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Response to Governor Murphy’s Climate Speech - Action Today Can Stop Climate Change Tomorrow

February 15, 2023

We need to walk and chew gum at the same time -- taking steps already primed for tangible action today as we begin to advance a broader suite of harder but essential policies outlined by Governor’s Murphy announcement today.

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Groups praise new bill banning toxic PFAS in Massachusetts

February 5, 2023

BOSTON - A broad coalition of public health, consumer, academic, environmental and community organizations praised the filing of a new bill to ban toxic PFAS. This group further urged lawmakers to cosponsor the bill and called for its swift passage. The proposed Act to Protect Massachusetts Public

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EPA Investigates Complaints that Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Fails to Do Its Job

January 31, 2023

"Delegating the authority to enforce the federal Clean Water Act to a state only works if that state actually follows the law. The TCEQ’s failure to do this has exposed Texas waterways and the people and ecosystems that depend on them to enormous risk. It’s time for the EPA to take matters into its own hands."

Clean Water Action and Clean Water Fund Announce New President & CEO

January 23, 2023

Clean Water Action and Clean Water Fund announced today that after a nationwide search, they have hired Jeff Carter as their new President and CEO, effective April 10, 2023. Jeff will be replacing Bob Wendelgass who is retiring after serving in that capacity for more than twelve years.

New Coalition Calls on Governor McKee to Fight Plastic Pollution with a Bottle Bill

January 20, 2023

A new coalition of state environmental organizations, the Rhode Island Zero Waste Coalition, sent a joint letter to Governor Dan McKee yesterday calling on him to support a container deposit law, or “bottle bill,” to fight plastic pollution and increase recycling in Rhode Island. The letter is in response to the governor’s State of the State remarks regarding his commitment to cleaning up litter.

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