Regarding RI Climate Superfund bill for 2027: “I’m full speed ahead,” Boylan said. She dismissed the idea that the New York case would doom similar legislation elsewhere as “a convenient strategy to try to scare us all.”

Grist@grist.org · 2w ago

States want to make Big Oil pay for climate harm. Now, courts are weighing in.

Happening now in Bristol, RI @amo.house.gov : "Audubon clearly understands the assignment."

Rhode Islanders! 🌊 ⚓️ How would Trump's SAVE Act affect your ability to vote? 🗳 The Newport County League of Women voters is conducting a survey: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... While it has been stalled in the Senate, it could be brought for a vote when U.S. Senators return from recess this month.

LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS RHODE ISLAND

SAVE Act Survey: August 2026

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@jasonknightri.bsky.social is the only candidate for RI Attorney General to be endorsed by @everytown.org. www.everytown.org/press/everyt...

Jason Knight@jasonknightri.bsky.social · last mo.

My statement on Keith Hoffmann's misrepresentation of the @MomsDemandAction.org Gun Sense Candidate Distinction badge as an endorsement (CC: @Everytown.org)

Attorney General Neronha, coalition announce largest Big Tech settlement in history: www.riag.ri.gov/press-releases/attorney-general-neronha-coalition-announce-largest-big-tech-settlement-history

👇👇👇Climate Superfund must read

Timmons Roberts@timmonsroberts.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Our sizzlin' new report (out this morning) covered in here- Supporters of state-level legislation to recover costs for climate disasters from oil companies outnumber opponents 3:1 in public hearings, but behind closed doors, opposition lobbyists ply their wares. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Zettajoules. Look it up. Your future self will thank you.

Earth’s oceans just broke a heat record. The implications will be massive

Human-caused global warming and a strong El Niño are adding excess heat to the oceans, threatening marine life and providing storms with more energy and moisture.

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I am supporting @jasonknightri.bsky.social for Attorney General. He has a deep understanding of our criminal justice system from his time in the AG's office, in the court room, and in the General Assembly. He will fight for all Rhode Islanders with just integrity.

Jason Knight@jasonknightri.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🎥 Proud to share the first TV ad of my campaign for Attorney General: "Keep Us Safe." youtu.be/nTY9b5JYXLQ

Commentary by state Senator @dawneuer.bsky.social - When talking about affordability, Rhode Island Energy wants us to ignore their profits www.bostonglobe.com/2026/08/12/m...

Any honest conversation about R.I.’s rising energy bills must include the profits utility companies are making - The Boston Globe

Our utilities need a new incentive to use their capital spending in the most efficient way possible, a state senator writes.

bostonglobe.com

I am honored to stand with @sueanderbois.bsky.social for Lt Governor as she introduces her comprehensive energy strategy. This is the kind of bold leadership I am looking for in a Liutenant Governor.

Sue AnderBois@sueanderbois.bsky.social · 2mo ago

When asked by the Globe to respond to Gov McKee saying we have to cut back on clean energy because Donald Trump is attacking it and removing federal programs to support it, this was my response: When Trump punches us in the face, you don’t respond by shooting your self in the foot - you fight back.

Proud to have made the case last night for why I'm the strongest candidate to be RI's next Attorney General. Thanks to @TimWhiteRI.bsky.social & @TedNesi.bsky.social for moderating a substantive debate & to @WPRI12.bsky.social & @RWULaw.bsky.social for bringing us together. Highlights coming soon!

A Pennsylvania neighborhood is living with the consequences of Trump policies to shrink the size of government and lift regulatory “burdens” from the energy industry. “Who is our advocate?” one neighbor asks as they face the aftermath of a pipeline spill.

Neighbors of Pipeline Leak Live in Fear and Regulatory Neglect in Trump Era of 'Unleashed' Energy - Inside Climate News

As Trump’s agencies shrink, narrow their role and reduce enforcement, politically connected Energy Transfer is steering a slow clean-up of fuel it spilled into drinking water near the Delaware River.

insideclimatenews.org

Happening now in Barrington, RI: press event with Senator Whitehouse and RI Law Enforcement Leaders to Push for New Commander-Level Police Training Bill. Whitehouse’s Promoting Police Leadership Act unanimously passed the Senate in June, awaits vote in the House.

EARLIER TODAY: Learning about blood-sucking arthropods and vector-borne diseases @universityofri.bsky.social with fellow lawmakers from @rihouseofreps.bsky.social & @risenate.bsky.social .

Never forget. Honor with action.

Moms Demand Action@momsdemandaction.org · 3mo ago

On this day four years ago, a gunman armed with a Smith & Wesson semi-automatic rifle and high capacity magazines opened fire from a roof at an Independence Day parade in Highland Park, Illinois. Seven people were killed and 48 others were wounded, including children.

Happening now: launching +1RI, an ADU Design Competition in East Providence. Accessory Dwelling Units are practical and affordable and will help mitigate our housing crisis. The program will create ready-made design plans for easy permitting and cost-effective designs.

#SCOTUS declines to review failed challenge to New York gun law

The Supreme Court just left New York's gun accountability law in place

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal from the National Shooting Sports Foundation about New York’s gun-related public nuisance statute, which allows the state or victims of gun v…

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Uber sold us safety. Now they want immunity. Amendment 041, buried in H.R. 8870, would shield Uber from liability for sexual assault - one report every 8 minutes, per a NYT investigation. 128 members of Congress and 285 women state legislators are telling Speaker Johnson: strike it.

@jenniferboylanri.bsky.social is seeking re-election

Happening now in the Rhode Island State Room: joining Chair McEntee & Sen McKenney, as Gov McKee is about to sign their critical legislation changing the statutes of limitations on childhood sexual abuse. Victims now have a chance to receive justice; abusers can't hide by waiting out the clock.

“When mayors in other cities ask me how #Copenhagen afforded to invest in its cycling networks, I ask them how on earth they have been able to afford highway projects. We invested in bike lanes because that was the cheapest option.” What the world can learn from Copenhagen’s cycling revolution.

Copenhagen Cycling Revolution: Lessons for Cities

Close to two-thirds of the city’s residents commute by bike to school or work every day.

theprogressplaybook.com

Happening now on the RI House Floor: about to vote on Chair McEntee's bill to amend statute of limitations on child sexual abuse or child exploitation.

Today is Gun Violence Awareness Day, and we wear orange and remember children and adults who violently lost their lives due to senseless gun violence. #WearOrange

Happening now: with the RI Cancer Society, along with Chairwoman Kathy Fogarty and Sen. Sam Zurier, at a press conference about their legislation regarding diagnostic and supplemental breast exam cost sharing.

My favorite data centers are public libraries 📚 📖 one reason: our public libraries are free to all! Not “free trial” free. Not “free with ads” free. Not “free if you give us all of your data” free. just free.

There are big winners with the Solar Cost Reduction Act. Read about it here. It was voted out of House Corporations Committee last night. @climateactionri.org

Legislation to cut red tape can make solar more affordable in RI | Opinion

The Solar Cost Reduction Act aims to fix slow, expensive permitting processes for residential solar in Rhode Island, the author says.

providencejournal.com

Attending the Mental Health Association ceremony celebrating “May is Mental Health Month.” Speaker Emeritus Joe Shekarchi and Senator Linda Ujifusa are receiving Legislator of the Year Awards.

Sen. @pamlauria.bsky.social and Rep. @jenniferboylanri.bsky.social recently helped to dedicate a new dog park in memory of Christine Conrad Lane, a Barrington resident who died in a midair crash over the Potomac River last year along with her son Spencer. More: www.rilegislature.gov/pressrelease...

Happening now: Barrington, RI Troop 2 Eagle Court of Honor "Eagle Scouts, all who know you rejoice in your achievements. " @scoutsbsa.bsky.social

Political leaders in #RhodeIsland could learn a lesson from Italy: stalling the transition to #renewableenergy leaves you more exposed to price fluctuations from fossil fuels. www.reuters.com/business/ene...

Italy pays the price of Meloni's stalled green energy transition

Giorgia Meloni has dismissed ecological transition as "ideological transition."

reuters.com