National Resources Defense Council
Project Title
In Defense of Monarch Butterflies
Amount
$1,000
Category
Environment
Year
2015
Location
New York, NY
Funding to support NRDC’s legal suit to block approval of Dow’s newest toxic herbicide, Enlist Duo, which threatens to destroy milkweed – the only food that monarch butterfly larvae can eat. Monarch populations have already plunged due to other chemicals more than 80% in the nation’s farm belt. Grant will support NRDC’S campaign to the EPA to protect butterflies from this chemical assault and to counter the pro-pesticide propaganda by the agrichemical industry.
discretionary