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- ↑ Borg, Linda (April 25, 1999). "Former Save the Bay leader sees preservation job as a natural". The Providence Journal. Retrieved 2 April 2011.
- ↑ RINewsToday (2023-11-23). "Block Island and Newport preservationists fight to protect Rhode Island from massive wind farms". RINewsToday.com.
- ↑ Fenton, Josh. "UPDATED: One of RI's Top Environmentalists Is Suing to Block Offshore Wind Project". GoLocalProv.
- 1 2 "Trudy Coxe". The Preservation Society of Newport County. Archived from the original on 2004-02-04.
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