To ensure that the gains for renewable energy and improved air quality embedded in state laws deregulating New England’s utilities are preserved during the regulatory rulemaking process now underway in state agencies. Preservation of renewable portfolio standards and renewable energy…
To shape the role of genetic engineering in the quest for a sustainable food system.
To purchase technology to improve the organization’s ability to track its effectiveness in reaching the public with information.
To provide an annual contribution.
To provide travel subsidies to participants from the northeastern US in the International People’s Dioxin Action Summit.
To develop local and regional solutions for reducing greenhouse gas emissions that cause climate change.
To increase public understanding of the scientific uncertainties about the safety and impacts of genetically engineered food production; and to ensure that federal regulation of genetically engineered foods reflects those uncertainties.
To increase understanding among policymakers and heighten public awareness of the damaging ecosystem effects from nitrogen pollution in the Northeastern US; and to make scientific information more readily usable for nonscientists who are determining environmental policies.
To eliminate polyvinylchloride (PVC) plastic and formaldehyde from use in the construction of new buildings. PVC produces dioxin, a potent carcinogen and endocrine disrupter, during its manufacture and disposal. Building materials now account for 75 percent of PVC use. In…
To remove mercury-contaminated sediment from the Penobscot River, which is estimated to contain among the highest mercury levels in the country.