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Jamie Rhodes

Jamie Rhodes

Jamie is the current Rhode Island Director for Clean Water Action, the national environmental group with 1.2 million members nationwide including 40,000 Rhode Islanders. Clean Water Action is working for clean, safe and affordable water, prevention of health-threatening pollution, creation of environmentally-safe jobs and businesses, and empowerment of people to make democracy work. www.cleanwateraction.org

What’s at Stake Nov. 6: The General Assembly, RIPTA

What’s at Stake Nov. 6: The General Assembly, RIPTA

By Jamie Rhodes on October 26, 2012

It’s time to take a look as some of our General Assembly candidates. Rhode Island’s universal support for the environment keeps it out of the ProJo and off the 11 o’clock news during campaign season. That doesn’t mean the voters should forget our November 6th choices will chart Rhode Island’s path for the next two [...]

Posted in Elections, Environment, Featured, Politics | Tagged Elections, Environment, RIPTA, state house | Leave a response

What’s at Stake Nov. 6: Our Shared Federal Lands

What’s at Stake Nov. 6: Our Shared Federal Lands

By Jamie Rhodes on October 25, 2012

One of Clean Water Action’s core missions is to make democracy work. The cornerstone of this strategic focus is to hold our elected officials accountable to voters. A crucial problem underlying many pollution problems, we believe, is an imbalance of political power that distorts our political system and hampers good policy. The protection of the [...]

Posted in Elections, Environment, Featured, Politics | Tagged Brendan Doherty, Coal, David Cicilline, Elections, Environment, James Langevin, James Riley | 1 Response

What’s at Stake Nov. 6th: Remember Climate Change

What’s at Stake Nov. 6th: Remember Climate Change

By Jamie Rhodes on October 24, 2012

Today through Frday I’m going to put up a couple of posts about how our environment is going to be impacted by what happens on November 6th. With all the talk about jobs and the economy, I am continually surprised that so few are connecting these topics to the invaluable strides our nation has made [...]

Posted in Elections, Environment, Featured | Tagged barry hinckley, Clean Water Action, Elections, Environment, Mitt Romney, President Obama, Sheldon Whitehouse | Leave a response

The State House dome from North Main Street. (Photo by Bob Plain)

Clean Water Action Endorses Candidates

By Jamie Rhodes on September 6, 2012

With September 11th just around the corner, it is time for RI Primary voters to make up their mind. I’m sure you have been sitting up half the night wondering which candidate has the strongest voice for our environment. Look no further. Clean Water Action is proud to announce that, after vetting the candidates who seek [...]

Posted in Elections, Environment, Featured, Politics, State House | Tagged Clean Water Action, Elections, Environment, Narragansett Bay, Public Transportation | Leave a response

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