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2025 Rhode Island Legislative Session Preview

January 28, 2025 | By Emily Howe and Kerry Doyle
The fight to protect our climate and environment now moves to the states. While the federal administration tries to keep New England tethered to out-of-state fossil fuel interests, Rhode Islanders are working for policies to protect our water and health from toxics, litter, and pollution. Here’s a preview of what Clean Water Action will be supporting this session!
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Graphic design featuring RI Statehouse and text that says 2025 RI Leg Priorities by Clean Water Action

First Japan, Now Australia! Taking On PFAS Across The Globe.

January 27, 2025 | By Avonna Starck
Last week, I had the incredible opportunity to meet with Cate Faehrmann, a Member of Parliament from New South Wales, Australia. Cate traveled all the way from her sunny home on the other side of the world to our chilly corner of the globe to connect with legislators, agencies, and advocates about PFAS. She was seeking to understand how Minnesota is addressing the PFAS crisis through regulatory action so that she might take some of her lessons learned back to her home country.
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Cate Faehrmann visiting MN Capitol
Still from film of Amara Strande, caption: "Despite her illness, she testified to the State Legislature"

Water is Treasure – and so is our global community

January 21, 2025 | By Avonna Starck
A documentary film crew from Japan visited our community to screen their made-for-television film, Water is Treasure – Fighting PFAS Contamination! Fight for Life. The film chronicles how mothers in Japan are leading efforts to raise awareness about PFAS contamination in their drinking water, which they attribute to U.S. military bases and the use of PFAS-based firefighting foam, and weaves in stories from the United States.
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Beauty as Resistance: Where I Find My Strength

January 16, 2025 | By X Braithwaite
As an Environmental Justice Organizer who has worked in social justice spaces for nearly nine years, I am constantly uncovering new layers of how my identity has been shaped by systemic inequities. These discoveries are both painful and empowering, revealing the depth of the systems we are working to dismantle.
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