A Healthy and Thriving Rhode Island for All

Rhode Island is a destination for people from around the world, who travel here to explore our history, sail our waters, and enjoy our beaches. But for us, it’s home – a place CLF has pledged to protect with all the passion and skill we have.

Our Solutions

CLF has fought alongside Rhode Islanders for decades to protect our Ocean State – we’ve blocked dirty coal plants, smoothed the way for the nation’s first offshore wind farm, and fought for healthy waters. Today, we are putting our passion, local knowledge, and policy expertise to work to make our air and water cleaner, protect our ocean, and create safe and healthy communities for all.

  • CLIMATE CHANGE: We’re keeping climate-warming fuels in check, making our cars greener, and blazing the right path to harness renewable sources of energy such as offshore wind and solar.
  • CLEAN AIR & WATER: We’re leading the charge to protect Rhode Island’s air and waters by holding polluters accountable for unchecked emissions that foul our air and force beach and pond closures.
  • PEOPLE & JUSTICE: We’re fighting alongside Rhode Islanders who bear an unfair share of pollution and sit on the frontlines of the fallout from climate change.
  • OCEAN: We’re working hand-in-hand with partners and stakeholders to protect ocean wildlife and habitats – and the coastal communities that depend on them.
  • HEALTHY COMMUNITIES: We’re putting Rhode Islanders at the center of our work, focusing on the environment as all of the places where people live, work, play, and learn.

Our Vision

We believe a healthy and thriving Rhode Island is possible for all. That’s why we’re fighting for a Rhode Island powered by low-cost, local clean energy, with air free from contamination… a Rhode Island with waters you can swim in, fish, and drink from without worry… and a Rhode Island with a flourishing ocean untainted by pollution where fish are bountiful and our shorelines resilient to climate damage.

What We’re Up Against

Rhode Island’s waterways and coastline are critically linked to the health of our economy and our way of life. But pollution and climate change threaten to undermine both. Simply maintaining the status quo when it comes to energy, managing our waters, and sustaining our communities isn’t good enough anymore.

But it’s more than just our air and climate at risk. Sea-level rise could devastate our coastal communities, while warming waters will damage the habitats our marine wildlife need to thrive. At the same time, polluted runoff threatens our waterways – and the communities that depend on them for recreation and economic prosperity.

Day in and day out, CLF is protecting Rhode Island by overcoming our region’s greatest environmental obstacles.

CLF Rhode Island
235 Promenade Street
Suite 560, Mailbox 28
Providence, RI 02908
P: 401.351.1102