Media coverage of the Jan. 2011 Minnesota Green Chemistry Forum event

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There was considerable coverage of the recent Green Chemistry event held in Minnesota in early January 2011. The event, organized by the Minnesota Green Chemistry Forum (which was created and is staffed by the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy) and the University of Minnesota, brought together over 180 leaders from the business, academic, non-profit and government sectors. The day was filled with great presentations, including an opening talk by John Warner, one of the “fathers” of Green Chemistry, remarks from Senator Al Franken, Secretary of State Mark Ritchie, and the new Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Commissioner Paul Aasen about the need for public policy support for green chemistry, and presentations from companies such as Aveda, Mrs. Meyer’s Clean Day, and 3M about what they are doing in this field. This event was a great introduction and launching pad for advancing Green Chemistry across all sectors in Minnesota – and beyond! There was good media coverage of the event, including: • MinnPost, Brad Allen: http://www.minnpost.com/bradallen/2011/01/10/24721/group_launches_minnesota_green_chemistry_industry_initiative • Public News Service, Sharon Rolenc: http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/17782-1 (audio also available) • The Line, Dan Haugen: http://thelinemedia.com/innovationnews/greenchemistry010511.aspx • Finance and Commerce, Arundhati Parmar: http://finance-commerce.com/2011/01/green-chemistry-can-save-businesses-money/ The Minnesota Green Chemistry Forum, which is now co-hosted by IATP and Aveda will continue to advance green chemistry in Minnesota throughout the year, with additional events and collaborations. Information on the conference is posted at www.greenchemistrymn.org. We will be posting video and power point presentations on this site, as well as ongoing activities of the Minnesota Green Chemistry Forum.

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http://www.greenchemistrymn.org