August 2015 - August marks another big month in the expansion of community solar, which allows electricity customers to purchase panels from a solar array remote from their home and receive electricity bill credits in proportion to their ownership stake. …
August 2015 - The Belleayre Ski Center, Gore Mountain Ski Resort, and Whiteface Mountain ski resorts in New York have signed power purchase agreements (PPA) with Borrego Solar to use solar energy to power their ski lifts and snowmaking operations. Borrego …
August 2015 - Washington, D.C.-based Arcadia Power will provide 100 percent Green-e Energy certified renewable energy to its U.S. residential and commercial customers. Arcadia Power's customers will be able to purchase renewable energy certificates …
Español The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Addyi (flibanserin) to treat acquired, generalized hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD) in premenopausal women. Prior to Addyi’s approval, there were no FDA-approved treatments for sexual …
Clean air protection will limit industrial methane and toxic pollution, protecting public health Washington, D.C. (August 18, 2015)— Today, in response to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) proposed standards to limit methane pollution …
EFSA’s Panel on Plant Protection Products and their Residues (PPR) concluded that it would be necessary to reach international consensus on which groups of pesticides could be looked at together through a cumulative risk assessment approach. The Panel …
Following risk assessments carried out by previous EC Scientific Committees* on the presence of dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs in the food and animal feed chain, EFSA’s CONTAM Panel was asked by the European Commission to carry out an assessment of NDL-PCBs …
Action was proposed in a number of areas: the creation of a new Panel, the further use of scientific experts to support the Scientific Committee working across EFSA’s scientific remit. EFSA will also consider opportunities to build awareness, appreciation …
Avian influenza is an infectious disease primarily affecting birds. The viruses which cause AI can be divided into two groups based on the severity of the disease they cause. Highly pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI*) may result in mortality within a flock …
The Panel said that, although no single mechanism has been found to be responsible for the survival of the bluetongue virus through winter, infected Culicoides midges still remain the most likely way. Although recent data showed that in different …
The setting up of the Platform, agreed by EFSA’s Management Board on 20th June 2005, reaffirms the Authority’s commitment to openness and transparency. Along with the Platform, EFSA will pursue its ongoing dialogue with stakeholder organizations, including …
The report from Friends of the Earth Europe has been sent to the Chairman of the EFSA Management Board, Stuart Slorach, who has circulated this to other members of the Board. The matter will be discussed publicly at a Board meeting at the earliest possible …
Mr Podger is at present, the Chief Executive of the UK Food Standards Agency and has been responsible for its establishment and development. The Management Board interviewed candidates on a shortlist which, in line with the Authority’s founding Regulation, …
An enzyme is a protein that promotes or accelerates a biochemical reaction. Enzymes may be added to food to perform a technological function in manufacturing, processing, preparation, treatment, packaging, transport or storage. As an example, food enzymes …
In 2002, the former Scientific Committee on Food (SCF) identified 15 PAHs as being carcinogenic and suggested to use benzo[a]pyrene as an indicator of occurrence and effect of the carcinogenic PAHs in food. In 2005, these findings were confirmed by the …
The U.S. Department of Energy has announced the 2016 Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) Phase I Release 1 Topics, including hydrogen production from organic waste streams and fuel cell membranes, through …
BluePay, a national leader of technology-enabled payment processing solutions, is proud to announce the launch of their new modern and responsive website. NAPERVILLE, IL, USA, August 18, 2015 /EINPresswire.com/ -- BluePay, a national leader of technology- …
Summary: We estimate the elasticity of private-sector employment to non-oil GDP in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) for GCC nationals and expatriates using a Seemingly Unrelated Error Correction (SUREC) model. Our results indicate that the employment …
Release Date: 08/18/2015 Contact Information: David Bryan, 913-551-7433, bryan.david@epa.gov Environmental News FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Lenexa, Kan., Aug. 18, 2015) - EPA Region 7 and Coastal Energy Corporation, Willow Springs, Mo., recently reached a …
The Forum Board of Directors have established several high level objectives for the Forum July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016 in executing on the Strategic Plan WASHINGTON, DC, USA, August 18, 2015 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The Wireless Innovation Forum (http …
