Stop Trash Before it Starts: ReThink Disposable’s Growing Impact
Let this sink in! The world produces hundreds of millions of tons of plastic every year, with up to half created for single-use purposes. These are items designed to be used for only minutes before becoming waste. That’s the equivalent of hundreds of Empire State Buildings’ worth of plastic entering our environment each year.
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Direct Democracy at the Statehouse
I am a canvasser. For four months, I have been knocking on doors and talking to folks about environmental and public health issues with Clean Water Action. I recently graduated from Salve Regina University where I majored in biology with a focus on environmental sciences. I always pictured myself
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Engaging the Marketplace & Winning
Our members are familiar with many of the aspects of Clean Water Action advocacy: promoting legislation, endorsing candidates, field and phone canvassing, educational outreach. Several of our state offices also do direct engagement with the business community to promote best practices on issues like
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Carbon Fight - Going Regional
With national environmental policy in the hands of administrators and officials allied with polluters, it has become essential for activists to form innovative alliances to advance progressive programs. The president’s executive order aimed at overturning six of President Obama’s directives on regulating carbon emissions, including the Clean Power Plan, is just the latest attempt to reverse hard-won victories for clean water and air.
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A Millennial's First Political Rally - Providence Women’s March
On Saturday, January 21st, I attended my very first political rally - the Providence Women's March. I honestly had no idea what to expect. My friend and I arrived at the South Lawn of the State House an hour early and were relieved to see a throng of pink-clad women and men meandering past tables
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Rhode Island in the Lead
With the last mail ballots now counted here in our state, it is pretty safe to say that the official results reveal just how important the environment is to Rhode Islanders. Do we have reason to be concerned about the outcome of the presidential election? We do. However, in Rhode Island we will
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Why Elections Motivate Me.
Autumn is my favorite season of the year. We’re past the stifling heat and humidity of summer, the changing color of leaves makes my drive to work a rolling rainbow of foliage and my work as a canvasser takes on special significance because, every two years, it’s election season.
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We All Live Downstream - Clean Water Action Podcast
Welcome to We All Live Downstream: a Clean Water Action Podcast available on Spotify, iTunes, Google Play or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts.
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