Edward Fitzpatrick
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@BostonGlobe reporter covering Rhode Island. Former @projo columnist, reporter. @FiveFreedoms board member. Host of #RIReport podcast. @NewhouseSU grad. Runner.
Providence, RI
Joined December 2008
By @chris_m_gavin -- R.I. pregnant mother, son allegedly attacked by man with hammer via @BostonGlobe.
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The pair were leaving their Cranston home for a birthday celebration when they were attacked “by an unknown person,” according to a GoFundMe campaign.
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RT @FiveFreedoms: Why Mass. Still Trails the Nation in Press Protections | The Boston Globe
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At least 40 other states have laws protecting reporters’ confidential sources. The Commonwealth does not.
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5 key issues R.I. schools are facing this year -- Rhode Map by @DanMcGowan .via @BostonGlobe.
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There’s a wave of uncertainty on multiple fronts for many R.I. school leaders.
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Law firm pressures @BrownUniversity to retract research on anti-wind groups via @BostonGlobe.
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Marzulla Law LLC objected to research published by the Climate and Development Lab at Brown that found an anti-wind group, Green Oceans, operated as part of “a fossil-fuel-funded disinformation...
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Prof. @TimmonsRoberts, of @BrownUniversity, said his students found that groups fighting offshore wind “have chosen to get in bed with some of the most anti-environment and anti-climate actors.” He called the letter “strategic harassment to shut me up.".
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The firm, which represents opponents of offshore wind, said it would complain to Brown’s federal and private funding sources.
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Roman Anthony, Jarren Duran home runs carry Red Sox past Orioles via @BostonGlobe.
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Anthony hit a leadoff homer in the first inning and Duran slugged a three-run shot in the fifth.
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RT @chris_m_gavin: Gov. Dan McKee and RIPTA CEO Christopher Durand on Monday released a proposed “budget framework” they say will cover RIP….
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Public transit riders would instead see “fewer, more targeted service reductions informed by demand data,” the two officials wrote in a letter to the RIPTA Board of Directors on Monday,
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RT @FiveFreedoms: In light of President Trump's executive order on flag burning, we encourage you to read our statement from 2016 when he c….
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By @AlexaGagosz -- .Trump is demanding colleges and universities prove they are not considering race or sex in admissions. Will the Ivy League survive?
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Higher education leaders say the administration’s new rules could dismantle tools that have long proved to balance equity with academic excellence.
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RT @chris_m_gavin: RI AG Neronha said Monday a state prosecutor who told a police officer he would “regret” arresting her as she was taken….
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“Special Assistant Attorney General Devon Flanagan mistreated the Newport Police Department and embarrassed herself, the Office, and frankly me,” Attorney General Peter Neronha said.
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.@SenWhitehouse , a former RI AG and US Attorney, noted NY ended up cutting a deal with the Trump administration over a wind farm. And he said RI might be in the early stages “of what, in my law enforcement days, I would have referred to as extortion.”.
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“Beyond near-term impacts to reliability in the summer and winter peak periods, delays in the availability of new resources will adversely affect New England’s economy and industrial growth,” ISO New...
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Halting Revolution Wind will cost 1,000 jobs and undermine New England’s power grid, officials say. RI @GovDanMcKee notes wind farm is 80% complete. “That’s like running a marathon and sitting down the moment you see the finish line ahead of you" he said.
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“Beyond near-term impacts to reliability in the summer and winter peak periods, delays in the availability of new resources will adversely affect New England’s economy and industrial growth,” ISO New...
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With shares down, Orsted faces growing crisis after Trump halts work at R.I. wind farm via @BostonGlobe.
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Orsted A/S shares fell as much as 19 percent to a record low after the Trump administration blocked construction of an almost-finished wind farm off the shores of Rhode Island.
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"We are on the side of the people of Rhode Island," U.S. @SenJackReed said. "(Trump) is on the side of big oil companies."
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"We are on the side of the people of Rhode Island," U.S. @SenJackReed said. "(Trump) is on the side of big oil companies."
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RI AFL-CIO President Patrick Crowley blasts Trump administration for halting Revolution Wind project, predicting headline: "Small man takes on small state and small state wins."
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"This is bullshit," LiUNA's Michael Sabitoni says of Trump administration halting Revolution Wind project
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Stage is set for the press conference condemning the Trump administration decision to halt Revolution Wind project
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Halting Revolution Wind will undercut the reliability of New England’s power grid, group warns
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Rhode Island leaders decried a decision to stop the Revolution Wind project, saying it's 80 percent complete and will provide “reliable and cost-effective” energy to Rhode Island and the rest of New...
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Trump’s halt of Revolution Wind has far reaching implications for R.I. -- Rhode Map by @DanMcGowan via @BostonGlobe.
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The $4 billion offshore wind farm - nearly 80 percent complete – is a key part of Rhode Island’s workforce development and climate goals
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