In Connecticut, you can track where drivers kill pedestrians. But in Rhode Island you can’t, because RIDOTNews refuses to release the data. New England First Amendment Coalition

. “RI was promised answers on the Washington Bridge failure. Where are they?” providencejournal.com/story/news/pol… via Providence Journal

The DOT says building a new Washington Bridge shall cause no harm to Northern Long-eared Bat. Stay tuned on the Tricolor Bat if it hits the endangered list

🚨Podcast Crossover Alert! 🚨 Part 1 of our crossover with ecoRI News's podcast Blab Lab hosted by Colleen Cronin aired today! Possibly host Megan Hall and reporter Will Malloy talked to Colleen about how we made our latest episode. Check it out! and Thanks for having us EcoRI!

On my quest to explore how climate change is changing everything in our lives, I wrote about how a group on Aquidneck Island is pairing environmental science and spirituality ecori.org/aquidneck-isla… ecoRI News via Report for America

Just read that this stat was based on newsrooms with budgets of $2M. My newsroom has a budget of $400K, and that "average reporter salary" INN touts looks like a faraway-distant maximum for us. Including data from small newsrooms would've painted a bleaker picture for the sector.

How and why did Burrillville become one of the last rural parts of Rhode Island? ecori.org/how-did-burril… ecoRI News Report for America

It turns out I do indeed have Rhode Island roots!!! Read more about it and Camp Cronin, named after the first PVD Rec Dir. Jack Cronin, my great grandfather's brother! ecori.org/camp-cronin-my… ecoRI News Report for America

We've got some weekend reads for your long weekend coming up: columnist Frank Carini unloads on jerks in jeeps for tearing up sand dunes at Quonnie Beach; and our own Colleen Cronin discovers her Rhode Island connection at Narragansett's Camp Cronin - buff.ly/3yzEcW5

NEW: Advocates gathered on Wednesday for a final push to pass CRMC reform in the legislature this year. They say abolishing the agency's volunteer council is a key good government issue facing the state. ecori.org/this-is-about-…

Kansas loosens rules on reporting pollutant spills after request from industry Previous rules required spills of any size to be reported to the state, while the new rules set minimum quantities to alert regulators. For KMUW kmuw.org/2024-05-28/kan…

CRMC is scheduled to re-consider the bridges over the Barrington and Warren rivers for the East Bay Bike Path tonight. One objector said in written testimony the new proposed fishing pier would attract anglers who like to swear

NEW: Prominent CRMC council member Catherine Robinson Hall resigned from her position last week, saying she was "extremely busy my work" and wanting to spend more time with family. Her resignation signals CRMC could have quorum trouble again. ecori.org/marine-policy-…

Why is Chase getting into the business of journalism? Will any of the nonprofit newsrooms receiving this funding look into it?

"If you want to come to Roger Williams Park, you just might see an eagle or five..." My latest "Rewilding Roger Williams" installment. ecori.org/rewilding-roge… ecoRI News

The ecoRI News "mobile newsroom" is coming to Newport Aug. 14—with plans to tour all 39 cities and towns to better understand community info needs around environmental issues. eventbrite.com/e/ecori-news-m…

Gotta say in my three years of covering CRMC meetings, the Quidnessett Country Club public comment hearing this afternoon is the most people I've ever seen at any CRMC meeting

I'm proud to serve as president of board of ecoRI News & see it grow into a valued source of environmental news in Rhode Island. On Tuesday, Dec. 3 - #GivingNewsDay my fellow board members & I will match your gift. See my reply to this tweet for a short video message w/link.

I don't make it a habit get in front of a video camera, but I will do it to support local journalism and my newsroom ecoRI News . This #GivingNewsDay our board of directors and I are matching all donations up to $5K at 👉 👉 bit.ly/ecoRI2024. vimeo.com/1034592756

I love this magical math that triples all first-time donations to ecoRI News. ecori.kindful.com/?campaign=1370…