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Today’s solution is for Canada to mandate laundry appliances include a built-in microfiber filter—like a lint trap that captures up to 90% of fibers at the source. Oregon, California, and Ontario have proposed legislation, and it's already law in France www.hilltimes.com/2026/06/04/p... @ires.ubc.ca
"You can't be saying these deals are still compatible with net-zero by 2050. They're not. The deal is not compatible with it. Just be honest with Canadians about this." said @simondonner.bsky.social @ubcgeography.bsky.social @ires.ubc.ca www.cbc.ca/news/politic... via @cbcnews.ca
Ottawa calls it co-operation. Climate scientist Dr. Simon Donner calls it math that does not add up.
“If this wasn’t going to affect the system outside Alberta, fine. But when you add it all up, the emissions math just doesn’t work.”
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Ethical data governance that centers farmers’ perspectives is essential for creating a just and sustainable agri-food system. Sarah-Louise Ruder and Hannah Wittman are advancing this work by examining farmers’ views on trust and data sharing across Canada.
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For RES 505, led by Dr. Leila Harris, graduate students produced 3 knowledge mobilization projects that explore how to implement more sustainability and well-being at UBC.
For more details about the projects: ires.ubc.ca/courses/cour...
IRES students and CoSphere colleagues call for microfibre filter standards and bold biofibre investment, protecting oceans while creating economic opportunity for Canada.
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Jiaying Zhao and Elizabeth Dunn (@ubcpsych)'s new book earned praise from the New Scientist, which calls it a "counter-intuitive climate book" packed with practical, hopeful ways to help the planet and boost wellbeing.
Woohoo! 🎉
www.newscientist.com/article/2528...
Countries are increasingly worried about becoming dependent on foreign-owned AI systems in the same way many became dependent on foreign energy, manufacturing or supply chains explains Milind Kandlikar in the National Observer
Read more: www.nationalobserver.com/2026/05/13/n...
Facing geopolitical and economic pressures, Dr. Simon Donner warns Canada may be heading “the wrong path in the long term," noting that Canada is concentrating on incremental emission cuts from current activities instead of planning how to replace them
🔗 www.canadianaffairs.news/2026/05/20/c...
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A former member of Canada's top climate body said the pipeline deal Canada signed with Alberta is incompatible with Carney government's net-zero target.
The government didn’t enforce the federal standard on Alberta’s industrial carbon price as a gesture of co-operation with the province, Federal Environment Minister Julie Dabrusin said Tuesday.
Today’s solution is for this country to mandate that laundry appliances include a built-in microfiber filter—like a lint trap for your washer that captures up to 90 per cent of fibers at the source.…
The most exciting popular science reads this month explore everything from symbiosis to hormones, while Alice Roberts takes on an editor-in-chief role in her latest book
Putting a data centre in Canada does not automatically mean Canada controls it. The servers may be inside Canada but the technology, software, customers or parent companies behind the project could…
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Researchers say the highest emissions climate scenario used in global climate reports is no longer plausible. But the debate over why it was removed remains hot
