Grant Program Environment

To revise key EPA regulations regarding mercury emissions and pollution reporting that will increase public information about exposure to this hazardous byproduct of coal-burning power plants.

To conduct small but highly strategic press outreach and public information campaigns on climate change and ozone depletion.

To provide public education and media and policy research on the impacts of the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact on Massachusetts consumers and the environment.

To participate in regulatory rulemakings at the Massachusetts Department of Telecommunications and Energy to enable town governments to function as suppliers of electricity to their local citizens, and to require aggregated energy purchasers to adhere to state environmental standards in…

To participate in the New England Clean Power Campaign, which is seeking to force the region’s aging and polluting power plants to comply with environmental standards that apply to new generating facilities.

To educate Massachusetts consumers about the importance of maintaining a local milk supply with the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact.

To retain a Boston-based representative for this national campaign to reform hospital practices so that they end their production and release of dioxin and mercury wastes.

To create the Healthy Hospitals Project, which will provide technical assistance to the national Health Care Without Harm campaign by establishing an information clearinghouse about alternatives to potentially harmful materials and processes now commonly used in health care; and by…

To educate New England and Canadian environmental advocates on the dangers of mercury.

To create the Clean Energy Group, which will build market demand for clean energy sources in New England, where utility deregulation is permitting a newly competitive business environment in the electricity sector. The project will assist in the implementation of…