To oppose the proposed sale of Vermont’s Yankee Nuclear Power Facility by Vermont’s utilities to Entergy Corporation, ensure that ratepayers do not continue to subsidize nuclear power, and create a new Vermont clean energy fund.
To measure and highlight the emerging financial and environmental benefits associated with deploying clean distributed generation technologies (solar power, fuel cells and microturbines) within the transmission-constrained urban area of Greater Boston.
To develop sustainable solutions for Vermont’s farming future through incubation projects, training, education, and advocacy.
To hold state and federal regulatory agencies and polluters accountable for their failure to protect the Penobscot River from mercury contamination and other pollutants; to educate and organize Maine’s citizens around the dangers of mercury and other persistent toxic compounds…
To coordinate the New England-wide effort to achieve the virtual elimination of mercury emissions in the region by 2010 and prevent human exposure to mercury.
To coordinate the New England-wide effort to achieve the virtual elimination of mercury emissions in the region by 2010 and prevent human exposure to mercury.
To reduce the amount of genetically engineered crops grown in the US by creating consumer pressure on businesses not to produce and sell foods and fibers with genetically engineered contents.
To enhance the ability (and willingness) of state and federal resource agencies in New England to enforce existing environmental protection laws by amplifying the voice of and protecting agency employees.
To promote demand for renewable energy in Connecticut.
To maximize opportunities for renewable power and energy efficiency to play a major role in New England’s energy system.