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...mines, and exempting existing mining operations - a move that frustrated environmental groups. After a committee vote taken last Thursday, the bill would instead oblige existing mines to pay lower royalties of 4%; new mines, 8%. "We were disappointed," said Lauren Pagel, legislative advisor with Earthworks, a nonprofit dedicated to reforming the mining law. "We're going to fight to get an amendment onto the House floor for an 8% royalty on existing mines. The royalty is needed to clean up abandoned mines. With no royalty, there will be no cleanup money...
...commerce as Wharton, Kellogg and Harvard business schools--luring them with assertions about learning to improve concentration and productivity, eliminate stress and develop their intellectual discipline and overall well-being. His message derives from his lifelong study of the ancient system of philosophy called Vedanta, the focus of a nonprofit academy he established 19 years ago outside Mumbai (formerly Bombay...
...five years. A patent and licensing policy issued in March by Harvard and 10 other research universities, titled “In the Public Interest: Nine Points to Consider in Licensing University Technology,” states the institutions’ intention to share new research and technology with nonprofit organizations and developing nations...
...that she will be joining the institute next year.” Established in 1928, the institute seeks to expand education in the areas of humanities and social sciences, concentrating on culture in East and Southeast Asia. While associated with Harvard University and is on the Harvard campus, the nonprofit organization is independent legally and financially from the University. It operates visiting scholars programs and supports the Harvard-Yenching Library. Perry, who was born in China and grew up in Japan, specializes in modern and contemporary Asian history and politics, with a particular interest in grassroots governance and social protest...
...before Thailand's military-appointed legislature a controversial new law that proponents say would move the country's censorship rules into the modern era. Many filmmakers, however, fear the proposed changes will only make censorship worse. "They want the power to control us," says Chalida Uabumrungjit, head of the nonprofit Thai Film Foundation...