IISD In The News
IISD's research, experts and publications are regularly featured by press outlets and on multimedia platforms around the world.
The list below is a selection of recent mentions. Click Here for other media-related content.
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Research on Eutrophication of Shallow Prairie Lakes
Water Canada - October 24, 2017 "The International Institute of Sustainable Development (IISD) has released a new study where researchers developed a nutrient mass balance model that can be used to identify the variance and relative importance of different nutrient sources and internal lake processes."
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Up in smoke
Corporate Knights - October 24, 2017 "Pollution and its impacts on human health and assets cost Canadians tens of billions of dollars each year, according to a recent report from the Winnipeg-based International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)."
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'Nobody was happy': Alberta coal town Grande Cache struggles with mine closure
CBC Edmonton - October 20, 2017 "But even if that happens, in order to compete internationally, the mine will need to use more automation, which is a growing trend in the coal industry. It means more use of self-driving vehicles, autonomous crushers and automated monitoring systems. According to the Winnipeg-based International Institute for Sustainable Development this would replace 40 to 80 per cent of coal miners."
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Boat tours bring awareness
The Selkirk Journal - October 18, 2017 "Providing in depth information about the Netley Marsh renewal project was Richard Grosshans, who is a senior research scientist with the International Institute for Sustainable Development. He has conducted extensive research in Netley-Libau Marsh on Lake Winnipeg and has examined the long term wetland changes."
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La vraie nature du commerce progressiste
Le Devoir - October 12, 2017 "L’expérience n’a pas été l’échec qu’on dit souvent, du moins pas pour son volet environnemental, assure Scott Vaughan, président et chef de la direction de l’International Institute for Sustainable Development."
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Lakehead University, experimental lakes area sign five-year agreement
CBC Thunder Bay - October 11, 2017 "A five-year agreement between Lakehead University and the International Institute for Sustainable Development's experimental lakes area (ELA) will be a big benefit to Lakehead students, a researcher said."
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LU inks collaboration deal for Experimental Lakes Area
TB News Watch - October 10, 2017 "Faculty and students from Lakehead University will receive easier access to the Experimental Lakes Area as a result of a new five-year memorandum of understanding."
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Top talent to talk Canada's energy future
Winnipeg Free Press - October 05, 2017 One of the conference presenters, Scott Vaughan — the CEO of the Winnipeg-based International Institute of Sustainable Development — said, "The conference is pulling together all the different moving parts and looking at it and saying what does it all mean? Absolutely, this is the most important energy meeting that has ever been convened in Canada."
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Native Planet: Lake Winnipeg
APTN - September 29, 2017 In episode four, season two of APTN's Native Planet, Hank Venema talks about why the prairies need to adapt to the onslaught of climate change, and Richard Grosshans explains what will happen to Lake Winnipeg if we don't take action now.
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Roundtable: What's causing extreme weather?
TRT World - September 27, 2017 "Ferocious storms, bigger floods, more devastation. Extreme weather events are getting worse. Do towns and cities need better infrastructure to cope?" Anne Hammill joins a roundtable debate.
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