Tag: University of Toronto
New Initiative to Remove Plastics from the Great Lakes
The Council of the Great Lakes Region (CGLR), thanks to funding from Environment and Climate Change Canada, has announced the launch of the first...
Canadian Universities Sign Charter to Tackle Climate Change
The University of Toronto and more than a dozen Canadian universities have signed a landmark charter that aims to tackle climate change through a...
Canadian Author Tom Rand on Climate Capitalism via Virtual Event
A new book rejects traditional left/right distinctions and proposes a series of pragmatic steps to leverage market forces, existing pools of capital, an effective...
Federal Funding to Control COVID-19 and Research Environmental Factors
The University of Toronto and affiliated institutions will receive almost $6 million for research projects related to the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), with $2.7...
The Great Debate: Is the Carbon Tax Unconstitutional?
On February 29, 2020, the Runnymede Society Conference 2020 featured a debate – “Is the Carbon Tax Institutional?” – as part of its two-day...
Researchers at U of T Turn Waste Cooking Oil into Printing...
Researchers at the University of Toronto (U of T) Scarborough have, for the first time, turned waste cooking oil into a high-resolution, biodegradable three-dimensional...
One-Third of Canadians Exposed to Air Pollutant “Soup”
A new study led by researchers at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering reveals that emissions from nearby traffic can...
Canadian Tech to Make Air Travel More Sustainable
A new brake technology developed by University of Toronto mechanical engineering graduate Nikola Kostic has been selected as one of the top 20 projects...
First Large-Scale Study on Cities, Environment and Climate Change
A new initiative led by the University of Toronto (U of T) will create the first large-scale data collection system to understand the complex...