🌎Happy Earth Day!🌍
Honor the day with ACTION.
We're building bipartisan support for our bill to get toxic heavy metals out of personal care products.
Send an Earth Day message to your legislators today!
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This week! Celebrate Earth Week by coming out to this free film screening and expert panel discussion!
Thursday, April 23, 6pm
Pawtucket Public Library
"While those of us in the smallest state cannot prevent or undo the harms happening in Congress or the Supreme Court, we are able to send a message to the voters here at home. That message is that voting access matters to democracy."
@commoncauseri.bsky.social
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/04/16/m...
Clean Water Action's 24th Annual Breakfast of Champions is May 22 at 9:30am!
It’s celebrating. It’s networking. It’s waffles!
Tickets and sponsorships are now LIVE, and THEY WILL SELL OUT! Last year’s event exceeded capacity, so grab your tickets early.
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Lynn Thorp reflects on defending and strengthening the Clean Water Act’s water pollution programs with an emphasis on protecting sources of drinking water.
Read more: cleanwater.org/2026/04/07/leading-organ...
Join Clean Water Action and @beyondplastics.bsky.social on April 23rd at 6pm for a free screening of “The Plastic Detox”, the new Netflix documentary that reveals the startling effects plastics and toxic chemicals are having on our bodies and health!
RSVP: act.cleanwater.org/page/189410/...
emily and amber smile at a table
Hyping reuse and recycling solutions at the RI Energy, Environment, and Oceans Leaders Day. To fight microplastic pollution in our waterways and ocean, we need to make and use less plastic! Thanks @whitehouse.senate.gov for hosting!
organizers smile at the firsr RI organizing summit
The first ever RI Organizing Summit was a big success! Thank you to everyone who presented and attended. Local organizing leads to local victories!
Join us, Community Action Works, and Zero Waste Providence for the RI Community Organizing Summit!
Meet other activists, attend skills trainings, and get help organizing your own community!
Saturday April 4th, 1:30-5PM
Knight Memorial Library Auditorium, Providence
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plastic water bottles left on the ground
Loving the good vibes of #401Gives!
Thank you to everyone who has donated to our 2026 campaign to fight plastic pollution and litter and to friends who have shared our work!
401Gives runs until 6pm tonight! We are VERY close to our goal.
➡️www.401gives.org/organizations/clean-wate...
#401Gives runs until 6pm today. Support our organization and others at www.401gives.org!
Some of our partners:
@thewomxnproject.bsky.social @cleanwaterri.bsky.social @riaclu.bsky.social @epi-ri.bsky.social @climateactionri.org @homesri.bsky.social @ppvotesri.bsky.social @rikidscount.bsky.social
401gives continues - visit 401gives.org
We're halfway to our fundraising goal. Thank you!
The money we raise supports our work building reuse systems and fighting plastic pollution.
Who will put us over the top this year?
(And who else has totally donated to some rad RI animal shelters today, too?) 🐾
➡️ www.401gives.org/organization...
Person wearing a black t-shirt with a blue whale design and text promoting ocean action inside a rustic brick-walled room.
Happy #401Gives! 🥳 Calling all Rhode Islanders! Join RI's biggest day of giving and support your favorite local nonprofits, including Clean Water Fund, today.💧
Donate 👉 www.401gives.org/organizations/clean-water-fund-ri
#401gives is now LIVE!
Join us in celebrating the hundreds of nonprofits working to make RI a better place every single day.
We're raising funds for our campaign to fight plastic waste and pollution.
All donations make an impact. Give to as many groups as you can!
www.401gives.org/organization...
join us on march 31st at 6am - 401gives.org
Tomorrow, 3/31, is #401gives, RI's annual day of local non-profit giving!
We asked our staff, and here are some RI orgs they be supporting: The Izzy Foundation, Roger Williams Park Conservancy, Sojourner House, and Rhode Island Coalition Against Gun Violence.
Find all of us on the 401Gives website!
Federal funding changes and subpar reimbursements from local or state governments means increased financial pressure for community-based providers. But #401Gives is a bright spot they can count on to boost their fundraising efforts. By @ohnocastro.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/2026/03/30/4...
TOMORROW!
We'll be there. Join us!
#commoncause @commoncauseri.bsky.social www.mobilize.us/commoncause/...
Join us, Community Action Works, and Zero Waste Providence for the RI Community Organizing Summit!
Meet other activists, attend skills trainings, and get help organizing your own community!
Saturday April 4th, 1:30-5PM
Knight Memorial Library Auditorium, Providence
act.cleanwater.org/page/188951/...
🚨 The U.S. Senate could vote on the SAVE Act THIS WEEK. This bill could block millions from registering to vote by requiring documents many people don’t have. We can’t wait.
👉 Take action now: act.cleanwater.org/page/167047/action/1
#ProtectVotingRights #ActNow
Spring has sprung which means the RI legislative season is heating up!
Check out updates on our priority issues and easy ways to get involved here:
cleanwater.org/2026/03/23/h...
On Tuesday, March 31st at 3:15 PM, join @risecstate.bsky.social, voting rights advocates and allies for a campaign kickoff event in the Rhode Island State House Library! Spread the word!📣
@thewomxnproject.bsky.social @cleanwaterri.bsky.social @commoncauseri.bsky.social
Snow. Cold. Darkness...
But also, warmth, generosity, and brownies!
Were you one of the hundreds of people who took action this winter with a Clean Water Action New England canvasser? See if your story made it into our latest blog post!
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"Best of all, these programs are funded by the companies that put packaging and beverage containers into the marketplace. If made law, these two programs could save the state and our cities and towns nearly $15.6 million in recycling costs."
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🎉Revolution Wind, a project built by 1,000+ local union workers, announces first power. It will provide energy to 350,000 Rhode Island homes and lower energy costs across New England!
Clean energy IS affordable energy.👏
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A new Netflix documentary, #ThePlasticDetox, investigates how everyday exposure to chemicals in plastic is affecting human health. Toxic chemicals in plastics end up in our air, water, food, and products. The good news: states are stepping up and putting health first. 🧵
people pose at new sorting stations in a cafeteria
This is how we fight the trash crisis! Last week marked the launch of sorting stations at Ferri Middle School in Johnston. We've been partnering with the RI School Recycling Project and RIDE to phase out single-use disposable food ware. Now, students are keeping even more waste out of the landfill!
This Women’s History Month we’re spotlighting Lynn Thorp, the first woman to lead Clean Water Action in its 50+ year history.
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no new license for RI recycled metals!
Sharing this call to action from the People's Port Authority.
This facility has had multiple fires over the past several years
sending thick black smoke across South Providence and Washington Park. Residents should not have to live with repeated emergency incidents. No sacrifice zones!
Carcinogens & lead were found in 100% of braiding hair products tested. For women of color, this is an environmental justice issue.
Study: consumerreports.org/health/wigs-hair-extensions/braiding-hair-heavy-metals-vocs-follow-up-test-a9549045438/
Learn more: cleanwater.org/tea-toxic-beauty