Institute for Energy and Environmental Research
To conduct a scientific and technical analysis of the Department of Energy’s National Ignition Facility.
Archives Grants
Institute for International Investigation
To establish an academy for training investigators of egregious human rights violations, and to create rapid response teams of these trained investigators to travel to crime scenes quickly.
Institute for Local Self-Reliance
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…
Natural Resources Defense Council
To remove mercury-contaminated sediment from the Penobscot River, which is estimated to contain among the highest mercury levels in the country.
New York City Employment and Training Coalition
The Coalition is seeking support for a study of several innovative and dynamic job training and placement programs in New York City. This study will analyze the common elements and best practices that make them successful; examine the challenges to…
TechRocks
To use the Internet to educate and mobilize new disarmament activists.
Tri-Valley Communities Against a Radioactive Environment
To promote citizen oversight and involvement at the Department of Energy’s Livermore National Laboratory.
Vermont Public Interest Research and Education Fund
To protect public health against environmental threats related to agriculture, including pesticides, dairy products containing bovine growth hormone (commonly known as rBGH), and the use of toxic sludge as farm fertilizer.
Bennington County Conservation District
To support litigation to challenge Southwestern Vermont Medical Health Care Corporation’s appeal of the denial of their Act 250 permit application to build an assisted living facility on primary agricultural soils.
Vermont Housing & Conservation Board
To support a conference to bring together housing and conservation practitioners from around Vermont.