AGP Executive Report
Last update: 3 hours agoSolar for All in limbo: Rhode Island’s $49.33M low-income solar expansion grant still hasn’t been restored after the EPA terminated the program in August 2025, leaving the state in unresolved litigation and a plan that never moved past the drafting stage. Opioid care on wheels: A new study looks at CODAC’s mobile opioid treatment unit in Woonsocket, showing how a converted bus can expand access to medication for opioid use disorder while also highlighting the structural barriers that threaten long-term survival of the model. Invasive green crabs get a market push: New Englanders are increasingly turning invasive green crabs into premium food products—helping reduce ecological damage while creating new local seafood demand. Wildlife research using museum specimens: URI researchers used century-old leopard seal skulls and modern scanning to build baselines on lifespan, diet, and reproduction—aiming to better predict how climate shifts and melting polar ice may affect apex predators. Local environment-adjacent policy: Maine regulators approved a major northern Maine wind and transmission project, a fight that’s already drawing political fire over costs and benefits across the region, including Rhode Island’s share of the transmission line. Grants for community needs: Rhode Island Foundation awarded $5.4M+ to nonprofits supporting housing, food access, health care, and environmental programs, including training for police responses to behavioral-health crises.
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