In The News

Here you will find the most recent news coverage and news releases featuring ISEEE faculty members and University of Calgary Energy and Environment researchers and students.

Oct 13 2010

$8.7 million awarded to Canadian researchers by Carbon Management Canada

$8.7 million was recently awarded to Canadian university researchers, including those at the University of Calgary, by Carbon Management Canada (CMC), a federal Network of Centres of Excellence headquartered at the U of C. Read more »


Oct 08 2010

Shell Canada expands students' experiential learning

University of Calgary students now have more opportunities to expand their learning beyond the classroom thanks to a $500,000 gift from Shell Canada. Read more »


Aug 30 2011

Prominent University of Calgary researcher going to Harvard

David Keith, Canada Research Chair of Energy and Environment at the University of Calgary, has accepted a position at prestigious Harvard University. Read more »


Sep 29 2010

The BP oil spill: a risk management failure

The petroleum industry must begin to address the issue of risk responsibility and liability that flow from BP's deep offshore drilling rig explosion and oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, says ISEEE's TransAlta Professor of Environmental Management and Sustainability. Read more »


Jan 09 2011

Climate change would continue without emissions: study

A study predicts there will be havoc akin to a big-budget Hollywood disaster movie in the next 1,000 years even if people stop emitting all carbon dioxide into the atmosphere now. Read more »


Jan 04 2011

University of Calgary aims to cut 45% of its greenhouse gases by 2015

The University of Calgary has unveiled an overarching climate action target that aims for a 45 per cent reduction in its greenhouse gas emissions by 2015. Read more »


Dec 14 2010

Alberta moving to take lead in carbon capture and storage

Alberta is poised to become a North American leader in deploying carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.In a new initiative, the University of Calgary plans to build the first CCS monitoring, research and training centre of its kind on the continent. Read more »


Oct 28 2010

University of Calgary earns an A- for sustainability

The University of Calgary has been ranked among Canada's most sustainable universites that received the highest grade achieved by Canadian universities. Read more »


Oct 29 2010

Getting a grip on CO2 capture

Researchers at the University of Calgary (in research co-funded by ISEEE and NSERC) and the University of Ottawa have provided clearer insights to carbon dioxide capture, by 'seeing' the exact sites where CO2 is held in a capture material. Read more »


Oct 06 2010

The need for climate engineering research

Like it or not, a climate emergency is a possibility, and geoengineering could be the only affordable and fast-acting option to avoid a global catastrophe. The United States needs to mount a coordinated research program to study various options for mitigating climate change in order to ensure that damaging options are not deployed in haste. Read more »


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