/newsroom/taxonomy/term/17304/all en /newsroom/channels/news/experts-canada-releases-plan-40-cent-cut-carbon-emissions-2030-338827 <p>Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault released the government's plan to dramatically curb greenhouse gas emissions over the next eight years to meet ambitious 2030 reduction targets. It's a plan that leans heavily on deep cuts in the electricity, oil and gas and transportation sectors. (<a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-2030-emissions-reduction-plan-1.6401228" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">CBC News</a>)聽</p> <p>聽</p> <p><strong>Sibeal McCourt, PhD candidate, Department of Geography聽</strong></p> Thu, 31 Mar 2022 20:01:30 +0000 claire.loewen@mcgill.ca 287755 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/federal-government-announces-17-canada-research-chairs-mcgill-336139 <p>Plastics, textiles, and electronics have revolutionized our modern world, but their massive production has led to the accumulation of non-biodegradable and toxic wastes. This is a problem 黑料不打烊 researcher No茅mie-Manuelle Dorval Courchesne hopes to have a hand in solving. Today she was named a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Biologically-Derived Materials, in recognition of the importance of her research for Canada鈥檚 future.</p> Tue, 11 Jan 2022 21:11:37 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 283775 at /newsroom