To improve state legislators’ capacity to defend and promote legislative initiatives to ban the use of priority toxic chemicals, and inform legislators about policy options states can consider in moving toward comprehensive chemical policy reform.
To establish public policies that significantly reduce energy consumed in the Northeast while maintaining a vibrant, sustainable economy; and to assist Northeast states in effectively implementing programs and policies that meet aggressive energy efficiency goals set by state legislators and…
To assist nonprofit groups in seven key states that are documenting health effects related to pesticide exposure and advancing policy reforms that protect the health of children and farmers and build toward national comprehensive pesticide policy reform.
To develop communications and marketing initiatives designed to increase consumer demand for clean energy and energy efficiency options.
To defend and promote the human rights of indigenous people in Guerrero, Mexico.
To promote human rights and democracy in Latin America, with a particular emphasis on improving US policy in the region.
To enhance civic engagement by previously underrepresented constituencies such as unmarried women.
To stop the introduction or additional planting of genetically modified (GM) wheat and alfalfa until environmental, economic and health questions about the release of these plants can be answered and potential problems addressed.
To ensure the modular home building program’s smooth transition to the St. Albans Correctional Facility, and to pilot a transitional jobs program for women recently released from prison.
To help states in the Northeast, Midwest and Pacific Northwest create Consumer Product Stewardship Councils and adopt “Extended Producer Responsibility Framework” policies that place the responsibility for disposable products with those that manufacture them instead of with local governments.