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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.

Pressures Remain But Great Salt Pond Transformed from Cesspool to Block Island's Signature Attraction
ecoRI Marine News
3 years 7 months ago
Thursday, April 8, 2021 - 16:20
An Avian Affection
Narwhal's Left Tooth
3 years 7 months ago
Wednesday, April 7, 2021 - 12:35
Act On Climate is the Commitment Rhode Island Needs Now
ecoRI Opinions 2
3 years 7 months ago
Wednesday, April 7, 2021 - 10:56
Electrifying News About Reducing Climate Emissions
ecoRI Renewable Energy
3 years 7 months ago
Wednesday, April 7, 2021 - 09:30
Did You Know These 10 Fascinating Facts About North Atlantic Right Whales?
Conservation Law Foundation Scoop
3 years 7 months ago
Tuesday, April 6, 2021 - 17:30
New Electric Truck Incentives in Massachusetts
Energy Consumers Bulletin
3 years 7 months ago
Tuesday, April 6, 2021 - 15:58
DEM Environmental Police Warn Anglers About the Dangers of Cold Water, Urge Them to Wear a Life Jacket when Fishing
RI Department of Environmental Management Press Releases
3 years 7 months ago
Tuesday, April 6, 2021 - 11:30
Governor McKee Announces Wavemaker Fellowship Open for Applications
RI Governor Press Releases
3 years 7 months ago
Tuesday, April 6, 2021 - 11:15
Getting Fishy with It
Ocean Project
3 years 7 months ago
Tuesday, April 6, 2021 - 10:58
Aquatic invaders taking over Rhode Island's freshwater ponds
Narwhal's Left Tooth
3 years 7 months ago
Tuesday, April 6, 2021 - 09:21
Tisdale Awards Auction, April 5th @ 7:30pm
Environment Council of RI
3 years 7 months ago
Monday, April 5, 2021 - 16:09
DEM Offers Tips on Preventing Conflicts with Coyotes
RI Department of Environmental Management Press Releases
3 years 7 months ago
Monday, April 5, 2021 - 16:00
Open Meeting – April 13
RI Environmental Education Assn News
3 years 7 months ago
Monday, April 5, 2021 - 14:45
Annawomscutt Brook Trail – East Providence
Trails & Walks in Rhode Island
3 years 8 months ago
Saturday, April 3, 2021 - 12:00
Poaching & Beach Access In the House
Fish Wrap Writer
3 years 8 months ago
Friday, April 2, 2021 - 23:10
Resident researchers find data-driven solutions, unexpected friendships, and opportunities to heal from within
Conservation Law Foundation Scoop
3 years 8 months ago
Friday, April 2, 2021 - 16:12
Plastic Waste Washes Up in Maine – All the Way from Europe
Conservation Law Foundation Scoop
3 years 8 months ago
Friday, April 2, 2021 - 13:52
The Dirt – March 26, 2021: Welcome, Interns!, Radio Hour, Happy Spring!
URI Master Gardener Program
3 years 8 months ago
Friday, April 2, 2021 - 13:34
The Dirt – March 19, 2021: Volunteerism Update, Join the JEDI Team
URI Master Gardener Program
3 years 8 months ago
Friday, April 2, 2021 - 13:33
The Dirt – March 12, 2021: Soil Testing, Greenhouse Updates, Activities Approved for 2021
URI Master Gardener Program
3 years 8 months ago
Friday, April 2, 2021 - 13:32

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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.