Clean Water Action Rhode Island

05/29/2026

We wanted to give one more round of applause to our Breakfast of Champions 2026 sponsors! Thank you to the labor partners, environmental orgs, elected officials, and others standing with us for a cleaner, healthier Rhode Island. Thank you! We had such a fantastic time celebrating our champions last week with you!

05/29/2026

05/28/2026

05/22/2026

Incredible crowd for Breakfast of Champions! Thank you so much to everyone who came out to celebrate our awardees, and a special thank you to our tremendous sponsors. And, most importantly, another BIG congratulations to our 2026 champions. Our small state is filled with environmental leaders from the grassroots to the State House. THANK YOU.

05/21/2026

Congratulations to 2026 honoree, Steve Ahlquist! Steve is an independent journalist who has covered the environment, social justice, activism, and politics in Rhode Island for years, bringing a particularly focused lens to covering local struggles for environmental justice. Steve’s tireless work ensures that people in power hear the voices of those who are not, and that bullies are held accountable. His most recent reporting appears in his Substack, SteveAhlquist.news.

05/21/2026

Congratulations to our 2026 Legislative Champions, Tina Spears for State Representative and Senator Mark McKenney. Rep. Spears and Sen. McKenney have both been Rhode Island climate resiliency leaders as well as strong advocates for improving recycling and reducing waste. Thank you for being allies in the fight for a better environment!

05/21/2026

Thank you so much to our 2026 Breakfast of Champions sponsors! The New England organizing community is turning out in force tomorrow!
Conservation Law Foundation Planned Parenthood of Southern New England Environment Council of Rhode Island LaborVision RI

05/21/2026

Thank you Audubon Society of Rhode Island for your support of Clean Water Action's 2026 Breakfast of Champions! See you tomorrow!

05/20/2026

Congrats to Sheila Dormody - this year's recipient of the David R. Gerraughty Award for Lifetime Commitment to the Environment! Sheila has been at the forefront of Rhode Island’s efforts to address climate change and stand up for environmental and social justice for over 30 years. Throughout her outstanding career as an organizer, Sheila fought for and won campaigns to protect neighbors from lead pipes, promote producer responsibility for e-waste, enact a RI Renewable Energy Standard, and clean up emissions from diesel buses. She was also a national leader in the effort to phase out the sale of products containing toxic mercury. Sheila continues her advocacy now as the Chief of Policy and Resiliency with the City of Providence. We can't wait to celebrate her on Friday!