The Center for International Environmental Law has released a report detailing how local governments can pursue compensation for the effects of plastic pollution, mostly via legal action against plastic producers and brand owners. “States and cities are on the front lines of the growing plastics crisis and the mounting costs it imposes on governments and …
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Alexei Buzu, Minister of Labor and Social Protection, Maha Damaj, UNICEF Country Representative in the Republic of Moldova and Marina Morozova, Member of Parliament, Deputy Chair of the Social Protection, Health and Family Committee, held a press conference where they announced new intervention measures to strengthen the child protection field. The tripling of the number …
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Penn Carey Law’s Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic contributes to economic development with a focus on underrepresented entrepreneurs and social impact startups. Since its founding in 1981 in collaboration with Wharton, the Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic (ELC) at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School has helped launch eateries, artists and arts organizations, fashion ventures, health science enterprises, environmental businesses, …
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An integrated education programme was launched by Samarthanam Trust for the Disabled and S.B.I. Foundation in some government schools in Belagavi district on Sunday. In the first phase, the programme will be run in Jijamata High School on Maratha Mandal Campus, the organisers said. Guests distributed different types of educational equipment, including wheelchairs, crutches and …
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Researchers have discovered how to massively boost the capacity and performance of an eco-friendly alternative to the batteries found in electric cars and smartphones. The breakthrough is expected to accelerate the commercialization of organic electrode-based batteries, which are both cheaper and more environmentally friendly than standard lithium-ion batteries. “The potential of organic electrodes in lithium-ion batteries is highlighted …
