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- Investors Challenge 18 Oil and Gas Companies on Climate Change, Hydraulic Fracturing, and Sustainability Risks, Ceres Press Release 2.8.12
- Leading U.S. investors today announced they have filed shareholder resolutions with Exxon-Mobil, Chevron, Chesapeake Energy, ConocoPhillips and 14 other oil and gas companies, pressing them to disclose their plans for managing environmental and workplace challenges such as hydraulic fracturing, greenhouse gas emissions and worker safety.
- Report: Climate Risk Disclosure by Insurers
- Report examines public disclosure filings from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) to assess US insurer consideration of climate change as a key risk factor to their business and how that consideration affects their decision making. Based on the NAIC responses, Ceres’ analysis found that there does exist a “broad consensus among insurers that climate change will have an effect on extreme weather events, [but] only 11 insurers reported having formal climate change policies, and more than 60 percent of the respondents reported having no dedicated management approach for assessing climate risk.”
- Ceres Investor Network Lauds Economic Benefits of Northeast Clean Fuels Standard
- Ceres Investor Network Lauds Economic Benefits of Northeast Clean Fuels Standard New Economic Analysis Shows Substantial Regional Benefits, Fuel Cost Savings
- Ceres, BICEP React to Passage of ACES Through House
- On June 26, Ceres and Bussinesses for Innovative Climate and Energy Policy react to the passage of the American Clean Energy & Security Act through the House.
- CERES: Hails “Landmark” Waxman/Markey Bill
- CERES reacts to the draft climate legislation introduced by Chairman Waxman and Chairman Markey on March 31, 2009.
- BICEP Principles for U.S. Climate and Energy Policy
- Business for Innovative Clean Energy Policy, a project of Ceres, calls for the inclusion of four key principles in the development of U.S. climate and energy policy.
- Statement About the EPA Report on Costs and Benefits of the Clean Air Act 1990-2020
- Statement from Ceres President Mindy Lubber about the new EPA report, "The Benefits and Costs of the Clean Air Act from 1990-2020".
- Oil, Coal and Power Companies See 50% Increase in Climate and Energy-Related Shareholder Resolutions in 2011 Proxy Season, Ceres 2.16.11
- Investors announced today the filing of 66 climate and energy related shareholder resolutions with 41 coal, electric power and oil companies in the 2011 proxy season, making 2011 a record for shareholder engagement in the energy sector, even in the face of Congressional inaction on climate change.
- Report Finds Investments to Clean and Modernize U.S. Power Plants Will Create Significant U.S. Job Growth
- The study by Ceres and Political Economy Research Institute examines the effects of the Clean Air Transport Rule that focuses on sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide, as wells as the pioneering Utility MACT rule that will limit hazardous air pollutants such as mercury, arsenic, lead, and hydrochloric acid. “New Jobs - Cleaner Air: Employment Effects under Planned Changes to EPA’s Air Pollution Rules” details the jobs to be provided by investments in pollution controls, plant construction, and the retirement of less efficient coal plans.
- New Report Finds Investments to Clean and Modernize U.S. Power Plants Will Create Significant U.S. Job Growth
- The EPA’s proposed rules for the electric power sector will create an estimated 1.46 million jobs across the U.S. in the next five years. The study by Ceres and Political Economy Research Institute examines the effects of the Clean Air Transport Rule that focuses on sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide, as wells as the pioneering Utility MACT rule that will limit hazardous air pollutants such as mercury, arsenic, lead, and hydrochloric acid. “New Jobs - Cleaner Air: Employment Effects under Planned Changes to EPA’s Air Pollution Rules” details the jobs to be provided by investments in pollution controls, plant construction, and the retirement of less efficient coal plans. Among the states with largest projected gains are VA, TN, IL, NC, and IN.
- Business Support for EPA’s Authority to Regulate GHG Emissions, BICEP
- November 30, 2010 Re: Business Support for EPA’s authority to regulate GHG emissions
- Ceres report: Canada's oil sands face significant financial and environmental risks as great as those in BP spill
- Ceres president issues statement at annual conference condemning Gulf of Mexico oil spill; calls for policy actions to reduce dependence on oil and other fossil fuels
- BICEP Applauds Introduction of Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act
- Statement released by the companies of BICEP applauding the introduction of Senate climate and energy legislation.
- Ceres "Competing By Leading" Open Letter to President Obama and Congress
- CERES open letter ad that ran June 10 in the Wall Street Journal, urging the passage of climate legislation.
