MTA Fund Collection
In December 1998, 39 environmental and peace organizations won a landmark lawsuit against the U.S Department of Energy for failure to follow-through on adequate environmental cleanup during its 50+ years of nuclear weapons research, testing, and production. Part of this settlement was the establishment of the MTA Fund (Citizens’ Monitoring and Technical Assessment Fund), which provided $6.25 million for tribes and non-profit organizations to assess and conduct independent technical and scientific studies regarding the multitude of technical, ecological, and health issues surrounding the nation’s nuclear weapons complex.
The grants allocated by the MTA Fund were awarded in six rounds of grant proposal reviews. The fund was administered by the independent environmental mediation organization RESOLVE as well as an advisory board made up of plaintiff representatives and members from affected groups and communities. Reports were finalized over the years 2001 through 2007. These grants support public dissemination of studies, reviews, and analyses conducted through the MTA Fund, but do not support their use for litigation, lobbying, general administrative support, or fundraising.
Clark University was chosen by the non-profit peace and environmental groups as the conservator of these reports to ensure they remain available to the public in perpetuity. The unconventional election of university as conservator is an innovative example, particularly within the era of Web 1.0, of higher education as protector and provider of information through wide dissemination.
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Browse the MTA Fund Collection:
Albuquerque Center for Peace and Justice
Aleutian/Pribil of Islands Association
Alliance for Nuclear Accountability (ANA)
Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League, Inc.
Carolina Peace Resource Center
Church Rock Chapter (through Navajo Education & Scholarship Foundation)
Citizen Action (through New Mexico Community Foundation)
Citizens for Alternatives to Radioactive Dumping (CARD)
Committee to Minimize Toxic Waste
Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety (CCNS)
Concerned Citizens of Lake Township (CCLT)
Confederated Tribes of Umatilla Indian Reservation
Diné Citizens Against Ruining Our Environment
El Rio Arriba Environmental Health Association
Fernald Community Health Effects (F-CHEC)
Government Accountability Project (GAP)
Healing Ourselves and Mother Earth (HOME)
The Initiative for Social Action and Renewal (ISAR)
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP)
Institute for Energy and Environmental Research (IEER)
Institute for Policy Studies (IPS)
Institute for Technology, Social, and Policy Awareness, Inc. (ITSPA)
International Institute for Indigenous Resource Management, Inc. (IIIRM)
JSI Research and Training Institute, Inc.
Miamisburg Environmental Safety and Health (MESH)
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
Nuclear Information and Resource Center (NIRS)
The Project on Government Oversight (POGO)
Radiation and Public Health Project, Inc.
Radiochemical Health Effects Archives
Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center
Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL)
Scarboro Community Oak Ridge Empowerment
Serious Texans Against Nuclear Dumping (STAND)
Southwest Research and Information Center
Standing for Truth About Radiation, Inc. (STAR Foundation)
Tri-Valley Communities Against a Radioactive Environment (CAREs)