Grant Program Environment

To energize the national environmental community in discouraging and defeating serious attacks on environmental protections.

To oppose the proposed sale of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power station to AmerGen Energy on the grounds that it allows an uneconomic energy source to continue functioning with ratepayer subsidies and prevents it from competing with cleaner sources of…

To promote awareness of the hazards that climate change poses and to catalyze the actions needed to stabilize global climate systems.

To engage and energize the national environmental community in discouraging and defeating serious attacks on environmental protections.

To expand a nationwide network of consumers who can create market pressure on companies producing genetically engineered foods.

To support the High Altitude Sprawl Initiative, an effort to fight sprawl in Vermont ski areas, which represent some of the most fragile ecosystems in Vermont.

To persuade companies to adopt shareholder resolutions that commit them not to market or distribute food products with genetically engineered contents pending the results of long-term safety testing.

To continue the campaign for environmental citizenship in New England by working with college students to build their skills and involvement, thus building the capacity of the environmental movement.

To inject the public health message into two policy debates concerning funding for clean technologies.

To enable a coalition of local environmental groups to retain a coordinator who will conduct public outreach and education on toxics issues in Maine. The coordinator will also represent the coalition in public policy debates and in interactions with state…