Saturday - April 19, 2025
Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Rhode Island Newsletter for Sunday April 06, 2025 ( 3 items )  

ACP Statement on Massachusetts and Rhode Island Offshore Wind Contract Delays
WASHINGTON, April 1 [Category: Energy] -- The American Clean Power Association posted the following news release: * * * ACP Statement on Massachusetts and Rhode Island Offshore Wind Contract Delays WASHINGTON, D.C., April 1, 2025 - The American Clean Power Association (ACP) released the following statement from Moira Cyphers, ACP Director, Atlantic Offshore & Eastern State Affairs after Massachusetts and Rhode Island announced they were delaying offshore wind contract awards until at least Ju  more

Court Denies Preliminary Relief to Arts Organizations
NEW YORK, April 3 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The American Civil Liberties Union, an organization that works to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the U.S., posted the following news release: * * * Court Denies Preliminary Relief to Arts Organizations PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The U.S. District Court in Rhode Island today denied a motion for preliminary injunctive relief by arts organizations applying for National Endowment for the Arts (  more

Vanishing Fish, Shrinking Catches: How Overfishing is Undermining Coastal Fisheries
BRONX, New York, April 3 [Category: Environment] -- The Wildlife Conservation Society issued the following news release: * * * Vanishing Fish, Shrinking Catches: How Overfishing is Undermining Coastal Fisheries NEW YORK, NY, April 2, 2025 - New science shows that overfishing is eroding the sustainability of tropical coral reef fisheries in East Africa, with small-scale fishers losing out on fisheries productivity as entire species disappear from their catch. The study, out now in Sustainabi  more