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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ELA looks into educational programming
Kenora Online - October 23, 2014 Pauline Gerrard discusses the new and upcoming educational possibilities at IISD-ELA.
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Birth control pills have negative effects on aquatic ecosystem, finds study
Down To Earth Magazine - October 20, 2014 India's Down To Earth Magazine reports on the latest findings from IISD-ELA.
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Outdoor Education
Winnipeg Free Press - October 18, 2014 Nick Martin takes an in-depth look at IISD-ELA functioning in an educational capacity. He was there at the site this past summer with some students from Winnipeg's St. John’s-Ravenscourt School and their teacher, Matt Henderson.
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Political turmoil does not affect renewable energy market: specialists
The Cairo Post - October 15, 2014 "Richard Bridle, a project researcher at the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), said in a session on government assistance, “the subsidies for electricity in the region in one year equal the required investments in renewable energy until 2020.”"
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Drugs flushed into the environment could be cause of wildlife decline
The Guardian - October 13, 2014 The Guardian takes a look at a special issue of the journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, which includes a study conducted at IISD-ELA into the effects of estrogen on fish wildlife populations.
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Study finds birth control has negative effects on lake ecosystems
Macleans - October 13, 2014 A recent study at IISD-ELA finds that estrogen found a commonly used birth control pill can have negative effects on fish populations in lakes.
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L'oestrogène déstabilise les écosystèmes des lacs
La Presse - October 12, 2014 French-language article. "Des chercheurs pressent les gouvernements d'améliorer les systèmes de traitement des eaux usées après avoir découvert que la présence de composantes de la pilule contraceptive dans des lacs avait eu pour effet de déstabiliser des écosystèmes."
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Rising from the ashes: Canada’s Experimental Lakes Area
Science Borealis - October 01, 2014 IISD-ELA’s Michael Rennie celebrates the future of the Experimental Lakes Area under IISD’s operation.
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Female entrepreneurs ‘an amazing engine for economic growth’
The Guardian - September 30, 2014 “Governments award procurement contracts for goods and services to a range of businesses. These contracts can comprise “everything from office supplies to jet fighters to consultants”, according to the International Institute for Sustainable Development.”
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Canada trails U.S. in coal electricity policy
Business News Network - September 26, 2014 Phil Gass speaks to Business News Network TV about Canadian and US coal policy.
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