Newport-based 11th Hour Racing has partnered with IMOCA to enhance environmental sustainability and diversity in the sport, including new technology that can prevent collisions with marine mammals.
The Ocean State Climate Adaptation and Resilience fund program is the latest in a series of efforts to shore up the state’s coastline and other habitats in the face of climate change.
After years of repeat flooding, Rhode Island residents are picking up the pieces while state and city officials scramble to adapt to a new reality of climate change-driven disasters.