To push for elimination of coal-fired power plants in New England; develop the public health rationale for expanding the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative; and to promote energy efficiency and clean energy policies in the New England states.
To seek new chemical policy reforms, fully implement reforms enacted in recent years, and advance market campaigns in Connecticut.
To help define the vision, focus, strategies, and tactics of the environmental health and justice movement and to undertake a specific project that builds relationships between activists on chemicals and energy issues.
To delay, reduce, or prevent diseases and disabilities throughout life that are influenced by environmental factors.
To use HealthyStuff.org as a tool to drive large-scale, market-based change, boost corporate incentives for policy reforms, and increase industrys motivation to use improved chemical design tools.
To advance public understanding of emerging environmental health science, bridge the large disconnects between public policies relevant to these issues and what current science tells us about their implications, and increase public pressure to modernize those policies.
To protect Minnesotans from toxic chemicals in everyday products through a health-based campaign that achieves near-term chemicals policy victories while building toward comprehensive state and national reform.
To develop and accelerate clean energy policies, increase public understanding of the economic benefits of clean energy development, and promote clean energy adoption across New England.
To advance federal agriculture policies and programs that benefit New England farming and to ensure effective implementation for these priority programs.
To improve the supply chain from producer to institutional buyer in order to meet the growing demand for local food; and to increase farmer/producer financial viability.