CCES News For You

September 6, 2010
A July 2010 Gibbs & Soell Public Relations study of 304 Fortune 1000 executives throughout the U.S. indicated that only 29% believed that “most or all” businesses are committed to going green. 54% said “some” and 15% said only “a few” have made such a commitment. A major reason cited in the study [...]

Environmental News for You TM August 2010
As this is written, it appears that the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has been permanently capped. No more oil will be gushing directly into the Gulf (from this well). And a recent government report stated that 75% of the oil that spilled into the Gulf [...]

August 1, 2010
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid formally withdrew the climate change bill, already containing compromises such as removal of a formal cap and trade program, from consideration. Although the U.S. spoke last year of being a leader in the fight against climate change (also growing our economy and reducing dependence on foreign energy sources), [...]

June 6, 2010
Last month the USEPA recently issued its long-awaited “tailoring” rule, its attempt to use the Clean Air Act (CAA) to regulate emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) from stationary sources (see www.epa.gov/nsr/actions).
The USEPA will use existing Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD, found in 40 CFR Part 52.21) and Title V Permitting (40 [...]

May 31, 2010
Many companies think about going green. I have talked about this to managers at several companies. Many nod their heads that the business benefits of growing green are real and can have a positive impact on their firm. (See my blog article below of the 8 purely business reasons to have a robust [...]

May 23 2010
Special thanks to Dennis Shelly of Apex Companies (www.apexcos.com), leader in due diligence assessments for his contributions to this article.
As I’ve written a number of times, climate change has moved in the last year from being a voluntary program for companies that’s good for the bottom line and the Earth to a program [...]

People who have read Environmental News for You over the last year plus know that I have been providing more solid financial and business reasons to develop a robust program, regardless of whether you call it a “Green”, Climate Change, or Sustainability. There are now many examples of companies that have directly improved their bottom [...]

Environmental News for You – March 2010
Discussions about climate change policy focus on how we can reach the goal that a large majority of the world’s scientists believe is necessary: to reduce global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 70-80% from a 1990 baseline by 2050. One suggested system to achieve this is called “Cap and [...]

Feb. 21, 2010
2010 has begun with many questions about climate change and future actions. Will there be a binding post-Copenhagen accord with specific goals and enforceable rules? Will there be a federal bill limiting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions? Will it use cap-and-trade or other mechanisms? What will U.S. and world public opinion be on climate [...]

On Feb. 2, 2010, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published an interpretive guidance (http://www.sec.gov./rules/interp/2010/33-9106.pdf) for public companies listing disclosure requirements to investors applied to business/legal developments related to climate change. Risk related to climate change has been discussed in Europe for some time, but has not been addressed in the U.S. yet.
SEC regulations require [...]