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La Niña Makes Warmer Winter Likely: Precipitation forecast complicated, but overall average expected

Scientific models forecasting the upcoming winter season are driven mostly by observations of such factors as Pacific Ocean temperature, since weather moves from west to east across the continental United States. It has been known for more than a century that worldwide seasonal phenomena were correlated with trade winds and ocean water temperature, controlling the […]

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THE RI PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA: PERFORMS THE MUSIC OF PINK FLOYD: A ROCK SYMPHONY

Sponsored Content AT THE PROVIDENCE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2025 Bridging the gulf between rock n’ roll and classical music, the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra (RIPO) performs THE MUSIC OF PINK FLOYD at the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) on Saturday, November 29, 2025 at 7P. Tickets for THE MUSIC OF PINK […]

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ecoRI News Roundup: November 2025

Compiled by Bonnie Phillips/ecoRI News McKee, Region’s Governors Seek Environmental Impact Assessment Reforms PROVIDENCE — Is it time to reform how the federal government assesses the environmental impact of energy projects? Gov. Dan McKee apparently thinks so.  The National Governors Association recently released a letter sent to Congress outlining a package of desired permitting reforms […]

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No Kings Day

Reporting by Steve Ahlquist and Sabrina Ruiz On October 18, at least 15,000 people gathered outside the Rhode Island State House in Providence, joining countless other cities and towns across the United States to condemn President Trump’s fascist overreach and to declare that America has no kings, and the power belongs to the people. Here […]

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Solar Aurora Possible Tue Night: Flares and CME may cause G4 (severe) geomagnetic storm

At Providence, solar aurora may be visible overnight Tue into Wed and, to a lesser extent, Wed into Thu. Aurora is unusual at latitudes this far south, but it typically happens a few times every year. Weather at Providence during the potential aurora will be partly cloudy increasing from 40% cloud cover Tue sunset to […]

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Opinion — Zohran Mamdani and the Pyrrhic Victory of the Democratic Party: Why he is the leftist version of Donald Trump with all of the same problems

Mayor-elect of New York City Zohran Mamdani is a self-avowed “democratic socialist,” and his policy proposals include free public transit, free child care, city-run grocery stores, and free everything else, all funded by increasing taxes on corporations and wealthy city residents. Mamdani has based his suddenly rocketing popularity on telling people what they want to […]

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Full SNAP Benefits Must be Paid by Fri, Nov 7, Court Orders: Judge seems incredulous that partial payments resulted in delays; government appeals

Michael Bilow of Motif attended the 3:30pm court hearing and is reporting based on his personal observations. At a hearing in US District Court in Providence on the afternoon of Thu, Nov 6, Judge John J. McConnell Jr seemed incredulous that the option in his Oct 31 order to make partial instead of full Supplemental […]

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SNAP Benefits Must Be Paid, PVD Federal Court Rules: Contingency funds must be used despite government objections

Michael Bilow of Motif attended the 1:00pm court hearing and is reporting based on his personal observations. In a case with national significance and effect, Judge John J. McConnell Jr of the US District Court in Providence today granted a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) requiring the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) to make Supplemental Nutrition […]

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