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The 2026 RI Legislative Session Ended, but the Work Continues!

June 17, 2026 | By Kerry Doyle

Rhode Island legislative sessions are short and packed. This session ended with Clean Water Action fending off a last-minute attack on the state law restricting toxic PFAS, but many priority bills remained in limbo as the legislators broke for the summer. Here’s a breakdown of what happened!

Support HB0332: Burning Trash is Not Clean Energy!

February 4, 2021 | By Jennifer Kunze

Today, the House Economic Matters Committee is holding a hearing on HB0332, legislation to reform Maryland's Renewable Portfolio Standard - a program intended when it was created in 2004 to promote new wind and solar development. Since then, polluting energy sources have successfully lobbied to add

Toxic for People & Planet projected on BRESCO by the Backbone Campaign

ReThink Disposable Blog Series Part I: Zero Waste at Home & In Your Community

February 2, 2021 | By Maura Toomey

Our ReThink Disposable Blog Series focuses on how we can prevent waste before it starts to tackle the twin threats to our waters of plastic pollution and climate change.

SB0412/HB0084: Right to Repair, and why this matters for the environment

February 1, 2021 | By Jennifer Kunze

Today, the Senate Finance Committee is holding a hearing on SB0412; last week, the House Economic Matters Committee held a hearing on its parallel bill, HB0084. These bills would establish a consumer's Right to Repair products they buy, from cell phones to tractors. Here is the testimony we

TJX announces new restrictions on toxic chemicals as part of new chemicals strategy

February 1, 2021 | By Elizabeth Saunders, Susan Baker, Mike Schade, and Kayla Williams

Last month, TJX—the parent company of TJ Maxx, Marshall’s, Home Goods, and Sierra Trading Post—announced on its website it is developing an expanded “Chemical Management” strategy. The new program, which follows more than three years of advocacy by the Mind the Store campaign, Clean Water Action