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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Hutterite colonies leading the masses with biomass heating
Manitoba Cooperator - June 27, 2017 “With the provincial ban on the use of coal for space heating in Manitoba, a good number of Manitoba’s Hutterite colonies have recently upgraded or converted their heating systems from aging coal-burning systems to cleaner biomass boiler heating systems,” says Richard Grosshans, bioeconomy lead for International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)’s water program.
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Creating solutions for the next 150 years
The Times (Canstar) - June 26, 2017 "Sisler High School student Carl Dizon was surprised to be one of three winners of the International Institute for Sustainable Development Experimental Lakes Area’s essay contest."
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Anger and Indifference on Lake Winnipeg
The Walrus - June 26, 2017 "Lake 227 may be the least well-known and most well-studied lake in the world,” Paterson had told me earlier as we dragged on our heavy rain gear at the lab. More than 200 published papers have used data from Lake 227 over the last five decades.
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This Manitoba researcher is turning cattails into lake-saving biofuel
CBC Manitoba - June 26, 2017 "Research scientist Richard Grosshans is counting on cattails to help clean up Lake Winnipeg and Manitoba's wetlands, while also offering an organic, sustainable source of biofuel."
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Zebra mussel spread prompts concerns about visitors to Grand Beach
CTV Winnipeg - June 20, 2017 "Scott Higgins is a research scientist with the IISD Experimental Lakes Area, based in Winnipeg. Higgins said there are beaches along the Great Lakes that have been covered with shells in the past, but it doesn't necessarily mean the health of the lake will be drastically harmed."
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Zebra mussels spreading in Lake Winnipeg; scientist says news isn’t all bad
Winnipeg Sun - June 20, 2017 "Higgins says zebra mussels have been confirmed in four bodies of water in Manitoba: Cedar Lake, Singush Lake in Duck Mountain Provincial Park, the Red River and Lake Winnipeg since 2013. Higgins says in about the 700 or so lakes that have been invaded in North America, there are only two examples where they’ve been effectively eliminated, and both were small lakes where potash was added."
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If it’s not green on this map, it’s a water source that’s been hurt by climate change: report
Global News - June 15, 2017 "The latest map provided the “key integrated perspective on watershed health and integrity,” Henry Venema, a planning director at the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) and the chair of the Canadian Water Summit, told Global News."
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Série environnement: région des lacs expérimentaux
Radio Canada - June 07, 2017 "Un projet scientifique dans le Nord de l'Ontario est de grand intérêt dans le monde scientifique. La Région des lacs expérimentaux dans le district de Kenora compte près d'une soixantaine de lacs qui sont à l'abri de l'impact des activités humaines."
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MPs call for stronger law against toxic chemicals
National Observer - June 02, 2017 "The Winnipeg-based International Institute for Sustainable Development estimates that the costs of pollution in Canada exceeded $35 billion in 2015."
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Pollution costs Canadians billions
Winnipeg Free Press - June 01, 2017 "Pollution costs Canadians at least $39 billion per year. And that is a very conservative number. The estimate was produced in a groundbreaking study released today by the Winnipeg-based International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), called The Costs of Pollution in Canada: Measuring the impacts on families, businesses and governments."
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