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Clean Water Action to Honor 2024 Environmental Champions:

Clean Water Action will honor Senator Alana DiMario and Representative Davd Bennett alongside the esteemed University of Rhode Island professor, Dr. Sunshine Menezes, and other grassroots leaders at their 22nd Annual Breakfast of Champions, May 17th, at the Edgewood Yacht Club in Cranston.

Our disconnect with water: Scott Pond and linking individual actions to the health of our waters

Earlier this month, the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) and Department of Health released an advisory to avoid contact with Scott Pond in Lincoln, Rhode Island due to the presence of blue-green algae in the water. Not only should adults avoid contact with the water, it said, but so should pets. And children. It also advised against eating any fish taken from the pond. It then proceeded to list off a litany of potential side effects from contact with the algal-tainted waters: irritation of the skin, nose, and eyes, stomachache, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. Fun stuff

Diving into the Legislature

You never know what you might run into when activists descend on the statehouse for the Environment Council of Rhode Island’s (ECRI) annual Lobby Day. Last Wednesday, I was greeted in the rotunda by a group of our allies in the Energize Rhode Island coalition wearing snorkels to demonstrate the kind of gear we’ll all need if we don’t fight the sea level rise that is resulting from Climate Change. Each year around Earth Day, people from ECRI’s 60 member organizations set up tables with information about their issues, hold a brief speaking program and enter the House and Senate chambers to talk
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