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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Floating cattails to lake's rescue
Winnipeg Free Press - January 24, 2015 "Right now, the easiest market is for the replacement of coal," Grosshans said. (The province's ban on coal for heating takes effect July 1, 2017.) "Cattail is an excellent biomass heat source, like wood."
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New study to probe plastic pollution in Lake Winnipeg
Selkirk Record - January 20, 2015 A look at some of the research on the horizon at IISD-ELA.
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Challenging landscape: Expert talks about environmental demands facing Manitoba
Winnipeg Free Press - January 17, 2015 "Best known for saving the Experimental Lake Area, the Winnipeg-based International Institute for Sustainable Development was also among the first think-tanks with a global reach to paint the economy green. We sat down with Henry David Venema, IISD's chief scientist and vice-president for business development, to talk about environmental challenges facing Manitoba."
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Disrupting Davos
Huffington Post UK - January 16, 2015 'What will be protested this year at the World Economic Forum in Davos?' asks Simon Zadek.
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Lake Winnipeg Foundation gives cash for projects
Interlake Spectator - January 14, 2015 IISD-ELA researcher Mike Rennie speaks with the Interlake Spectator about some generous funding from the Lake Winnipeg Foundation for research into microplastics.
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Richard Grosshans speaks about the benefits of cattail harvesting in Manitoba
The Western Producer - January 12, 2015 In this video Western Producer reporter Robin Booker asked Richard Grosshans why he is researching cattail harvesting, when producers might see a cattail biomass industry in the Prairies, and whether some of the nutrients cattails absorb can be recaptured for use on the farm.
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Going green, making money: a new case for carbon pricing
iPolitics - January 06, 2015 IISD president Scott Vaughan offers up a new argument in support of getting a working carbon pricing system up and running in Canada: selling more clean hydro to the Americans.
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Tired of waiting
The Corporate Knights - January 05, 2015 "Philip Gass, a senior researcher at the International Institute for Sustainable Development, said the impression outside of Canada is that strong climate policy is expected to emerge from the province over the coming months."
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2014 - How much do you remember about the year that was?
Winnipeg Free Press - December 31, 2014 "12. After years of talks, Ottawa, Ontario and the IISD reach a deal to keep the Experimental Lakes Area open. Which of the following discovery was not made by scientists at the unique outdoor laboratory...?"
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Why Stephen Harper will move the climate needle in 2015
The Globe and Mail - December 29, 2014 An opinion piece from Dave Sawyer, a past vice-president with IISD.
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