To support Aggregating Consumer Demand to Support Green Electricity Markets, which will build consumer demand for electricity generated from new renewable energy resources and drive the development for such projects in New England.
To support the Campaign Strategy to Phase Out Persistent Chemicals and PVC Plastic, which will coordinate the local, state, national and international campaign activities that are seeking to phase out polyvinyl chloride, to catalyze synergies between complementary efforts, and to…
To reduce or eliminate the enormous environmental consequences of past nuclear weapons production at the Hanford Nuclear Facility; and, to protect employees at the facility who report on activities that are illegal, fraudulent, or otherwise threatening to health, safety and…
To research, produce and distribute a report that evaluates the status and viability of polyvinyl chloride recycling to educate waste management and recycling professionals, and raise public awareness about the insurmountable problems that make it impossible to recycle PVC plastic.
To redirect cleanup priorities at Department of Energy weapons production facilities toward water protection and to prevent the relaxation of radiation protection standards throughout the complex.
To support the Healthy Building Network, which will establish health-based building standards, in both private and public sectors, applicable to health care facilities, faith-based institutions, and affordable housing; work to eliminate the use of building materials that harm environmental health…
To empower cleaning and service workers, many of whom are minorities and recent immigrants, to engage in participatory research and promote government policies and company practices that reduce their exposures to toxic cleaning chemicals and introduce safer alternatives.
To improve enforcement of environmental laws and regulations at both state and federal levels, and to blunt concerted attempts by the Bush Administration to weaken enforcement of environmental regulations.
To raise public and policymakers’ awareness of environmental threats to the Snake River Aquifer from the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory in order to stop current waste disposal practices and press for responsible cleanup of high-level radioactive waste.
To enable Tufts University’s Global Development and Environment Institute to provide strong economic arguments in support of the Alliance for a Healthy Tomorrow’s proposal to phase out persistent, bioaccumulative toxic chemicals in Massachusetts, and in support of similar efforts in…