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The year nothing got done: Recap of the 2019 General Assembly session
When the 2019 General Assembly session began in early January, we had high hopes that this would be a banner year for the environment and public health. We had spent the previous four months working with stakeholders from around the state to put together a plan to reduce single-use plastic pollution. We had a commitment from the Governor to fight the climate crisis by supporting mandatory and enforceable carbon emissions reductions across the three largest sectors of Rhode Island’s economy. And we spent a good deal of the previous year talking to Rhode Islanders about the dangers of PFAS
Safer Chemicals in Virginia
Elected and appointed officials need to work toward a health-based limit on PFAS chemicals in products and drinking water, and promote policies that help communities to clean up contamination and hold polluters accountable. Learn more.
Protecting our water and health from the "forever chemicals"
PFAS are a class of human-made chemicals which includes Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl substances. Learn more.