Acadia Center
To enact and implement energy efficiency policies in the New England states; and to strengthen the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, perhaps by linking it to other cap-and-trade systems across North America.
To enact and implement energy efficiency policies in the New England states; and to strengthen the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, perhaps by linking it to other cap-and-trade systems across North America.
To secure adoption of groundbreaking policy reforms that protect human health and the environment from the impacts of toxic chemicals while serving as a model for other states and a driver for federal reforms.
To examine the expanding research on the connections between environmental toxins and autism; educate the primary constituency and others on the risks of environmental neurotoxicants; and work collaboratively with local and national environmental, health and disability groups for comprehensive chemicals…
To advance policies that create incentives for using high-efficiency biomass energy technology for heating and combined heat and power applications in the Northeast.
To secure adoption of groundbreaking policy reforms that protect human health and the environment from the impacts of toxic chemicals while serving as a model for other states and a driver for federal reforms.
To reduce and prevent environmentally-related disease in children by informing pregnant women, parents, physicians, public interest organizations, elected officials and others involved in policymaking about Columbia’s groundbreaking research findings.
To establish strong regulations under the Clean Air Act that reduce mercury, toxic metals, ozone smog and acid rain emissions from coal plants; and to defend EPA authority to regulate greenhouse gas pollution from coal plants.
To provide support in memory of Jamie Cherington.
To achieve significant reduction in climate emissions and promote model policies in Northeast states on energy efficiency, solar energy, regional climate initiatives and offshore wind.
To harness the power of Vermont’s health care community to build a community-based food system via local food procurement and distribution channels.