The Development Director will raise an annual budget of at least $3,000,000 and lead all aspects of development for Coming Clean, including grant writing, strategic planning, donor relationship management, and fundraising initiatives. This is a high impact position within a small organization that oversees a diverse network of individuals, communities, and other organizations. This role is responsible for developing new revenue streams and ensuring strong relationships with donors, funders, and other stakeholders to take the organization to the next level. The Development Director will manage a small development team, supervise one development staff, and collaborate closely with executive leadership to align development goals with the organization’s vision and strategic objectives.

Coming Clean is seeking an experienced financial professional to serve as a key member of the non-profit organization's executive team. The person in this role will manage day-to-day financial operations, oversee organizational compliance and best practices for the organization’s $3M budget. The Director of Finance will report to, and take direction from, the Chief Operating Officer.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Thursday that it plans to rehash regulations under the Risk Management Program (RMP). The decision comes after lobbyists for the chemical industry sent a letter requesting the agency weaken the rule requiring nearly 12,000 highly hazardous industrial facilities to prevent and plan for chemical disasters.

The EPA is bending to the will of corporate lobbyists who are seeking to eliminate stronger rules finalized in 2024. These more protective rules were the result of years of public debate and incorporated input from industry and the public alike, including advocacy by environmental justice, labor, occupational and public health, and environmental organizations.

“It would mean a real disservice to communities, first responders and workers,” said Adam Kron, an attorney with Earthjustice. “It would put them in greater harm’s way from these chemical disasters.” Earthjustice is part of a coalition of environmental groups that tracks chemical disasters. This coalition has found that since January 2021, there have been more than 1,100 chemical incidents. The news of a potential rewrite comes days after Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress, in which he vowed to take on toxic chemicals, saying, “our goal is to get toxins out of our environment, poisons out of our food supply and keep our children healthy and strong.” Yet that rhetoric also comes as Trump has pledged broad deregulatory action, which could clash with upholding chemical safeguards. 

So-called sustainable and/or green chemistry is being promoted in many circles as a means to both harness chemistry innovation to support more sustainable economies and reduce the environmental and public health impacts of chemical manufacturing.  As we work to build research and policy which deliver health protections and justice to communities most impacted by the toxic harm of the chemical industry, we must critically examine sustainable chemistry initiatives and ask who will benefit from the technologies and practices.  When something is promoted as “sustainable chemistry,” who is it sustainable for?  Read more of this joint blog from Coming Clean and EJHA.