Department of Environmental Management Press Releases
2 years 9 months ago
Thursday, February 24, 2022 - 11:45
The Bay SAMP: An Ecosystem-based Management Plan
Save the Bay Tides News & Notes
2 years 9 months ago
Thursday, February 24, 2022 - 10:59
McKee Administration Announces Opening of Take It Outside RFP
RI Governor Press Releases
2 years 9 months ago
Thursday, February 24, 2022 - 09:45
Save The Bay, ACLU of Rhode Island, RISAA and Common Cause Rhode Island respond to denial of “friend of the court” brief filed in controversial Block Island marina case
Save the Bay Tides News & Notes
2 years 9 months ago
Wednesday, February 23, 2022 - 14:33
Graduate Student Career Luncheon
URI Coastal Institute News
2 years 9 months ago
Wednesday, February 23, 2022 - 10:03
And so it goes – the relationship between fossil fuel dependence and war continues
Energy Consumers Bulletin
2 years 9 months ago
Tuesday, February 22, 2022 - 17:24
The Bufflehead Astounds Me
Moshassuck Critters Videos
2 years 9 months ago
Tuesday, February 22, 2022 - 14:32
Our Petition to Save Atlantic Cod Turns Two Years Old – Fishery Managers Must Act Now
Conservation Law Foundation Scoop
2 years 9 months ago
Tuesday, February 22, 2022 - 09:00
In Memory Gilbert (Gil) Moore
RI Wild Plant Society News
2 years 9 months ago
Monday, February 21, 2022 - 20:35
Return of the Muskrat
Moshassuck Critters Videos
2 years 9 months ago
Monday, February 21, 2022 - 11:46

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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.