Tag: children
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Investment Plan for Europe – EIB grants financing to Apeiron
The European Investment Bank (EIB) will provide financing of EUR 25 million to the Austrian biotech company Apeiron Biologics AG (Apeiron). The financing will support the development of new pharmaceutical products to treat cancer, particularly a rare type affecting children. The transaction with Apeiron was made possible by the support of the “European Fund for…
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Dirty secrets of Electric Cars! ?? Think about it and made your own opinion
Fueling U.S. Forward, the Koch-funded campaign to “rebrand” fossil fuels as “positive” and “sustainable,” has released a new video attacking the “Dirty Secrets of Electric Cars,” signaling a possible strategic pivot from straightforward fossil fuel cheerleading to electric vehicle (EV) and clean energy bashing. The video and accompanying Dirty Secrets of Electric Cars web page feature blatant factual errors, misleading statements, and…
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Innovative School District to provide educational equity for all children
At last week’s State Board of Education meeting, Eric Hall officially announced the North Carolina Innovative School District, which he will lead as its first superintendent. With this launch, North Carolina added a tool to provide educational equity for all children. We at NorthCarolinaCAN are excited to partner with Dr. Hall, as well as the…
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Girls’ Education Is Key To Fighting Global Poverty
Whether you go to school should not depend on your gender. Yet for 130million girls around the world, being female means they miss out on an education. The number of girls denied basic schooling is staggering – they would make up the tenth largest country in terms of population. This must end. Not only is…