To build understanding within the autism community and beyond of the connections between environmental exposures to toxic chemicals and the increasingly prevalent incidence of autism; and to translate that understanding into advocacy for policies that prevent those exposures.
To provide concrete recommendations for developing a healthy Massachusetts economy based on cleaner technologies that reduce the use of primary or non-renewable materials and resources and/or toxic substances in products, processes and services.
To shift big-box retailers away from PVC plastic in products and packaging, educate consumers about health risks associated with PVC, and support policies that shift the marketplace away from PVC plastics.
To educate major institutional investors on the financial risks and opportunities related to global warming; and to mobilize investors to pressure companies whose stock they own to take action to mitigate those risks by reducing carbon emissions and supporting climate…
To achieve fundamental reform in Massachusetts policymaking and regulation on chemical use-stressing prevention of harm to public health and the environment-by building a broad statewide coalition representing health-affected, medical, organized labor, environmental and faith communities that generates grassroots advocacy.
To adopt an economy-wide cap-and-trade system to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Connecticut. In its first year this project will lay the ground work for a two-year campaign featuring public education and outreach to policymakers.
To increase awareness of adverse impacts of toxic chemicals on children’s health and the failure of our current system of regulating chemicals; and to build the case for reducing chemical exposures in Michigan through new comprehensive policies and civic engagement.
To achieve fundamental reform in Massachusetts policymaking and regulation on chemical use-stressing prevention of harm to public health and the environment-by building a broad statewide coalition representing health-affected, medical, organized labor, environmental and faith communities that generates grassroots advocacy.
To adopt an economy-wide cap-and-trade system to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Connecticut. In its first year this project will lay the ground work for a two-year campaign featuring public education and outreach to policymakers.
To achieve fundamental reform in Massachusetts policymaking and regulation on chemical use-stressing prevention of harm to public health and the environment-by building a broad statewide coalition representing health-affected, medical, organized labor, environmental and faith communities that generates grassroots advocacy.