AGP Executive Report
Last update: 4 hours agoClimate Accountability: The Supreme Court is weighing whether oil companies can move climate-damage lawsuits to federal court, a decision that could affect Rhode Island’s 2018 case—the first climate suit brought by a state. Clean Energy: Audubon Rhode Island broke ground on a Bristol solar carport expected to generate more than 360,000 kilowatt-hours a year. CCRI also secured $200,000 to develop heat-pump and HVAC training for workers supporting the state’s building-electrification goals. Water & Wildlife: Rhode Island DEM and NOAA are investigating a dead sturgeon found aboard a Bristol sailboat, while an algae bloom prompted an advisory for Johnson’s Pond in Coventry. Resilience: A proposed green bond would add $25 million to the Resilient Rhody Infrastructure Fund, and a regional restoration effort is bringing $4 million to coastal wetlands from Rhode Island to Louisiana.
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