Grant Program Environment

To eliminate or reduce contamination of Vermont’s lakes, rivers and drinking water from pesticides and chemical fertilizers used for farming, forestry, golf courses, and by individual households.

To oppose Bush Administration proposals to weaken environmental protection and public health standards.

To develop a comprehensive series of demonstrations that can be used to teach the benefits of sustainable forest and farmland management.

To compel the HoltraChem Manufacturing Company and Mallinckrodt Inc. to clean up mercury-contaminated sediment in the Penobscot River and Bay caused by a chemical manufacturing facility in Orrington, Maine, which was operated by these companies.

To follow the lead of clean power victories in Connecticut, Maine, and Massachusetts, and clean up the three grandfathered power plants in New Hampshire.

To educate selective food sector companies on the environmental, health and social implications of using genetically modified products, and to guide companies that are formulating socially responsible policies in regard to those products.

To demonstrate to as many sectors as possible the financial and environmental advantages of more effective energy management.

To support those organizations and individuals working to address the environmental and human health risks, as well as the socioeconomic and ethical consequences, posed by genetic engineering.

To promote a moratorium on the sale of genetically engineered foods until federal regulations require pre-market safety testing, product labeling and corporate liability for damages.

To oppose the construction of the Chittenden County Circumferential Highway in northwest Vermont.