Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP | USA | 19 Feb 2016
The California Environmental Protection Agency’s (Cal/EPA’s) Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has announced the development…
Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP | USA | 21 Aug 2015
California Assembly Member Mike Gatto (D-Glendale) has introduced a bill (A.B. 14) that would require the labeling of food grown using recycled or…
Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP | European Union, USA | 8 Aug 2014
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has revised the rules governing "Declarations of Interest" as part of its ongoing effort to increase…
Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP | Global, USA | 9 Jan 2014
According to the Biofuel Digest's annual review of global biofuel mandates and targets, 62 countries either have such goals in place or under…
Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP | Global, USA | 31 Oct 2013
Navigant Research reports in "Advanced Biofuels Country Rankings" that the United States is currently home to some two-thirds of the world's advanced…
Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP | USA | 26 Sep 2013
Biofuel technology developer Cool Planet Energy Systems has raised $19.4 million in the second closing of a Series D financing round, bringing the…
Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP | USA | 24 Jan 2013
According to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has selected four projects that will receive a total of $25…
Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP | USA | 15 Nov 2012
Sapphire Energy will reportedly partner with the Institute for Systems Biology to bring systems biology solutions to the development of algae biofuels, an effort that is expected to significantly increase oil yield and improve resistance to crop predators and environmental factors.
Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP | USA | 10 Aug 2012
U.S. Senators Kay Hagan (D-N.C.) and Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) recently wrote a letter to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson, asking the agency to use its waiver authority “to adjust the corn grain-ethanol mandate of the Renewable Fuel Standards (RFS)” in light of ongoing drought conditions.
Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP | USA | 15 Jun 2012
The Public Health Advocacy Institute (PHAI) has issued a June 7, 2012, fact sheet calling on school districts to consider the energy costs of cold beverage vending machines when deciding whether to renew vending contracts.