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Presenting: Clean Water Action's 2023 Rhode Island Environmental Champions
At this year’s Breakfast of Champions, we will honor the people who are making Rhode Island a national environmental leader.
Clean Water Waves | In The News, March 2023
Our work to protect clean water across the country often makes the news. Clean Water Waves highlights recent articles featuring our staff speaking on their areas of activism and expertise.
HUGE WIN: General Assembly votes to protect Rhode Island families and first responders!
Yesterday, the Rhode Island House of Representatives voted to pass H5082, which will phase out the use of organohalogens, a dangerous chemical used in flame retardants that is associated with cancer and respiratory ailments.
The Senate already unanimously passed this bill in the spring, but when the General Assembly adjourned suddenly in June, the House version was left in legislative limbo. Over the summer, we worked to make sure that a strong version of this bill would be on the agenda when the General Assembly reconvened in the fall to address its unfinished business.
Thankfully, it was
Factsheet: Rhode Island 2024 Comprehensive PFAS Ban Act
Clean Water Action is supporting legislation this year that will ban dangerous PFAS chemicals from a range of products we use every day *before* these toxins can contaminate our bodies and the environment.