To establish efficiency initiatives in six diverse communities; recruit influential and vocal champions for energy efficiency across the state; persuade the Kansas Corporation Commission to treat efficiency as a priority; and promote a statewide energy efficiency standard.
To improve state legislators’ capacity to better defend and promote initiatives to ban the use of toxic flame retardants and other dangerous chemicals, inform legislators about policy options states can consider moving toward comprehensive chemical policy reform, and engage legislators…
To make colleges and universities more sustainable by securing institutional commitments to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.
To create one of the largest community marketing initiatives promoting renewable energy and energy efficiency in the country by challenging cities and households to reduce net energy use by 20 percent.
To attempt to stop commercial introduction and any further planting of genetically modified crops, specifically alfalfa and wheat, until environmental, economic and health questions about the release of these plants into the environment can be answered and potential problems addressed.
To stimulate broad public support for implementing state, national and international chemicals policies that protect the health of Arctic people, wildlife and the environment from chemical pollution.
To develop and begin to implement an agenda for regulatory reforms of federal chemicals policies at the Environmental Protection Agency.
To catalyze the nation’s largest public pension funds to reduce energy use in their real estate portfolios by investing in energy efficiency, encourage asset owners and managers to adopt best practices in efficiency, and spur companies they invest in to…
To support 45 member states and more than 100 local government members in developing and implementing policies to minimize the release of mercury from fluorescent lamps.
To launch the Vermont Agricultural Development Corporation, which will provide comprehensive development services to the most promising sustainable agricultural projects in the state.