Rob Smith

Rob Smith

@robesmit.bsky.social

"You're miserable, edgy and tired. You're in the perfect mood for journalism." Reporting on the environment for ecoRI News.

441 Followers 234 Following 488 Posts Joined Aug 2023
6 hours ago

genuinely something beautiful to an old-fashioned cranston accent

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6 hours ago

ah its supported by the builders, that makes sense. the only thing water types does is block construction of stuff like seawalls and other things waterfront property owners generally want

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10 hours ago
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Lowered pond reveals possible Native American burial site Keep the environment in the headlines. This newsletter is powered by the generosity of readers like you.

In today's Weekender: Portsmouth's gas problem 🌬️ ; Failing dam in Killingly reveals Native American burial ground 🪨; a reader's wildlife encounter, plus stuff to do this weekend. buff.ly/rmfk0k5

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7 hours ago
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Another day in the Port of Providence: Misappropriated funds, leaking pipes, and rushed policies "We specifically asked that the city refurbish the funds, and we were told emphatically, 'No,'" said Richard Stang, senior attorney at CLF.

Another day in the Port of Providence: Misappropriated funds, leaking pipes, and rushed policies

"We specifically asked that the city refurbish the funds, and we were told emphatically, 'No,'" said Richard Stang, senior attorney at CLF.

steveahlquist.substack.com/p/another-da...

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7 hours ago
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why is a rep from a landlocked district introducing a bill for CRMC to change some water type designations?

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13 hours ago
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In non-war, non-oil price news, I was just in @ripta.com’s new Pawtucket-Central Falls station lobby and it is *lovely*. This station is the best thing I’ve seen done by the state since I moved to #RhodeIsland a decade ago.

This is what we can have if we actually fund #masstransit. /1

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1 day ago
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for *some* reason this year I keep getting spam pitches from people who think I run Granny Squibb

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1 day ago

Sorcerer (1977), Dir. William Friedkin

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1 day ago

that makes sense given that's the year when the EPA finally killed the Big River Reservoir project and made Scituate the only drinking water source for the state

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2 days ago
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WBAL in Baltimore helping viewers understand the difference between watches and warnings

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3 days ago

I've been looking at the "Dire" responses and literally going to myself "huh, the Strait of Dire, I guess i don't know that one" and then ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh

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3 days ago
2026/03/12 04:32 PM Board of Licenses Regular Meeting - Web Outline - City of Providence

Polluting juggernaut Rhode Island Recycled Metals will be appearing before the City of Providence’s Board of Licenses on Friday (hearing starts at 4:32 pm (yes 4:32) on the fifth floor of the Providence City Hall. Here’s the docket: providenceri.iqm2.com/Citizens/Det...

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3 days ago

Food: $200
Data: $150
Rent: $800
Consent decrees: $3,600
Utility: $150

someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this my roads are dying

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3 days ago

very funny how his political saga just makes him the most Warwick Man of all time

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2 weeks ago
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Secretly rewritten nuclear safety rules are made public The Energy Department made the rules public a month after NPR reported about their existence. The rules slash requirements for security and environmental protections.

SCOOP: The Department of Energy has made public a set of newly revised nuclear safety rules that slash security and environmental protections.

@npr.org first reported on the existence of the rules last month.

www.npr.org/2026/02/26/n...

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3 days ago
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Werner Herzog sighs, cocks his gun

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3 days ago
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DHS Ousts CBP Privacy Officers Who Questioned ‘Illegal’ Orders Department of Homeland Security leaders removed top privacy officers who objected to mislabeling government records to block their public release, WIRED has learned.

Scoop: DHS ousted multiple privacy officers at CBP after they questioned orders to purposely mislabel records about government surveillance to prevent their release under FOIA.

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3 days ago
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In today's Tuesday Newsday enewsletter: Cliff Walk needs hospice care, not life support; State program that preserved Hicks Farm under threat; Rhode Island's biggest energy storage facility proposed for N. Kingstown. buff.ly/yKW429c

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3 days ago

peak RI building tho

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3 days ago

had actually never seen a picture of the Coin-o-Matic until the Deer Tick news today, honestly

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3 days ago
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Green Bond Provides 'Critical' Help to Land Trusts, Conservationists in Preserving Farmland - ecoRI News Those working to conserve open space often can’t compete with property developers who almost always prefer undeveloped land.

Crossed two bridges on Sunday to check out Hicks Farm; 48 acres of undeveloped forestland and fields smack in the middle of north Tiverton that the local land trust is hoping to conserve with grant money sourced from a Green Bond. More here:

ecori.org/green-bond-p...

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4 days ago

everyone's freaking out about the journalism salary but do you know how much you have to have to net 250k in investments every year?

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5 days ago
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Protesters target Citizens Bank over its financing of ICE prisons "Citizens says it is dedicated to fostering strong communities and social responsibility, but its longstanding support for prison companies and ICE detention centers is exactly the opposite."

Protesters target Citizens Bank over its financing of ICE prisons

"Citizens says it is dedicated to fostering strong communities and social responsibility, but its longstanding support for prison companies and ICE detention centers is exactly the opposite."

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1 week ago

you could also probably argue its a sign of how much local party infrastructure has decayed, but I'm not up to speed at Maine politics at all (thinking of how Warwick has an insurgent mayor in Picozzi, and the local dems couldn't get new school bonds passed)

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1 week ago

its also reflective just how low voter participation has plummeted all around, especially in states where the primary is the real election. When someone starts energizing unlikely voters again, it seems bigger than it probably should

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1 week ago

Accountant. The other worked in the testing department at Narragansett Electric.

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1 week ago

There's a lot of reasons to hate Gannett, but we dont bring up how dog ass the websites for their publications look

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1 week ago

this is the most suburban statement you've ever said

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1 week ago

I think one of the things that bothers me the most about the way Polymarket presents itself to the world is that it's adopted the language of journalism to make itself sound more legitimate. Like look at this post from yesterday morning incorrectly "projecting" the winner.

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1 week ago

I discovered something that just nauseated me to my core today - Polymarket has a huge number of bets running on climate impacts and disasters

An entirely new flavour of disaster capitalism

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