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Clean Water Action to Honor 2023 Environmental Champions May 12th
Clean Water Action will be honoring their 2023 class of environmental champions, including four state lawmakers, next week at the organization’s 21st Annual Breakfast of Champions, May 12th, at the Aspray Boat House in Warwick.
Protecting Rhode Island families from toxic PFAS
PFAS are a class of human-made chemicals that are incredibly persistent in the environment and also highly toxic, linked to cancers, reproductive harms, and other health problems. Clean Water Action is fighting to protect our waterways, and our bodies, from toxic PFAS chemicals. Learn more and take action!
Getting the Lead Out of Rhode Island's Drinking Water
There is no safe level of lead exposure. Learn more about how lead enters drinking water, how to protect yourself and your family from lead in drinking water, and what steps Clean Water Action and others are taking to ensure that every lead service line in Rhode Island is located and replaced.
Amber Schmidt
I have been working in the environmental and public health non-profit sector for 10 years. My passion is environmental issues and justice. I grew up living on the Connecticut coast of Long Island Sound watching my father fish in those waters. As I grew to understand environmental degradation from pollution, the health impacts, and the effects of climate change, I knew that my life's work would be protecting our environment.
I started my environmental journey canvassing in Connecticut to pass laws on a variety of issues. I love talking about the issues surrounding environmental policy and