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- Rhode Island Official Admits State’s Climate Lawsuit Is Meant To Wring Money Out Of Big Oil: Court Docs Sun, 15 Mar 20, 8:00amFrom The Daily Caller Chris White Tech Reporter March 13, 2020 1:31 PM ET A Rhode Island official acknowledged in 2019 that the state’s climate lawsuit against Exxon Mobil is partially designed to secure a steady stream...
- Reclaimed materials and a massive green wall transports Denali shoppers to the great outdoors Sat, 10 Nov 18, 8:00amEarlier this fall, Connecticut-based, multidisciplinary design practice Pirie Associates completed a biophilic store that evokes the image of a romantic, aging barn bursting with lush greenery...
- This Is Not Normal,This Is Not OK! :Day 25 Mon, 13 Feb 17, 11:49pmLets get to it, Mondays are for resisting! Things Trump Did Today: who dug up this blank eyed Nazi and put him on TV…terrifying. ———– Trump is stripping transgender protections, just days after...
- Explosive caterpillar infestation in New England is visible from space Mon, 18 Jul 16, 9:36pmA gypsy moth caterpillar "population boom" has struck New England and mid-Atlantic states - and it's so big that you can see it from space. NASA Earth Observatory satellite images of Rhode Island show how much the caterpillars...
- Massive turbines and blades for America's first offshore wind farm land in Rhode Island Fri, 15 Jul 16, 1:09amAlthough the United States is not new territory for wind farms, Deepwater Winds’ Block Island Wind Farm will be the first in the nation to be located offshore...
- Deepwater Wind breaks ground on the U.S.’s first offshore wind farm (finally) Tue, 28 Jul 15, 3:00amWhile offshore wind farms have been operational in Europe since the 1990s, efforts to establish any such projects off the U.S. coast have stalled amid funding and environmental concerns. And so, some eight years after it...
- Pneuhaus’ temporary Bubble Dome is made from hundreds of TPU balls Mon, 13 Jul 15, 10:00pmSoon after completing their inflatable RGBubble pavilion on the Brown University campus, Rhode Island-based design collective Pneuhaus unveiled their Bubble Dome made up of hundreds of TPU balls...
- Inflatable RGBubble brings the RGB color spectrum of your digital screen to real life Wed, 10 Jun 15, 3:00amRhode Island-based design collective Pneuhaus created small inflatable bubbles that place visitors in the ever-changing environment of the RGB color spectrum...
- Quonochontaug House is a daylit vacation home in Rhode Island that uses light as sculpture Thu, 21 May 15, 8:00pmNew York–based design studio Bernheimer Architecture designed this daylit vacation house in Rhode Island, the interior of which plays with light like it were a sculpting chisel...
- High Schoolers Built a Solar-Powered Electric Vehicle for Just $1,500 Tue, 4 Nov 14, 5:01amThe Endurance is a PiEV built by high schoolers for just $1,000, and was followed by a solar-powered version. In early 2013, engineering students at Rhode Island's Tiverton High School were given an ambitious project by their...
- Providence’s Hummingbird Palace Will be Blooming Gorgeously for Years Thu, 4 Sep 14, 5:00amBlending modern sculpture with the beauty of the natural world, The Hummingbird Palace is a large outdoor installation created by Esther Solondz that will evolve and change over time...
- Eight US States Form Alliance to Put 3.3 Million Zero Emission Vehicles on the Road by 2025 Thu, 5 Jun 14, 4:00amEight U.S. states just formed an alliance to drastically cut emissions by boosting the number of zero-emission vehicles on the road to 3.3 million by 2025. The multi-state ZEV Action Plan was launched by California, Connecticut,...
- Are the ‘climate will affect sports stadiums’ claims of U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse the dumbest ever? Mon, 25 Nov 13, 6:33amAn examination of the data suggests “quite possibly”. You can read the press release from the Senator’s office here. From CNS News video: Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) warns sports stadiums are at risk...
- Offshore Wind: The Enormously Expensive Energy Alternative Sat, 8 Jun 13, 9:44amBy Steve Goreham Originally published by The Washington Times The US Department of the Interior announced the first offshore wind energy lease sale earlier this month...
- Nation’s Oldest Indoor Shopping Mall Being Renovated Into Micro Apartment Building Tue, 19 Feb 13, 4:12amRead the rest of Nation’s Oldest Indoor Shopping Mall Being Renovated Into Micro Apartment Building Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "sustainable architecture", adaptive reuse, arcade providence,...