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U.S. clears path for offshore wind farms
Fri, Feb 03 2012 at 1:21 PM EST

Offshore wind power poses no major environmental or socioeconomic risks for the U.S. Mid-Atlantic coast, a new Interior Department study reports.

Medical marijuana petition filed by 2 governors
Wed, Nov 30 2011 at 11:12 PM EST

The governors of Washington and Rhode Island filed a petition with the DEA that would allow doctors to legally prescribe marijuana as a medical treatment.

Rhode Island stops offering formula, encourages breastfeeding
Tue, Nov 29 2011 at 5:30 PM EST

State health department says breast-feeding puts mothers at a lower risk of breast cancer and ovarian cancer while providing health benefits to newborns.

Thanksgiving leftovers to go to Rhode Island pigs
Tue, Nov 22 2011 at 4:47 PM EST

Program seeks 'to bring people's attention to just how wasteful the holiday season is' and how recycling food waste can make for a 'better and healthier future.'

Charging electric cars in New Jersey about to get easier
Sat, Nov 19 2011 at 2:34 AM EST

New Jersey signed a pledge with 9 other states and D.C. to create a network of charging stations so drivers can travel the eastern seaboard.

Deepwater Wind to build first U.S. offshore wind farm
Thu, Oct 13 2011 at 2:04 AM EST

The U.S. wind power developer plans to begin construction of the 30-megawatt Block Island project off the coast of Rhode Island in 2013 or 2014.

Native New England cottontail rabbits disappearing
Sat, Sep 17 2011 at 5:19 PM EST

The rabbit has been in sharp decline for decades and is on the verge of disappearing from several states, but the reason is still a mystery.

Video: Satellite sees Irene landfall
Sat, Aug 27 2011 at 2:58 PM EST

A NOAA satellite watches Hurricane Irene form in the open Atlantic and then bombard the eastern Caribbean and North Carolina's Outer Banks.

Hurricane season is heating up
Fri, Aug 26 2011 at 4:42 PM EST

Irene may herald the late-summer peak of hurricane season. But could global warming also be playing a role?

How hurricanes are named (and why)
Fri, Aug 26 2011 at 11:50 AM EST

Giving human names to hurricanes may seem odd, but it's part of a major shift in our relationship with tropical cyclones over the past 60 years.

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