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WASHINGTON, April 28, 2016 - The Energy Department`s Solar America Cities program found that a primary barrier to solar adoption is the difficulty and cost of obtaining construction permits for rooftop solar installations because of structural issues. A three-year study led

At their annual general meeting earlier this week, Syngenta shareholders officially approved motions for an ordinary dividend of CHF 11.00 per share ($465 U.S. per share) and a special dividend of CHF 5.00 per share. The special dividend is contingent upon the p

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€Don€t spoil our victory lap€ was the response from one Senate staffer when asked about the prospects for reconciling the comprehensive energy bill the Senate passed overwhelmingly last week with the very different House bill passed in December.

WASHINGTON, April 27, 2016 - Dannon, in an effort to woo consumers who are becoming increasingly concerned about all aspects of how their food is made, has made a promise that will be difficult to keep: It plans to eliminate all genetically modified grains from the diets of

The Agriculture Department`s plan for a `radical` overhaul of the way it regulates biotech crops risks disrupting exports of U.S. farm commodities unless the changes are coordinated with importing countries, say agribusiness groups say. The organizations al

Frustration in the organic industry is mounting over the difficulty of keeping organic seed free of any detectable level of genetic engineering. Organic seed producers continue to call on the federal government to force the conventional industry to provide compensation for the contamination

American dairy organizations, the International Dairy Federation, the U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Department and others are trying to put the brakes on a proposed World Health Organization guidance they fear will discourage governments, food aid groups, and

Earlier this week, agricultural leaders and scholars gathered at the Nebraska Innovation Campus at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln for the seventh annual Water for Food Global Conference to catalyze strategies in support of feeding the world with a finite amount of water.

House Republicans held three hearings last week to spotlight what they characterized as federal land grabs enabled by the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and committed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), which fought back against the charges.