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Tell your RI legislators to support Extended Producer Responsibility!
Take action to stop the plastic crisis upstream and downstream - Contact your Rhode Island legislators today to tell them to support Extended Producer Responsibility!
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New Year, New Rhode Island Legislative Session!
The 2023 Rhode Island legislative session has started! Clean Water Action and our allies had some big environmental wins in 2022, and we’ve spent the “off-season” preparing to hit the ground running. Here are our 2023 legislative priorities:
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Take action to protect Rhode Island families from toxic PFAS chemicals
PFAS are a class of human-made chemicals that are incredibly persistent in the environment and also highly toxic. Thanks to the efforts of our members and allies, the Rhode Island General Assembly passed two bills to protect Rhode Islanders from toxic PFAS in the 2022 session including a ban on the use of PFAS in food packaging. Now, the next step is a comprehensive ban on toxic PFAS in a wider range of products in 2023.
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Fighting the Illusion of Ambivalence, One Door at a Time
Canvassing is a strange job. Essentially, you function as messenger, teacher, and banker all in the span of three to four minutes. It's exciting, it's interesting, but there is always a bit of trepidation when you're knocking on someone's door. First of all, there’s a fear of ambivalence. Given
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Be a Rhode Island Voter in 2022!
Good news! Voting in Rhode Island just got a lot easier thanks to the grassroots efforts of the Let RI Vote coalition which Clean Water Action is a part of.
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Tell REI to Stop Selling Products Containing Toxic PFAS Chemicals!
Clean Water Action is part of a coalition effort with Toxic-Free Future to tell the outdoor apparel retailer REI to stop selling products containing toxic PFAS in their stores. Thousands of REI shoppers and co-op members have already submitted comments and letters, but we need to keep the pressure on!