The Environmental Protection Agency proposed Tuesday changes to the federal plan aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, but Rhode…
Avory Brookins
Avory joined the newsroom in April 2017. She reports on a variety of local environmental topics, including the offshore wind industry, fishery management and the effects of climate change. Avory can also be heard occasionally filling-in as the weekend news host/anchor.
Before joining the station, she was a general assignment reporter at Wisconsin Public Radio and completed two reporting internships at Philadelphia's public radio station, WHYY.
Avory is a Philadelphia native and proud Temple Owl.
When she's not reporting on the environment, she loves listening to K-pop, eating breakfast for dinner and dancing the weekends away.
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EPA Announces Plan To Rollback Federal Clean Car Standard
The Enviromental Protection Agency announced Thursday a proposal to rollback a federal standard that aims to reduce carbon emissions from cars.
Posted inArticle, Education, Environment, Health
Ready Or Not: As Storms Become Stronger, What’s In Store For Coastal Drinking Wells?
On a quiet street by Green Hill Pond in Charlestown about a mile away from the ocean, Andrew Baer walks onto his front lawn and asks for help sliding…
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Soil Testing For Proposed Natural Gas Power Plant In Burrillville Angers Opponents
The company proposing to build a natural gas power plant in Burrillville will begin pre-engineering work in early August, but a strong opponent of the…
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Environmental Advocacy Group Gives RI, MA Poor Grades For Renewable Energy Law
A DC-based environmental advocacy group gives Rhode Island a D and Massachusetts an F for their renewable energy law known as the Renewable Portfolio…
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New EPA Acting Administrator Says Humans Contribute To Climate Change
The Environmental Protection Agency’s acting administrator, Andrew Wheeler, says humans are contributing to climate change, contrary to what his…
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Invasive Tree-Killing Beetle Found In RI
A foreign beetle that feeds on ash trees has turned up in Rhode Island for the first time.
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RI’s Official State Insect Dodges Losing Its Federal Protections For Endangered Species
After an effort by Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives to remove Rhode Island’s official state insect, the American burying beetle, from…
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Local Commercial Fishing Companies Support US House Changes To Magnuson-Stevens Act
Local commercial fishing companies are part of a national coalition backing changes to federal fisheries law.
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Witness Testimony Begins For Invenergy Power Plant
Witness testimony began Thursday and will continue this week in hearings that will determine the fate of a controversial, natural-gas power plant…