Jan 3, 2026 | Building Local Resilience, Chemicals and Just Transition, Green Chemistry and Safer Solutions, Key Contribution, Publications, Research, Top 10 Projects
In 2017, as wildfires crept closer to my Northern California home, I promised myself that I would devote more of my time to addressing the root causes of climate change. That same year, I read an article by my colleague and hero, Dr. Sandra Steingraber, that described...
Sep 14, 2016 | Green Chemistry and Safer Solutions, Key Contribution, Top 10 Projects
Dr. Blake, Principal of Environmental & Public Health Consulting, has written a white paper titled Transforming the Materials Economy, detailing the challenges and opportunities to be found in a transition to post-petroleum chemicals and materials feedstocks. How...
Sep 9, 2016 | Chemicals and Just Transition, Key Contribution, Top 10 Projects
The Cancer Free Economy Network (CFEN) is a network of diverse organizations and funding partners working to achieve an ambitious overall goal: “Within a generation, we (CEFN) will lift the burden of cancers and other diseases by driving a dramatic and equitable...
Sep 9, 2016 | Chemicals and Just Transition, Key Contribution
Dr. Blake and Sally Edwards, ScD. of UMass Lowell’s Center for Sustainable Production are working with the Natural Resources Defense Council and Californians for A Healthy and Green Environment (CHANGE) on developing principles and implementation guidelines to ensure...
Jun 10, 2015 | Key Contribution, Top 10 Projects
Dr. Ann Blake of EPHC was contracted by the Lowell Center for Sustainable Production at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell to prepare a white paper characterizing the current landscape of measures of green chemistry. Dr. Blake presented a summary of her...
Feb 19, 2015 | Key Contribution, Top 10 Projects
EPHC’s Dr. Ann Blake, along with colleagues from the University of Massachusetts at Lowell, OSHA, SRC, and the UC Berkeley Center for Green Chemistry co-authored a paper outlining a framework for functional substitution that was published in Environmental Science and...
