Grant Program Environment

To document health effects related to pesticide exposure and advance policy reforms that protect the health of children and Native Alaskans and build toward national comprehensive pesticide policy reform.

To ensure that Connecticut makes significant progress toward its legislative commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

To organize farmers and farm groups to ensure that no new genetically engineered crop varieties are commercialized, and to continue state-based policy initiatives to make manufacturers instead of farmers liable for economic harm that contamination from those varieties cause.

To provide general support.

To encourage adoption and implementation of energy efficiency appliance standards in ten Northeast states and facilitate support from those states and other stakeholders for strong federal standards.

To substantially reduce mercury releases into the environment by convincing chlorine producers to shift to mercury-free technologies.

To: (1) increase public relations and education around coal plant fights in Iowa, North Dakota, and South Dakota; (2) clean up existing plants by pressing for enforcement of Clean Air Act provisions; and (3) persuade the Iowa Utilities Board that…

To halt the development of new coal-fired power plants by highlighting the true costs of building and operating them, as well as the risks they represent to potential investors and lenders.

To create a widely accepted and feasible plan for creation of an Interstate Chemicals Clearinghouse to foster collaboration and information-sharing among state and local governments implementing industrial chemicals management policies.

To retain Goodman Media to create an enhanced public relations strategy that will translate into greater fundraising success, thereby improving the institute’s likelihood of long-term financial sustainability.