/newsroom/taxonomy/term/21473/all en /newsroom/channels/news/small-changes-can-cut-your-diet-related-carbon-footprint-25-355698 <p>The latest <a href="https://food-guide.canada.ca/en/">Canada’s Food Guide</a> presents a paradigm shift in nutrition advice, nixing traditional food groups, including meat and dairy, and stressing the importance of plant-based proteins. Yet, the full implications of replacing animal with plant protein foods in Canadians’ diets are unknown.</p> Mon, 26 Feb 2024 15:42:24 +0000 keila.depape@mcgill.ca 308646 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/using-sunlight-turn-two-greenhouse-gases-valuable-chemicals-359632 <p>º£½ÇÉçÇø researchers have harnessed the power of sunlight to transform two of the most harmful greenhouse gases into valuable chemicals. The discovery could help combat climate change and provide a more sustainable way to produce certain industrial products.</p> Fri, 13 Sep 2024 18:45:43 +0000 keila.depape@mcgill.ca 314626 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/expert-concerns-over-canadas-hydro-capacity-357617 <p>Lower-than-normal rain and snow have reduced Canada’s hydropower production, raising worries in the industry about the effects of climate change. In March, U.S. electricity exports to Canada reached their highest level since at least 2010. The increasing flow of power north is part of a worrying trend for North America. (<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/03/business/energy-environment/canada-hydropower-electric-grids.html?unlocked_article_code=1.w00.UEkJ.J6oZbriL3GBz&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&u2g=i&sgrp=c-cb">New York Times</a>)</p> Wed, 05 Jun 2024 20:13:52 +0000 keila.depape@mcgill.ca 310578 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/mcgill-project-awarded-17-million-mitigate-housing-crisis-and-climate-change-357483 <p>As Canada faces the dual challenges of contending with a housing crisis at the same time as facing the impacts of severe climate change, the need to find innovative and practical solutions remains one of the nation’s highest priorities. º£½ÇÉçÇø’s Professor Daniele Malomo was recently awarded $1.7 million by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) for a proposed solution that addresses both problems.</p> Wed, 29 May 2024 18:29:09 +0000 keila.depape@mcgill.ca 310566 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/battery-breakthrough-could-usher-greener-cheaper-electric-vehicles-357463 <p>The global shift to electric vehicles is gaining momentum, yet the extraction of battery materials has a significant environmental footprint that comes with high costs.</p> <p>Now, two groundbreaking studies led by º£½ÇÉçÇø researchers offer hope in the search to manufacture cheaper and greener lithium-ion batteries used in electric vehicles (EVs).</p> <p>Their findings unlock the potential to produce batteries using more sustainable and less costly metals, known as disordered rock-salt-type (DRX) cathode materials.</p> Tue, 28 May 2024 18:39:01 +0000 keila.depape@mcgill.ca 310564 at /newsroom /newsroom/blane-harvey Mon, 20 Jan 2020 20:14:48 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 197520 at /newsroom