LEAF Protects
LEAF protects community health by:
- Serving as a watchdog for federal and state regulatory activities and intervening when enforcement is lax;
- Preparing model laws and ordinances, and participating in federal and state rule making;
- Forcing government and industries to comply with environmental laws and rules.
In addition, LEAF understands and fights for common sense solutions --- like pollution prevention and energy efficiency --- that allow all people to live free from pollution, regardless of race, income level or ethnicity.
A Record of Achievements
- gained national recognition for an innovative program to reduce pesticide use in schools.
- prevented hazardous facilities from preying on low-income and minority communities.
- revealed the damage old power plants cause
coto our health and natural resources. - protected drinking water and marine resources from dangerous underground injection activities.
- created pilot health care projects in blighted, disadvantaged communities.
- forced water quality clean-up of rivers.
- forced environmental officials to open selected enforcement actions coordinating public scrutiny.
- brought increased energy savings and opportunities for solar energy to electric customers.
- exposed inadequate clean up approaches by government agencies at hazardous waste sites.
- secured state clean-up standards 100 times more protective than the federal standard.
