Grant Program Environment

To engage people of faith in building support for comprehensive chemical policy reforms, and mobilize the faith community to lend its powerful moral voice to the debates around state and federal chemical reform policies.

To assist Northeast states in adopting and implementing energy efficiency policies.

To use the Environmental Threats to Healthy Aging report findings to building alliances with key organizations, such as AARP, that have an interest in promoting health for older adults.

To support the transition to cleaner energy sources in Iowa through public and business endorsement of strong energy efficiency standards for utilities.

To establish a new precautionary federal chemicals policy by advancting comprehensive policy reforms in key states that will presage reforms at the federal level.

To deliver comprehensive risk management services to Vermont cheesemakers that will reduce microbiological contamination in the cheesemaking environment.

To coordinate and facilitate multiple activities and collaborations to reform chemical policies at state, federal and international levels.

To educate national learning and developmental disabilities groups about environmental links to learning disabilities, translate emerging science, cultivate opportunities to support chemical policy reform, and increase collaboration and partnerships among groups.

To reduce greenhouse gas emissions through state and regional activities that: (1) secure the highly efficient use of electricity, oil and natural gas across New England; (2) ensure increased renewable energy generating capacity and infrastructure: and (3) advocate for the…

To reduce children’s and adults’ exposure to toxic chemicals and to protect health by achieving steps toward state and federal comprehensive chemicals policy reform.