Safer States
September 21, 2009
Links, HealthyEnvironment
SaferStates is a network of diverse environmental health coalitions and organizations in states around the country that share a bold and urgent vision. We believe families, communities, and the environment should be protected from the devastating impacts of our society’s heavy use of chemicals. We believe that new state and national chemical policies will contribute to the formation of a cleaner, greener economy.
The Electronics TakeBack Coalition
September 21, 2009
Links, HealthyEnvironment
The Electronics TakeBack Coalition (ETBC) promotes green design and responsible recycling in the electronics industry. Our goal is to protect the health and well being of electronics users, workers, and the communities where electronics are produced and discarded by requiring consumer electronics manufacturers and brand owners to take full responsibility for the life cycle of their products, through effective public policy requirements or enforceable agreements.
Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families
September 21, 2009
Links, HealthyEnvironment
Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families is a groundbreaking and growing coalition of diverse groups. The Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families campaign wants to reform the nation's chemical safety law using common sense principles and current science.
Health Care in Crisis: How Special Interests Could Double Health Costs and How We Can Stop It
September 14, 2009
Report, HealthCare
Our health care system is in crisis. Without swift action, that crisis could threaten every Vermont family’s health and finances.
Protecting Vermont’s Children from Poor Indoor Air Quality: A Report Card on Act 125
September 11, 2009
Report, HealthyEnvironment
Introduction Improving indoor air quality (IAQ) in schools is essential to providing safe and healthy learning environments for children. Harmful chemicals found in cleaning supplies, pesticides, and other products can negatively impact the health of students. A growing awareness of this problem has resulted in the implementation of IAQ and “healthy schools” reform policies in states and school districts across the country.
Plug-In Cars: The Role Electricity Can Play in A Clean Future for America’s Vehicles
September 1, 2009
CleanEnergy, Report
America’s current fleet of gasolinepowered cars and trucks leaves us dependent on oil, contributes to air pollution problems that threaten our health, and produces large amounts of global warming pollution. “Plug-in” cars are emerging as an effective way to lower global warming emissions, oil use, and smog. A plug-in car is one that can be recharged from the electric grid. Plug-in cars come in two types: plug-in hybrids that are paired with small gasoline engines, and fully electric vehicles that consume no gasoline at all.
The Berkeley Model: A Guide to Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Financing Districts
September 1, 2009
CleanEnergy, Report
Improving energy efficiency in buildings is central to combating climate change, with more than a third of
U.S. greenhouse gas emissions coming from the building sector. Over the past year, there has been a much stronger push from the federal level to fund energy efficiency programs as part of a national agenda to foster a clean energy economy that generates sustainable high-quality jobs and reduces our dependence on imported fossil fuels. Vital to this process is to develop innovative financing solutions that reach broadly across energy efficiency and low-carbon energy options.
Vermont Yankee vs. a Clean Energy Future
August 1, 2009
Fact Sheet, VTYankee
Vermonters face a critical decision on our energy future: Vermont Yankee, the state’s sole nuclear power plant, is scheduled to close down on 2012. The Vermont Legislature is considering whether or not to grant a 20 year license extension to continue operation of the plant through 2032. Choices about our energy future that shape our energy supply for generations will be made in the next few months. Legislators will have to decide between Yankee and a clean energy future.
Relicensing Vermont Yankee: Deciding our energy future
June 23, 2009
Fact Sheet, VTYankee
Our legislators must decide whether to replace Vermont Yankee with clean, local alternatives. At stake are issues of safety, cost, reliability and the legacy we leave for our kids. But some elected leaders are being tempted to strike a deal with the plant’s owners that trades our long-term safety and economy for ‘cheap’ power.
Bailout Report Card: What did Obama’s Team Learn? Second in Series
June 22, 2009
Report, ConsumerProtection
“We need better clarity on the rules of the game.”
- Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, to House Financial Services Committee, March 24, 2009
Leading economists, members of Congress and the Administration have very different ideas as to the
chances that the Financial Stability Programs (formerly Troubled Asset Relief Programs) will increase
lending, increase the flow of credit, keep families in their homes and ultimately stabilize the economy. No
one may have the complete answer on that – but everyone has a suggestion and a criticism for moving
