"You're miserable, edgy and tired. You're in the perfect mood for journalism."
Reporting on the environment for ecoRI News.
Rob Smith
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apparently the Mexican government has backed a new super cheap EV van, 100 percent made in Mexico, that looks sick as hell www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
An electric vehicle startup backed by the Mexican government unveiled its first prototype in a ceremony featuring President Claudia Sheinbaum, who praised the project as an affordable mobility option ...
Full disclosure: I own two sproodles (English Springer Spaniel and poodle mixes)
BOOM! Benchmarking passes the Senate overwhelmingly! This a major step towards meeting our Act on Climate goals. Thanks to ECRI and the many environmental advocates who have made this a priority, and to my stellar colleague, @rebeccakislak.bsky.social , for stewarding it through the House.
It's a reading-in-a-hammock summer for me
Rob Smith
For those who missed our live event,"On the Record with @whitehouse.senate.gov," Friday evening, here's a link to the recording. www.youtube.com/live/Cf1EeA9...
RI crash data, now hidden by RIDOT, could soon become public
Legislation passed the House and slated for Sen. committee vote Tuesday
www.providencejournal.com/story/news/p...
New York has a surveillance pricing disclosure law that uncovered this. Condé Nast will say "but we're offering this person a discount!" Of course that's not true of everyone. They are explicitly maximizing willingness to pay.
NY just passed a surveillance pricing ban (which has some loopholes)
Tragic news today: the eminent historian Gordon S. Wood was struck and killed while walking in the Shaw's plaza in East Providence, his family confirms to me. No comment from Brown yet
Wood was just featured in Ken Burns' American Revolution documentary www.wpri.com/news/local-n...
"Japan is building a wind and solar hybrid platform in the open ocean — so the two technologies can share a single foundation and generate power around the clock. It produces a more consistent 24-hour electricity output than either technology alone #ActOnClimate #Renewables #ClimateActionNow
Oh no!
www.golocalprov.com/news/pulitze...
Rob Smith
Meghan E Kallman
On Sunday, one of Rhode Island’s most accomplished writers and historians, Gordon Wood, was hit and killed by a motorist.
Are doodles the best dogs? In today's Starting Point, we’re trying to determine if a certain type of dog owner is getting a little too obsessed.
Got this email this morning. The @newyorker.com (Condé Nast?) is using surveillance to price subscriptions...? And I haven't seen this reported on yet..?
Wood has taught at Brown University in 1969 and was recently featured in the Ken Burns documentary on the American Revolution.
