/newsroom/taxonomy/term/1190/all en /newsroom/channels/news/accelerating-canadas-green-energy-transition-toronto-star-357907 <p>July 4, 2024 | Canada produces 80 per cent non-emitting electricity, however there stands a need for transitioning towards a clean energy transition that meet its emission goals by requiring building bigger, cleaner, smarter grids capable of doubling or tripling current capacity. "Net zero energy road maps from provincial governments can provide the missing direction. Road maps articulate a provincial government’s vision, objectives, and plans for how the province will meet its energy needs on the road to net zero," Chris Ragan and Rick Smith explains. </p> Mon, 08 Jul 2024 19:21:22 +0000 admin 311162 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/caucasian-households-us-emit-most-carbon-despite-greater-energy-efficiency-335054 <p>Residential energy use represents roughly one-fifth of annual greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. A team of researchers led by ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ has used data from 60 million individual American households to look into how carbon emissions caused by household energy use vary by race and ethnicity across the country. Paradoxically, this first national level analysis found that even though energy-efficient homes are more often found in Caucasian neighbourhoods, carbon emissions from these neighbourhoods are higher than in African American neighbourhoods.</p> Mon, 22 Nov 2021 14:43:54 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 283649 at /newsroom /newsroom/francois-bouffard Thu, 29 Apr 2021 14:28:55 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 262023 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/scientists-warn-social-and-environmental-risks-tied-energy-transition-326683 <p>To meet the most ambitious 1.5º C climate goal requires a rapid phaseout of fossil fuels and mass use of renewables. However, new international research by ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ and the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB) warns that green energy projects can be as socially and environmentally conflictive as fossil fuel projects.</p> Thu, 03 Dec 2020 14:34:49 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 251932 at /newsroom /newsroom/donald-l-smith Tue, 26 Feb 2019 16:59:44 +0000 laurie.devine@mcgill.ca 24339 at /newsroom /newsroom/jeffrey-bergthorson Thu, 19 Dec 2019 19:35:06 +0000 Anonymous 23538 at /newsroom /newsroom/raynald-gauvin Tue, 26 Feb 2019 16:59:44 +0000 Anonymous 22786 at /newsroom /newsroom/sasha-omanovic Tue, 26 Feb 2019 16:59:44 +0000 Anonymous 23770 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/cost-burden-quebecs-carbon-market-seen-modest-257944 <p><strong><em>By Chris Chipello, <a href="/newsroom/">±«ÓãÖ±²¥ Newsroom</a></em></strong></p> <p><em>Study by ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ researchers assesses short-run impacts on households, industries</em></p> <p>The cost burden of Quebec’s carbon-pricing policy, is likely to be modest across income groups and industries, according to a ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ research team.</p> Tue, 19 Jan 2016 17:57:44 +0000 nima.adibpour@mail.mcgill.ca 25104 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/petrocultures-2014-oil-energy-and-canada%E2%80%99s-future-232534 Tue, 21 Jan 2014 19:23:16 +0000 raphael.larocque-cyr@mcgill.ca 19618 at /newsroom