To increase collaboration among rice producers and their trade associations to stop the commercialization of genetically engineered rice; and to develop a public education and media campaign to increase farmer awareness of the negative impacts of using genetically engineered alfalfa.
To ensure that Pennsylvania adopts regulations requiring the state’s power plants to reduce their mercury emissions by 90 percent by 2015 and to prohibit trading of mercury allowances as part of compliance.
To establish the State Environmental Partnership in order to block federal efforts to pre-empt state environmental, consumer and public health standards that are more rigorous than equivalent federal standards.
Working with partner organizations in twelve states, to spur a 70 percent reduction in US mobile diesel emissions by 2020.
To achieve greenhouse gas reductions throughout New England by ensuring that every state in the region signs on to and adopts rules for participating in the New England Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.
To create a health-oriented coalition to achieve bans of high priority chemicals and promote comprehensive chemicals policy reform in Minnesota.
In cooperation with Pesticide Action Network North America, to promote policy change and regulatory action in seven states that lead to toxic pesticide phaseouts and use reductions by increasing involvement of health professionals, organizations and health-affected people.
To ensure widespread and effective implementation of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative-a proposed cap-and-trade system for carbon emissions from power plants in the Northeast.
In cooperation with state partners, to promote policy change and regulatory action in six states that lead to toxic pesticide phaseouts and use reductions by increasing involvement of health professionals, organizations and health-affected people.
To mobilize individual investors and consumers to pressure corporations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Corporate targets will be selected in coordination with CERES’ institutional investor campaigns.