In the complaint filed in Providence County Superior Court, Attorney General Peter Neronha alleges Pioneer Investments LLC and its president routinely ignore lead hazard laws.
Long before the coronavirus pandemic shed light on the chronic injustices embedded in the U.S. energy system, the George Wiley Center in Rhode Island was focused on utility justice.
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Rhode Island, in 2018, consumed 8 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity, according to the most-recent data available from the Office of Energy Resources. Of those hours, about a billion were emissions-free.
It is not difficult to connect the damaging impacts of the climate crisis to historical greed, neglect, and racism. This hate-filled thirst for power has never waned.