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Meeting the demand for renewable energy with safer materials

     Meeting the challenge of global climate change requires significant new investments in renewable energy. Yet the renewable energy economy depends on toxic chemicals. Lead in solar panels. Cadmium telluride in solar cells.… …

Clean energy is critical to solving our climate crisis. But we need to consider the full environmental and human health impacts of solar energy generation across its entire lifecycle, including mining, manufacturing, use, decommissioning and recycling.

In 2017, the Department of Materials Design and Innovation at the University of Buffalo, Clean Production Action, and Niagara Share created the Collaboratory for a Regenerative Environment (CoRE). CoRE brings together academic experts in materials… …

What is the leading cause of death by disease among children in the U.S.?

Cancer. Remember when smoking was pervasive?  We wouldn’t dream of smoking a cigarette in someone’s home or in a restaurant now but that was common before public smoking bans went into effect over a decade ago.  Just as… …

Updated ecolabel for firefighting foams expanded to include Class A firefighting products for wildfires, structural fires and other combustible materials

Clean Production Action’s updated GreenScreen Certified for Firefighting Foam now includes both Class A and Class B foam products and wetting agents.  Earlier this year Clean Production Action released the first ecolabel for… …

The Expanded GreenScreen Certified™ Standard for Firefighting Foam now prohibits PFAS and reduces the chemical footprint of both Class A and Class B firefighting foam products Bev Thorpe September 10, 2020    In early 2020, Clean… …

GreenScreen’s international reach extends with new product certifications

Today, Beva Silicones, based in Chennai, India,  joins an ever-growing list of leading global manufacturers who have chosen GreenScreen Certified™ as the preferred standard through which their textile finishing products are verified… …

CPA welcomes more international partners into GreenScreen

Clean Production Action is happy to announce our newest Licensed GreenScreen Consulting Organization, the Taiwan-based Safety and Health Technology Center (SAHTECH). SAHTECH has a breadth and depth of experience and… …

Kayla Williams is CPA’s New DEI Lead

We are excited to announce that Kayla Williams will fill Clean Production Action’s new position of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Lead. Kayla joined CPA a year ago as Communications and Program Coordinator and has grown into and beyond the… …