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What's at Stake in Rhode Island: RIPTA
By Jamie Rhodes, Rhode Island State Director We're less than a week from the election. Clean Water Staff across the country will be blogging about what it means nationally and locally. Check back for more. It’s time to take a look as some of our General Assembly candidates. Rhode Island’s universal support for the environment keeps it out of the ProJo and off the 11 o’clock news during campaign season. That doesn’t mean the voters should forget our November 6th choices will chart Rhode Island’s path for the next two years. Lately, the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority has been a political
Sandy, Climate Change, and the Election
By Michael Kelly, Director of Online Communications We’re less than a week from the election. Clean Water Staff across the country will be blogging about what it means nationally and locally. Check back for more. Sandy hits New York Climate change did not “cause” Sandy. Except that it did. Except that the question, “did climate change cause Sandy?” doesn’t matter. Storms like Sandy are too complex to have one cause, though they certainly do have a (big) climate change connection. Grist explains it here. "Did climate change cause it?" is now asked after every natural disaster (which I suppose
Waterbury Home Energy Action Campaign: Solve. Improve. Save.
Living in the 5th highest state for electricity prices raises a problem for Waterbury residents. On average, Waterbury residents are spending about $261 per month or $3,132 per year on electricity!
Factsheet: Support Limits on PFAS Chemicals in Drinking Water
EPA is proposing enforceable Safe Drinking Water Act limits on the two oldest PFAS chemicals, and also considering an innovative approach to the problem of the thousands of other PFAS chemicals, some of which are also being found in drinking water. EPA needs to hear that you support strong drinking water limits and further action to get these toxic chemicals out of our environment.
