Oceana, Inc.
To substantially reduce mercury releases into the environment by convincing chlorine producers to shift to mercury-free technologies.
Archives Grants
Plains Justice
To: (1) increase public relations and education around coal plant fights in Iowa, North Dakota, and South Dakota; (2) clean up existing plants by pressing for enforcement of Clean Air Act provisions; and (3) persuade the Iowa Utilities Board that…
Rockefeller Family Fund
To halt the development of new coal-fired power plants by highlighting the true costs of building and operating them, as well as the risks they represent to potential investors and lenders.
Safe Harbors of the Hudson
To provide general support, in honor of Rosanne Haggerty, winner of the 2008 Sparkplug Award.
Vermont Housing & Conservation Board
To host a national conference on farm viability and success for state program directors and coordinators from service provider organizations.
Harvard University
To study functional analyses of a neural circuit regulating olfactory learning by John Merck Scholar Yun Zhang.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
To support Russell Ferland’s research into environment-genetic interactions and risk factors in autism.
University of California, San Francisco
To support research by John Merck Scholar finalist Susan Voglmaier on the developmental regulation of glutamate release in cells and circuits.
University of Massachusetts/Amherst
To research how selective attention deficits contribute to language processing disorders by John Merck Scholar Lisa Sanders.
University of Oregon
To support research by John Merck Scholar Finalist Michael Wehr on cortical balance of excitation and inhibition during development in autism.