Environmental Health Fund
To conduct research on which environmental health organizations and coalitions in US states and nationally are positioned to work successfully using a public health frame on coal and energy campaigns.
To conduct research on which environmental health organizations and coalitions in US states and nationally are positioned to work successfully using a public health frame on coal and energy campaigns.
To support the adoption of a low carbon fuel standard in New England as the best near-term solution for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector.
To advance a regional low carbon fuel standard in New England in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated with petroleum fuels used for transportation and reduce the region’s dependence on oil.
To build a popular movement to reduce consumption of oil in New England and the mid-Atlantic states that yields commitments by policymakers to undertake the appropriate administrative actions and policy reforms (such as the low carbon fuel standard).
To protect the environment in Virginia by stopping construction of coal-fired power plants.
To supplement a broader philanthropic effort to retire targeted coal plants in the Midwest by making quick turnaround funds available for rapidly developing campaign needs.
To stop the proposed Smith coal plant and begin a shift in eastern Kentucky toward a comprehensive strategy to phase in energy efficiency and renewable energy.
To launch a statewide campaign aimed at closing coal plants in Iowa.
To derail plans for the construction of the Plant Washington coal-fired power plant and abandon early planning for an additional Plant Ben Hill in Georgia, and encourage Georgia’s electric membership corporation leaders to choose energy efficiency and clean energy over…
To promote adoption and effective implementation of energy efficiency resource standards in the utility sector in Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, and Ohio.