Ottawa veut interdire les microbilles de plastiques dans les produits de beauté
le 31 juillet 2015 | La Presse
Le gouvernement fédéral prépare un règlement pour interdire l'utilisation de microbilles de plastique dans les produits de soins personnels.
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Evil orbs: Abrasives in toothpaste and face scrubs are poisoning fish
The Economist | July 31, 2015
ANTHONY RICCIARDI, a scientist at McGill University, was looking for evidence that an invasive Asian clam had colonised a warm spot in the St Lawrence river when a member of his team made a more headline-worthy discovery
Adapting Greenhouses For Region
Nation News | Sept. 3, 2015
by: Kathryn Condon
MCGILL researchers hope to further agricultural productivity in the Caribbean (at Bellairs Research Institute, Barbados) with the development of greenhouse technology specially suited for this part of the world.
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Twelve college campuses leading the way for sustainable dining
The Christian Science Monitor | Aug. 26, 2015
By: Clare Algozin
McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, currently spends 47 percent of its food budget on produce from its own on-campus farm and from growers within 300 miles of the campus.
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Harnessing the butterfly effect
McGill Reporter | Aug. 19, 2015
by: Vincent Allaire
In a new paper published online in Geophysical Research Letters, McGill Professor Shaun Lovejoy shows how to directly harness the atmosphere’s elephantine memory to produce temperature forecasts that are somewhat more accurate than conventional numerical computer models.
Midnight Kitchen celebrates successful harvest
Mcgill Reporter | July 31, 2015
by: Krystle Manintveld
A collection of students and community members gathered outside Burnside on Wednesday to share their final ‘garden meal’ of the season, put together largely from vegetables grown right on the McGill downtown campus thanks to the efforts of Midnight Kitchen volunteers.
Reinventing chemistry
McGill News | Spring-Summer 2015
by: Mark Witten
A new branch of science aims to do away with the toxic waste that’s associated with industrial manufacturing and some of the brightest lights in this green chemistry movement are pursuing their research at McGill.
U.S. Turns Corner on Urban Sprawl
McGill Newsroom | June 15, 2015
Christopher Barrington-Leigh of McGill University in Montreal measured sprawl by looking at construction of streets and how many roads meet at intersections to form corners or nodes.
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McGill embraces sustainable procurement
McGill Reporter | May 4, 2015
When McGill adopted its first Procurement Policy in spring 2013, it gave Procurement Services the mandate to establish a culture of sustainable procurement practices at McGill and in its wider community.
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Clean ride mapper: Cycling the less polluted routes
The McGill Reporter | April 15, 2015
By: Katherine Gombay
Cyclists in Montreal and Toronto can now choose the least polluted routes to get around their cities thanks to an online tool developed at McGill.
Aboriginal students, staff at McGill University call for more recognition
CBC News | April 23, 2015
Kakwiranoron Cook, McGill's aboriginal outreach administrator, would like to see the university put up a more noticeable monument.
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McGill prof Chris Ragan: We need smart tolls on our bridges
McGill Reporter | April 20, 2015
by: Doug Sweet
McGill Geography Chair Jeffrey Wells: Cold carbon conservation' is important in fighting climate change
Montreal Gazette | April 22, 2015
by: Jeffrey Wells
We were heartened last week to see leaders of Canada’s provincial and territorial governments meet in Quebec City to seek real solutions to the runaway problem of carbon pollution.
Divest McGill takes home Catalyst prize at annual awards event
The McGill Reporter | Apr 16, 2015
by: McGill Reporter Staff
The Divest McGill group, which is conducting a campaign to persuade the University to divest from companies associated with the production of fossil fuels, was one of the winners of the Catalyst Awards handed out on April 13, at the fifth annual Office of Sustainability event held at the Faculty Club.
GES : McGill a réduit ses émissions de près du tiers depuis 2002
The McGill Reporter | April 15, 2015
By: Julie Fortier
Au cours des prochaines semaines, McGill entreprendra un important projet de modernisation de son système de distribution d’énergie au campus Macdonald, à Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue.
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