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Clean Water Action Connecticut @cleanwaterct.bsky.social · 8h

Our new CT Director, Christine Bartlett-Josie, was at the @saferstates.bsky.social conference this week networking with toxics activists from across the nation.
Connecticut became one of the #StatesInTheLead getting #PFAS out of common products with our 2025 legislation. Great work, CT activists!

Toxics organizers from Clean Water Action smile together

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Clean Water Action Rhode Island @cleanwaterri.bsky.social · 8h

Check out these three AMAZING organizers! We were at the
@saferstates.bsky.social conference this week networking
with toxics activists from across the nation. Rhode Island is one of the #StatesInTheLead getting #PFAS out of common products. Which state will be next??

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Toxic-Free Future @toxicfreefuture.bsky.social · 2d

TFF’s science director breaks down the science behind Washington's recent first-in-nation ban on all formaldehyde-releasing chemicals in cosmetics and personal care products—and why it's good news for salon workers, women of color, and anyone who uses everyday products like shampoo or lotion. 💚

The science surrounding Washington’s formaldehyde ban—and what it means for salon workers and consumers - Toxic-Free Future

Washington leads the nation with the first-ever ban on all formaldehyde in cosmetics—protecting salon workers, women of color, and consumers.

toxicfreefuture.org

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Clean Water Action Connecticut @cleanwaterct.bsky.social · 2d

FALL TOAST IS BACK! Join us Saturday, November 15th for a delicious fall meal with friends and support Clean Water Action's campaigns for a healthy environment and climate justice! RSVP to save your spot today at cleanwater.org/CTfall

COnnecticut Fall Toast will be Saturday November 15th from 4:30-7pm at the Indian SPrings Golf Club in Middlefield. This is a NEW DATE!

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Clean Water Action Rhode Island @cleanwaterri.bsky.social · 3d

“If any of these chemicals get into a woman while she’s pregnant, the chemicals will go right across into the baby. The placenta provides no protection at all.”
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

The health risks from plastics almost nobody knows about

Researchers have linked phthalates, chemicals found in plastics, to premature birth, infertility and ADHD.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Heatmap News @heatmap.news · 9d

Coal demand may be rising globally, but Trump's promised U.S. coal renaissance hit some major bumps this week — including fallout from a catastrophic failure and a lawsuit against the president's plan to keep a Michigan plant alive.

Read about it from @alexckaufman.bsky.social in this morning's AM:

Energy Department Poised to Kill DAC Hubs

On Trump’s coal woes, NEPA reform, and Japan’s nuclear plans

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Clean Water Action Rhode Island @cleanwaterri.bsky.social · 11d

Trump's EPA is going to let coal plants dump poison in water. How is this Making Americans Healthy Again? cleanwater.org/2025/10/06/e...

EPA Seeks to Prolong Harmful Coal Plant Wastewater Pollution

Under the guise of “unleashing American energy dominance,” the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to extend compliance deadlines for coal plant wastewater pollution limits, which will ...

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Clean Water Action Connecticut @cleanwaterct.bsky.social · 15d

Our new Connecticut Director, Christine Bartlett-Josie, brings a wealth of experience and passion to our team. Find out what drives her (and how much she loves New Haven pizza) in our latest We All Live Downstream post!
cleanwater.org/2025/10/02/m...

Meet CT’s New State Director: Christine Bartlett-Josie!

We’re excited to introduce our new Connecticut Director, Christine Bartlett-Josie! Christine is a community leader and political consultant with over two decades of experience advancing progressive po...

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Safer States @saferstates.bsky.social · 17d

Safer cookware is possible, in fact, it already exists! States are leading the way by removing toxic #PFAS chemicals from cookware to protect our health. Let’s keep the momentum going. 🍳
#StatesInTheLead

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Clean Water Action Rhode Island @cleanwaterri.bsky.social · 17d

Sharing some community joy! (That's also good for health and the planet!)
www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/g...

Want to Get Your Kid Biking to School? Consider the 'Bike Bus.'

Biking to school can add fun, exercise, and socialization into your kid’s commute. Here’s what you need to help do it safely.

www.nytimes.com

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Clean Water Action @cleanh2oaction.bsky.social · 17d

Protecting our drinking water sources reduces health risks and controls treatment costs. It's a win-win for public health and savings. Let's prioritize source water protection! #ProtectTheSource #SourceWaterProtectionWeek

Graphic design for Souce Water Protectoin Week with a stream and forest.

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Clean Water Action @cleanh2oaction.bsky.social · 18d

Rock band Killswitch Engage are giving away an Epiphone Les Paul Jr. in a collaboration with Rocksmith and Clean Water Action! 🎸 Learn more and enter the contest here - there are only 42 hours left to enter! 👇

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Killswitch Engage Rocksmith+ & Clean Water Action Giveaway

Killswitch Engage are giving away an Epiphone Les Paul Jr. in a collaboration with the Rocksmith+ and Clean Water Action! Grand Prize - 1 winner 1x Epiphone Les Paul Jr. 1x One month subscription to R...

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Climate Jobs National Resource Center @cjnrc.org · 21d

CJNRC hosted John Podesta, @whitehouse.senate.gov, @budzinski.house.gov, and @riaflcio.bsky.social's @patcrowley401.bsky.social at @32bjseiu.bsky.social's HQ for a panel discussion on how states can meet the moment with ambitious climate action that centers workers. #ClimateWeekNYC

CJNRC panel at Climate Week featuring Patrick Crowley, Rep. Nikki Budzinski, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, and John Podesta

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Clean Water Action @cleanh2oaction.bsky.social · 22d

🎸 Killswitch Engage are giving away an Epiphone Les Paul Jr. in a collaboration with Rocksmith+ and Clean Water Action! Only 5 days left to enter to win and help us protect clean water! 👇 cleanwater.org/kse-guitar-g...

Killswitch Engage Rocksmith+ & Clean Water Action Giveaway

Killswitch Engage are giving away an Epiphone Les Paul Jr. in a collaboration with the Rocksmith+ and Clean Water Action!

cleanwater.org

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Clean Water Action Connecticut @cleanwaterct.bsky.social · 25d

👏👏 This project is contracted to supply affordable power to 350,000 households in RI and CT. New England workers are building the future.

Globe Rhode Island @globeri.bsky.social · 25d

A federal judge sided with developers of the Revolution Wind project off the coast of Rhode Island, allowing construction of the wind farm to continue for now despite a stop-work order issued by the Trump administration last month.

Construction of Revolution Wind can continue after federal stop-work order, judge rules - The Boston Globe

The US Department of the Interior had issued the order against the wind farm project off the coast of Rhode Island last month.

www.bostonglobe.com

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Clean Water Action @cleanh2oaction.bsky.social · 25d

🎸 Enter our GUITAR GIVEAWAY! Win an Epiphone Les Paul Jr. + more! Details Below! We're collaborating on this fabulous guitar giveaway with Killswitch Engage to invite the band's fans to connect with us and be part of the solution to pollution!

gleam.io/v8HSa/killsw...

Killswitch Engage Rocksmith+ & Clean Water Action Giveaway

Killswitch Engage are giving away an Epiphone Les Paul Jr. in a collaboration with the Rocksmith+ and Clean Water Action! Grand Prize - 1 winner 1x Epiphone Les Paul Jr. 1x One month subscription to R...

gleam.io

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Safer States @saferstates.bsky.social · 28d

Toxic #PFAS chemicals have no place in our cookware. 🍳 Safer alternatives already exist and states are leading the way by restricting PFAS to protect our health.

Now is the time for more states to follow suit. 💪
#StatesInTheLead

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Clean Water Action @cleanh2oaction.bsky.social · 28d

🎸 GUITAR GIVEAWAY! Win an Epiphone Les Paul Jr. + more! Join us & Killswitch Engage to support their new music video and to #protectcleanwater! 🌊 #GuitarGiveaway #CleanWaterAction

cleanwater.org/kse-guitar-g...

Killswitch Engage Rocksmith+ & Clean Water Action Giveaway

Killswitch Engage are giving away an Epiphone Les Paul Jr. in a collaboration with the Rocksmith+ and Clean Water Action!

cleanwater.org

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Clean Water Action @cleanh2oaction.bsky.social · Sep 17

Today we joined @actonclimateus.bsky.social, members of Congress, and climate advocates to deliver 225,000+ public comments to the EPA opposing the attacks on the Endangerment Finding and Trump's #ClimateChaosPlan. We need to protect our climate and American's health from toxic pollutants.

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Toxic-Free Future @toxicfreefuture.bsky.social · Sep 16

Everyday plastics contain phthalates—linked to infertility, ADHD, premature birth, and more.

WA and major retailers have banned them in some products, but that’s just the start. To protect our health, we must ban endocrine-disrupting additives in plastics everywhere.

The health risks from plastics almost nobody knows about

Researchers have linked phthalates, chemicals found in plastics, to premature birth, infertility and ADHD.

wapo.st

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Clean Water Action @cleanh2oaction.bsky.social · Sep 16

Check out our very own Clean Water Action Legislative Director in California, Andria Ventura, discussing why CA Governor Newsom must pass legislation (AB 823) to protect drinking water from microplastics.

www.mercurynews.com/2025/09/12/o...

Opinion: Newsom must protect California’s drinking water from microplastics

Bill on Newsom’s desk is based on a simple premise: If plastic isn’t necessary in a product, it shouldn’t be there.

www.mercurynews.com

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Clean Water Action Rhode Island @cleanwaterri.bsky.social · Sep 16

Our team in California is fighting to protect families from toxic #PFAS too! Great work, team. Let's get this over the finish line!
#banPFAS

Clean Water Action California @cleanh2oca.bsky.social · Sep 13

Clean Water Action is proud to be a sponsor of Senator Ben Allen's bill, along with our friends at NRDC, Breast Cancer Prevention Partners, the California Assoc. of Sanitation Agencies, and Environmental Working Group

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Clean Water Action @cleanh2oaction.bsky.social · Sep 15

Today, 9/15, is the LAST DAY to make your voice heard! Trump’s EPA is trying to push back compliance deadlines for coal plants to clean up their toxic coal ash. Don't let coal plants dodge responsibility—submit a comment to the EPA today.

act.cleanwater.org/page/177494/...

Submit Comments Today and Tell EPA: Do Not to Delay Toxic Coal Plant Compliance Deadlines!

Make your voice heard. Comments are being accepted now @ regulations.gov to urge Administrator Zeldin not to delay the compliance deadlines for the Legacy Coal Combustion Residuals (CCR) Surface Impou...

act.cleanwater.org

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Clean Water Action @cleanh2oaction.bsky.social · Sep 8

URGENT ALERT! 📢 Tell EPA: Do not delay toxic coal plant compliance deadlines!

We have 7 DAYS until this EPA comment period closes. Please visit the link below to make your voice heard today:

act.cleanwater.org/page/177494/...

Submit Comments Today and Tell EPA: Do Not to Delay Toxic Coal Plant Compliance Deadlines!

Make your voice heard. Comments are being accepted now @ regulations.gov to urge Administrator Zeldin not to delay the compliance deadlines for the Legacy Coal Combustion Residuals (CCR) Surface Impou...

act.cleanwater.org

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Clean Water Action Massachusetts @cleanh2oma.bsky.social · Sep 8

More water contaminated with forever chemicals and less protections for firefighters and military service members - why would anyone support this?
#banPFAS
www.thenewlede.org/2025/08/cong...

Congress proposes scrapping PFAS measures that protect public servants and others

By Shannon Kelleher Congress is proposing to reverse measures that protect military service members, firefighters and others from harmful PFAS chemicals.

www.thenewlede.org

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