CCES News For You

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 [...]

As has been written in several previous Environmental News for You the new Mandatory GHG Emission Reporting Rule (40 CFR Part 98) is in effect. There has probably never been a rule in the history of the USEPA with such stringent requirements for monitoring, emission estimation, and reporting. In addition, the USEPA released a draft [...]