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Morocco Brochure

NPPR in coorperation with the U.S. EPA and Centre Marocain de Production Propre (Moroccan Cleaner Production Center) created a brochure for the Moroccan Textile Industry. The brochure provides an outline of pollution prevention (P2), P2 opportunities, and economic incentives of P2. Information in this brochure can be expanded beyond the Moroccan Textile Industry. The Moroccan Textile Brochure can be viewed at morocco-brochure. For a printable version contact NPPR at staff@p2.org.

Updates

U.S. EPA Launches New State Climate and Energy Partner Network

The State Climate and Energy Partner Network will help state energy, environmental, and utility staff understand and explore climate change and clean energy policy and program options. It provides up-to-date information about state activities and fosters communication among state decision makers on climate and energy issues and opportunities.In the partner network, you can:

Receive EPA’s weekly summary of state climate and energy policy news.
Participate in teh network listserv by posing questions to colleagues and sharing information about inititives and activities you state has undertaken.
Provide recommendations for topics and speakers for EPA’s monthly State Climate and Energy Technical Forum Webcasts.

The partner network is ope to staff from any state interested in:

Advancing clean energy opportunities.
Developing climate change mitigation policies and programs.
Looking to understand and describe the benefits of climate actions.
Seeking up-to-date information on what other states are doing.

To participate, visit the registration page at:

http://www.epa.gov/cleanenergy/energy-programs/state-and-local/join_network.html

The State Climate and Energy Partner Network is the next generation of EPA’s Clean Energy-Environment State Partnership, wich operated from 2005 through 2008 and included 16 partner states. Lessons learned from the partnership will be shared broadly through the Network.

For questions please contact: Danielle Byrnett at byrnett.danielle@epa.gov.

White Papers

13 States Release States’ Principles for TSCA Reform

On Wednesday, Dec. 2, the thirteen states of California, Connecticut, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, Oregon, Vermont and Washington released a document outlining their shared principles for reforming the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).

To view the signed document of principles: 12209_statestsca_principles_release_doc_1final

States’ Principles on Reform of the Toxic Substance Control Act December 2, 2009: microsoft_word_-_12209tscastatesnatlreleasenoonprinsigtfinal__3_

Regions

P2 Regional Roundtables

Regions 1 & 2	Northeast Waste Management Officials’ Association
Region 3	Environmental Sustainability Resource Center
Region 4	Environmental Sustainability Resource Center
Region 5	Great Lakes Regional Pollution Prevention Roundtable
Region 6	Zero Waste Network
Region 7	P2 Regional Information Center
Region 8	Peaks to Prairies P2 Information Center
Region 9	Western Sustainability & Pollution Prevention Network
Region 10	Pollution Prevention Resource Center

P2 Video

Welcome to NPPR!

The National Pollution Prevention Roundtable, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, is the largest membership organization in the United States devoted solely to pollution prevention (P2). The mission of the Roundtable is to provide a national forum for promoting the development, implementation, and evaluation of efforts to avoid, eliminate, or reduce pollution at the source.