Elizabeth McMeekin. The Herald Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:44 PM PDT Energy giant Centrica, the owner of Scottish Gas, has faced demands to cut its prices after reporting an 80% rise in profits from its domestic arm. The company announced residential operating profits of £299m for the six months to June 30. | Waste to energy would be âdisastrousâ Abbotsford News Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:41 PM PDT An Abbotsford city councillor has reiterated her belief that any waste to energy (WTE) plants in Metro Vancouver would be âdisastrousâ for the local airshed. | HILLSBOROUGH: Township eyes solar power to defray municipal roofing costs Hillsborough Beacon Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:41 PM PDT HILLSBOROUGH - A South Plainfield architectural firm has been contracted to evaluate whether the township could reduce the cost of replacing the aging municipal building roof by combining the work with the installation of a solar energy system. | High-tech drugs would get 12-yr market protection San Francisco Chronicle Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:40 PM PDT A House committee has agreed to grant 12 years of market protection to high-tech drugs used to combat cancer, Parkinson's and other deadly diseases. Though expected, the 47-11 vote Friday in the House Energy and Commerce Committee was a defeat for AARP and... Sponsored Topics: United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce - Cancer - United States - United States congressional committee - ... | Cash For Clunkers' Vote Takes Subsidies From Solar, Ethanol Nasdaq Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:39 PM PDT WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- Solar, ethanol and other renewable-energy companies were dealt a blow Friday with a vote in the U.S. Congress to slash federal subsidies for their industries by about one-third in order to add money to a " cash for clunkers" program. | (AFX UK Focus) 2009-07-31 22:30 UPDATE 1-House panel votes to ban "pay to delay" drug deals Interactive Investor Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:36 PM PDT WASHINGTON, July 31 (Reuters) - A U.S. House of Representatives committee voted on Friday to ban deals in which drug companies pay generic firms to delay bringing out a cheaper, copycat version of a drug. The House Energy and Commerce Committee, by a voice vote, approved a bill to prohibit branded drug companies from compensating generic drug firms to delay entry. Rep. Bobby Rush, the Illinois ... | House Energy and Commerce Committee Vote Marks Another Step Forward on Pathway to Biosimilars BIO Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:35 PM PDT WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 31, 2009) - Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) President and CEO Jim Greenwood released the following statement on the overwhelming approval by a vote of 47 to 11 of an amendment to create a regulatory pathway for biosimilars by the House Energy and Commerce Committee in todayâs mark-up of the Americaâs Affordable Health Choices Act (H.R. 3200):âThe strong ... | House Health-Care Measure May Advance on Panelâs Deal (Update1) Bloomberg Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:32 PM PDT July 31 (Bloomberg) -- House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman reached a deal with other lawmakers that may clear the way for his panel to pass health legislation, becoming the final House committee to approve the measure. | | |
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