﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>News</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news</link><description>News list</description><copyright /><ttl>5</ttl><item><title>ISEEE Executive Director David Layzell receives PTAC Distinguished Service Award</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2012/05/10/iseee-executive-director-david-layzell-receives-ptac-distinguished-service-award</link><description>ISEEE Executive Director David Layzell receives PTAC Distinguished Service Award</description><pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>ISEEE graduate student to present at national chemistry conference</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2012/05/09/iseee-graduate-student-to-present-at-national-chemistry-conference</link><description>ISEEE graduate student to present at national chemistry conference</description><pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Fuel cells poised to transform electricity industry, but must compete with shale gas "revolution"</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2012/04/30/fuel-cells-poised-to-transform-electricity-industry-but-must-compete-with-shale-gas-revolution</link><description>Fuel cells have reached the stage where the technology is poised to transform the electric utility industry, experts said at a Calgary symposium on solid oxide fuel cells.</description><pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>More Field Notes from the Joint Review Panel (JPR) Hearings, in Bella Bella, for the Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline Project</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2012/04/14/more-field-notes-from-the-joint-review-panel-jpr-hearings-in-bella-bella-for-the-enbridge-northern-gateway-pipeline-project</link><description>Prof. David Lertzman's second report from Bella Bella on the JPR Hearings for the Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline Project.</description><pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Electric push needs bigger bost</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2012/04/13/electric-push-needs-bigger-bost</link><description>'Electrified' does not accurately describe the pace at which Canadians are embracing battery-powered autos, though the movement is starting to gather steam.

</description><pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Alley of Light</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2012/04/11/alley-of-light</link><description>Alumni of the environmental design faculty (EVDS), Chris vander Hoek and Maria Landry along with UBC student Eugene Dening, have won Alley of Light Project for their recycled modular lighting system.

 
</description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Could oilpatch drilling be triggering earthquakes?</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2012/04/10/could-oilpatch-drilling-be-triggering-earthquakes</link><description>
Provincial regulators and petroleum producers in Western Canada are waiting on the results of several studies looking into possible links between industry activity and an increase in minor earthquakes.

</description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Canada's growing energy clout merits homegrown information agency</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2012/04/10/canadas-growing-energy-clout-merits-homegrown-information-agency</link><description>If you are in the business of following the Canadian energy scene, you likely have a bad case of EIA or IEA envy.

</description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>School of Public Policy calls for better energy information</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2012/04/09/school-of-public-policy-calls-for-better-energy-information</link><description>Canada is an energy superpower that lacks energy information, says professor Michael Moore in a report published by the School of Public Policy. </description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Field Notes from the Joint Review Panel (JRP) Hearings, in Bella Bella, for the Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline Project</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2012/04/04/field-notes-from-the-joint-review-panel-jrp-hearings-in-bella-bella-for-the-enbridge-northern-gateway-pipeline-project</link><description>Failure in a Flawed Process? Field Notes From the JRP in Bella Bella</description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Thinking fast and thinking slow: how our minds make us behave sustainably </title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2012/04/03/thinking-fast-and-thinking-slow-how-our-minds-make-us-behave-sustainably</link><description>In the first of a three part series, Joe Arvai argues that understanding the way we make decisions can help nudge us into making sustainable choices. Arvai is the Svare Chair in Applied Decision Research in ISEEE and the Haskayne School of Business.
</description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Solar home designed for remote communities </title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2012/04/02/solar-home-designed-for-remote-communities</link><description>University of Calgary team of students will be competing in U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon in the fall of 2013.
</description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Are new guidelines for charities just upholding current law or a way to silence oil sands critics?</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2012/03/30/are-new-guidelines-for-charities-just-upholding-current-law-or-a-way-to-silence-oil-sands-critics</link><description>The Conservative government will keep a closer eye on environment-focused charities accused of breaking rules that cap their political activity, cracking down on groups that allegedly engage in politically charged work beyond the legal limit.

</description><pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Federal budget invests in research and innovation</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2012/03/30/federal-budget-invests-in-research-and-innovation</link><description>The University of Calgary joined Canada’s leading research-intensive universities in welcoming strategic investment in research and innovation contained in the federal budget released on Thursday.

</description><pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Enbridge and University of Calgary launch corporate research centre</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2012/03/28/enbridge-and-university-of-calgary-launch-corporate-research-centre</link><description>
If any chief executive understands pushback from environmental groups and communities against the energy industry, it’s the man at the helm of Enbridge Inc., Pat Daniel.

</description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Enbridge and the University of Calgary partner to launch Enbridge Centre for Corporate Sustainability</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2012/03/28/enbridge-and-the-university-of-calgary-partner-to-launch-enbridge-centre-for-corporate-sustainability</link><description>Enbridge and the University of Calgary launched the Enbridge Centre for Corporate Sustainability (ECCS) at the University of Calgary's Haskayne School of Business.

</description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Line Drawn in Oil Sands </title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2012/03/24/line-drawn-in-oil-sands</link><description>A heated provincial election is in the air in Alberta, two strong women are fighting for the top job and the oil industry and its sugar daddies are being courted for financial and political support.

</description><pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Oil sands sector could reap big benefits in Alberta election</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2012/03/23/oil-sands-sector-could-reap-big-benefits-in-alberta-election</link><description>A heated provincial election is in the air in Alberta, two strong women are fighting for the top job and the oil industry and its sugar daddies are being courted for financial and political support.

</description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Think tank critcizes Enbridge over Northern Gateway job estimates</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2012/03/21/think-tank-critcizes-enbridge-over-northern-gateway-job-estimates</link><description>
VANCOUVER - Enbridge Inc.'s (TSX:ENB) proposed $5.5-billion Northern Gateway Pipeline won't create nearly as many jobs as the company has proposed, says a new report by a left-wing think-tank.

</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Oil and gas industry does not receive federal subsidies</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2012/03/17/oil-and-gas-industry-does-not-receive-federal-subsidies</link><description>
Canada's oil and gas industry does not receive federal government tax subsidies. In fact, oil and gas activity generated more than $21 billion in taxes, royalties and other revenues for various governments across Canada in 2011.



</description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>University of Calgary oilpatch law program linked to Texas</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2012/03/16/university-of-calgary-oilpatch-law-program-linked-to-texas</link><description>
CALGARY — A new program at the University of Calgary promises to yield a crop of lawyers for the oil and gas sector in Calgary and Houston, Texas.



</description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How tiny bacteria could cleanse oil sands tailings</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2012/03/14/how-tiny-bacteria-could-cleanse-oil-sands-tailings</link><description>Nobody in their right mind would swim even a lap in a pool filled with water that came from an oil sands tailings pond. So it’s surprising to hear that University of Calgary microbiology professor Dr. Raymond Turner – by all accounts a completely sane guy ...</description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>University team says Canadian oil sands mining plans don't include damage to peatlands</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2012/03/13/university-team-says-canadian-oil-sands-mining-plans-dont-include-damage-to-peatlands</link><description>(PhysOrg.com) -- David Schindler and colleagues at the University of Alberta have published a paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in which they detail what they believe is the true impact of oil sands mining in Alberta Canada. </description><pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cutting-edge research on display</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2012/03/12/cuttingedge-research-on-display</link><description>Cutting-edge research and teaching in energy and the environment as well as health care was on display at the University of Calgary on Friday, March 9, for members of the federal government’s Post Secondary Education Caucus.</description><pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Researchers doubt oilsands-damaged land can be restored to what it was</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2012/03/11/researchers-doubt-oilsandsdamaged-land-can-be-restored-to-what-it-was</link><description>
EDMONTON - In a small corner of the vast scrape the oilsands have left on northern Alberta, a small sampling of seeds is gradually warming up in the slow boreal spring.


</description><pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Carbon control takes new breed of specialists</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2012/03/07/carbon-control-takes-new-breed-of-specialists</link><description>The business of managing carbon — from carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) projects in the oil and gas sector to taking carbon dioxide out of the air — is an emerging field that’s opening up job opportunities for engineers.

</description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Carbon Nation</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2012/03/02/carbon-nation</link><description>The director of Carbon Nation, a feature length documentary about climate change solutions, was on campus for a screening and special question and answer session earlier this week.

</description><pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>New report reveals how to nudge businesses toward greener decisions</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2012/02/28/new-report-reveals-how-to-nudge-businesses-toward-greener-decisions</link><description>Many businesses still make poor decisions when it comes to sustainability because built-in biases don't push the boundaries of their thinking.

</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Public fears repercussions of fracking</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2012/02/23/public-fears-repercussions-of-fracking</link><description>Roberto Aguilera wants his students to get out of the lab and see first hand how the industry works.

</description><pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>First nations don't have a pipeline veto, but they do have options</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2012/02/21/first-nations-dont-have-a-pipeline-veto-but-they-do-have-options</link><description>The Conservative government has shown that it favours Enbridge’s proposed Northern Gateway pipeline to carry bitumen from Alberta’s oil sands to the B.C. deepwater port of Kitimat. </description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Education for the Environment</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2012/02/21/education-for-the-environment</link><description>A new graduate level, four-course program being offered by the Faculty of Education will prepare students from a wide range of backgrounds to educate others about the environment. </description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Projects to bury greenhouse gas show promising results, but it's not cheap</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2012/02/21/projects-to-bury-greenhouse-gas-show-promising-results-but-its-not-cheap</link><description>Carbon capture and storage won't save the world from global warming, but it can play a significant role in curtailing global emissions of carbon dioxide.

</description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Impact of burning oilsands tiny: study</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2012/02/21/impact-of-burning-oilsands-tiny-study</link><description>
Andrew Weaver isn't what you'd call an oilsands apologist.


</description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Canada's oil sands: Not so dirty after all</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2012/02/20/canadas-oil-sands-not-so-dirty-after-all</link><description>Canada’s government, which has threatened a trade war over a proposed European rule to penalize oil-sands crude in a bid to clean up transportation fuels, has a powerful new argument in its favour, as new research shows other energy sources are far more d ...</description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Canada's Economic Future Being Jeopardized by Bet on Oilsands, Former U.S. Sierra Club Head Says</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2012/02/20/canadas-economic-future-being-jeopardized-by-bet-on-oilsands-former-u.s.-sierra-club-head-says</link><description>Canadians will jeopardize their economic future by betting on Alberta’s oilsands to drive the country’s economy, says the former executive director of the Sierra Club in the United States.
</description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Fracking Could Work If Industry Would Come Clean</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2012/02/18/fracking-could-work-if-industry-would-come-clean</link><description>VANCOUVER—Resistance to hydraulic fracturing in the U.S. has risen steadily in recent months. </description><pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Expert panel deliberates hydraulic fracturing in shale gas development</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2012/02/17/expert-panel-deliberates-hydraulic-fracturing-in-shale-gas-development</link><description>VANCOUVER, British Columbia — The use of hydraulic fracturing in shale gas development took center stage Friday as a panel of U.S. and Canadian experts discussed the contentious practice in a three-hour symposium hosted by the American Association for the ...</description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>ISEEE Students' Association receives 'total' support</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2012/02/16/iseee-students-association-receives-total-support</link><description>
Keynote speaker Boyd Cohen is a climate strategist helping to lead communities, cities and companies on the journey towards the low carbon economy.For the fifth consecutive year, Total E&amp;P Canada will sponsor the Institute for Sustainable Energy, Enviro ...</description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bjorn Lomborg makes ISEEE Distinguished Speaker Series presentation</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2012/02/13/bjorn-lomborg-makes-iseee-distinguished-speaker-series-presentation</link><description>Bjorn Lomborg, known internationally as "The Skeptical Environmentalist" presented the ISEEE Distinguished Speaker Series talk on January 26, 2012. 

</description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>An afternoon of ideas and innovation at the Univeristy of Calgary!</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2012/02/04/an-afternoon-of-ideas-and-innovation-at-the-univeristy-of-calgary</link><description>If you ever want confirmation that this city is a hotbed of innovation and ideas, look no further than the University of Calgary. </description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Sustainability leaders honoured </title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2012/01/30/sustainability-leaders-honoured</link><description>Students, faculty and staff who have gone beyond the call of duty in making the University of Calgary a more sustainable institution have been recognized for their outstanding achievements.

</description><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Biomass energy -- clean, plentiful and full of promise</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2012/01/28/biomass-energy--clean-plentiful-and-full-of-promise</link><description>
Applicants looking for a desk job need not apply.

Leaders with an entrepreneurial spirit and a vision of a cleaner, greener future are very much preferred.


</description><pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>New solar home to address Fort McMurray housing needs</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2012/01/27/new-solar-home-to-address-fort-mcmurray-housing-needs</link><description>A student-led team from the University of Calgary is going to the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon for the third consecutive year—they will compete with this unique housing concept. </description><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ministers meet researchers and students</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2012/01/25/ministers-meet-researchers-and-students</link><description>Cutting-edge research and teaching on energy and the environment was on display at the University of Calgary for members of the Government of Alberta Cabinet who spent Tuesday morning on campus.</description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pipeline rhetoric is a radical attack on due process</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2012/01/10/pipeline-rhetoric-is-a-radical-attack-on-due-process</link><description>The proposed Northern Gateway pipeline is a good idea, to judge from the information available thus far. </description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Seeking pipeline common sense</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2012/01/10/seeking-pipeline-common-sense</link><description>Only an idiot would dare to predict the course of the epic battle over the Northern Gateway pipeline that officially begins on Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Economic impact: Think huge numbers</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2012/01/09/economic-impact-think-huge-numbers</link><description>
The construction of projects meant to move things - from oil and electrical power to rail cars and automobiles - is all about spending billions of dollars quickly, then enjoying a steady economic return over the decades.

Enbridge's $5.5-billion North ...</description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Plan C for western oil: Go east</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2012/01/09/plan-c-for-western-oil-go-east</link><description>
For Alberta's oil industry, a perfect storm is on the horizon.


</description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Northern Gateway debate a tale of two provinces</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2012/01/09/northern-gateway-debate-a-tale-of-two-provinces</link><description>
B.C. and Alberta are both resource-rich provinces with similar pioneering histories and rookie premiers who portray themselves as champions of their business communities and natural allies of Prime Minister Stephen Harper.



</description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>University of Calgary researchers use microbes to break down toxins in tailings ponds</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/12/22/university-of-calgary-researchers-use-microbes-to-break-down-toxins-in-tailings-ponds</link><description>
University of Calgary researchers Susanne Golby and Biological Sciences Professor Raymond Turner are part of the team looking into new methods of cleaning toxins from the oilsands. 

</description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Researchers develop new method of cleaning toxins from the oilsands</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/12/21/researchers-develop-new-method-of-cleaning-toxins-from-the-oilsands</link><description>Oilsands development uses a vast amount of water and even though it’s recycled multiple times, the recycling concentrates the toxins and metals leftover from extracting and upgrading the bitumen, resulting in controversial tailings ponds that are a signif ...</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>New building on track to receive LEED Platinum certification</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/12/20/new-building-on-track-to-receive-leed-platinum-certification</link><description>The Energy Environment Experiential Learning (EEEL) building is anticipating Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Platinum certification.

</description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>B.C. decision on Gateway sends message to global investors: Redford</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/12/18/b.c.-decision-on-gateway-sends-message-to-global-investors-redford</link><description>
Alberta Premier Alison Redford says the B.C. government has to be aware of the signal it sends to global investors when it decides whether to endorse the controversial Northern Gateway pipeline project.


</description><pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>What would new pipelines for Alberta crude mean to Canada?</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/12/15/what-would-new-pipelines-for-alberta-crude-mean-to-canada</link><description>The current Keystone XL pipeline stalemate has been an impetus for discussion of what Canada could gain from oil market diversification. Yet the complete economic benefits of additional pipelines for Alberta crude have not been accurately measured to date ...</description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Blocking pipelines to B.C. would entail loss of billions: study</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/12/15/blocking-pipelines-to-b.c.-would-entail-loss-of-billions-study</link><description>Canada will forgo billions of dollars in gross domestic product and government revenue if oil companies are unable to access markets off the Pacific coast, according to a new study. 

</description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ottawa cannot legislate climate change policy</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/12/07/ottawa-cannot-legislate-climate-change-policy</link><description>Earlier this year the federal government introduced sector-by-sector emissions reduction regulations as its stand on climate change. However, according to professor Al Lucas and co-author Jenette Yearsley, the Constitution limits Ottawa's ability to enact ...</description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Law of the greenhouse; Ottawa's carbon regulations may be unconstitutional </title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/12/07/law-of-the-greenhouse-ottawas-carbon-regulations-may-be-unconstitutional</link><description>We have just concluded a constitutional analysis of proposed federal regulation of greenhouse gases (GHG), and it is our view that these regulations run the risk of being unconstitutional.

</description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Prof says Ottawa has no power over greenhouse emissions</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/12/06/prof-says-ottawa-has-no-power-over-greenhouse-emissions</link><description>Ottawa is in no legal position to force Alberta to clamp down on its greenhouse gas emissions, a University of Calgary professor said yesterday.

</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Enbridge unswayed by Gitxsan controversy</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/12/05/enbridge-unswayed-by-gitxsan-controversy</link><description>
Enbridge Inc., on Monday, remained unruffled by the growing controversy in north western British Columbia communities surrounding the participation agreement it signed Dec. 2 with the Gitxsan First Nation.



</description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Canada and Kyoto </title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/12/05/canada-and-kyoto</link><description>The Kyoto accord expires at the end of 2012. Canada's Environment Minister, Peter Kent, has not yet said unequivocally that Canada is pulling out of Kyoto, but he indicates Canada will not sign onto a second Kyoto commitment. </description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Necessity driving invention</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/12/05/necessity-driving-invention</link><description>A team of students from the University of Calgary and their project to use genetically-modified bacteria to monitor the level of toxins in oil sands tailings ponds earned it the opportunity to compete at the International Genetically Engineered Machines ( ...</description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>'Planet hacking' to control climate sparks controversy</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/11/30/planet-hacking-to-control-climate-sparks-controversy</link><description>Technologies designed to control climate change by actively altering natural processes such as the Earth's absorption of solar radiation are generating a heated debate among scientists, environmentalists and policy makers.

</description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Innovative ideas and gadgets from local scientists and inventors</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/11/28/innovative-ideas-and-gadgets-from-local-scientists-and-inventors</link><description>In one single leap of technological design, two scientists from the University of Calgary’s Schulich School of Engineering aim to bring electricity to the 1.4 billion people in the world living in the dark, while also providing a safe place to poop for an ...</description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Green super slime a potential solution to greenhouse gases</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/11/28/green-super-slime-a-potential-solution-to-greenhouse-gases</link><description>John, McDougall, president of the National Research Council, is a long-time and unabashed promoter of using algae to reduce Canada's greenhouse gas emissions and has lobbied for years to get government to invest in a pilot project.

</description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Environmental Design students present at prominent international conference</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/11/23/environmental-design-students-present-at-prominent-international-conference</link><description>Two environmental design (EVDS) graduate architecture students presented their research at a major scholarly congress in Boston, Massachusetts and, as part of the conference, received prestigious Young Researcher Awards.</description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Researcher to advise U.S. government on key environmental issues</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/11/21/researcher-to-advise-u.s.-government-on-key-environmental-issues</link><description>Researcher Joe Arvai will be advising the U.S. government on critical environmental issues for the next three years.

</description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Geo-engineer: 'We're using air as a waste dump for CO2'</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/11/14/geoengineer-were-using-air-as-a-waste-dump-for-co2</link><description>Few branches of science divide opinion as sharply as that championed by Professor David Keith of Harvard University and ISEEE.

</description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pioneering spirit gives a boost to province's alternative energy projects</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/11/13/pioneering-spirit-gives-a-boost-to-provinces-alternative-energy-projects</link><description>For more than half a century, the energy sector has been the driving force behind Alberta’s economy. Now, a new crop of entrepreneurial ventures is destined to change the way the province provides power to the world. 

</description><pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Small turbines generate huge sales potential</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/11/06/small-turbines-generate-huge-sales-potential</link><description>If Darryl Jessie gets his way, the past vista of Western Canada's landscape dotted with windmills would be recreated in the coming years, with small power-generating wind turbines popping up on just about every farm.

</description><pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Students develop cheaper, faster way to test toxins in tailings ponds</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/11/04/students-develop-cheaper-faster-way-to-test-toxins-in-tailings-ponds</link><description>
A group of University of Calgary students has developed a process to monitor toxins in oilsands tailings ponds that they believe is cheaper and faster than current industry standards.


</description><pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Opposition questions need for power line</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/11/02/opposition-questions-need-for-power-line</link><description>
The decision by Alberta's utilities regulator to approve the $600 million Heartland transmission project hardened political opposition to the Conservative government's policy of letting cabinet decide which projects are crucial.



</description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Will Keystone XL pipeline be built or not?</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/11/02/will-keystone-xl-pipeline-be-built-or-not</link><description>TransCanada, a Canadian gas and oil company, has proposed the construction of a pipeline called the Keystone XL that will transport the heavy crude oil (from Alberta's oilsands) over 1,700 miles from Alberta to refineries along the Gulf Coast.</description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Students' biosensor to help detoxify tailings ponds on world stage</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/11/02/students-biosensor-to-help-detoxify-tailings-ponds-on-world-stage</link><description>A group of undergraduate students has developed a process that uses genetically modified bacteria to help monitor the levels of toxins in oil sands tailings ponds.</description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Poll finds public support for climate 'hacking'</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/10/25/poll-finds-public-support-for-climate-hacking</link><description>Support among the public for scientists deliberately altering the Earth’s climate on a vast scale to counteract global warming is at 72 percent, according to a recent survey that appeared in the journal Environmental Research Letters.

</description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Solar car team finishes 19 in World Solar Challenge</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/10/25/solar-car-team-finishes-19-in-world-solar-challenge</link><description>The University of Calgary's Solar Team finished 19 out of 37 teams and was the top Canadian team in the 2011 Veolia World Solar Challenge. The 3,000-kilometre race took solar cars through some of the most remote and barren regions on the continent.

</description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Study finds broad public support for geoengineering research</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/10/25/study-finds-broad-public-support-for-geoengineering-research</link><description>Research on geoengineering—manipulating Earth’s climate to counter global warming and climate change—appears to have broad public support, a University of Calgary-led international study has found.

</description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Machines that suck up CO2 and aerosol injections into the sky: Geoengineering techniques that have public support</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/10/24/machines-that-suck-up-co2-and-aerosol-injections-into-the-sky-geoengineering-techniques-that-have-public-support</link><description>From machines that suck Carbon Dioxide out of the air to aerosols being blasted into the sky to deflect solar radiation. These are just two potential 'geoengineering' solutions conjured by scientists to combat climate change.

</description><pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Enormous resource requires ingenuity</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/10/15/enormous-resource-requires-ingenuity</link><description>
It was not until the late 1990s that the oilsands finally began to prove themselves as a large-scale commercial resource, facilitated by a crucial tax reform and lessrigid government intervention, and by major advances in technology.



</description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>On the verge of the next chapter in urban development</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/10/12/on-the-verge-of-the-next-chapter-in-urban-development</link><description>Over the last decade, Calgarians have engaged in conversations that have shaped a rich vision for the city and now they’re considering and implementing this vision.

</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>University of Calgary professor wins first-ever Schlenk Award</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/10/12/university-of-calgary-professor-wins-firstever-schlenk-award</link><description>
In his small office at the University of Calgary, the passions of Warren Piers' life are on full display.


</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Chemistry scholar wins inaugural Schlenk Lecture Award</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/10/11/chemistry-scholar-wins-inaugural-schlenk-lecture-award</link><description>University of Calgary scholar, Warren Piers, heads to the University of Tübingen as the winner of the inaugural Schlenk Lecture award, an award that was created to honour chemist Wilhelm Schlenk’s work and democratic ideals.

</description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Sandalack: Why walkability is important</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/10/11/sandalack-why-walkability-is-important</link><description>
Neighbourhood form and walkability have been shown to correspond to certain health measures, such as obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease.


</description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Carbon capture prize </title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/10/05/carbon-capture-prize</link><description>A private company spun off from University of Calgary research is in the running for a prestigious $25-million dollar prize offered by Sir Richard Branson.

</description><pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Scientist's company short-listed for $25-million Virgin Earth Challenge prize</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/10/04/scientists-company-shortlisted-for-25million-virgin-earth-challenge-prize</link><description>Imagine being able to combat climate change by capturing global-warming emissions from thin air—anywhere on the planet.

</description><pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Faulty analysis fuels subsidy myths</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/10/04/faulty-analysis-fuels-subsidy-myths</link><description>In a paper released today by The School of Public Policy, Professors Jack Mintz and Ken McKenzie propose a more accurate method for measuring fossil fuel subsidies in Canada, which shows no net incentive to Alberta or Saskatchewan's energy sector.

</description><pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Calgary team finishes in Top 10 at Solar Decathlon</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/10/03/calgary-team-finishes-in-top-10-at-solar-decathlon</link><description>Two years ago, a multidisciplinary team of University of Calgary students interested in sustainable energy technologies submitted a proposal for the 2011 Solar Decathlon with a vision of creating a culturally relevant, net-zero home that addressed housing ...</description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>University of Calgary students gear up for solar car challenge</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/10/02/university-of-calgary-students-gear-up-for-solar-car-challenge</link><description>
A team of Calgary students is gearing up to race their solar-powered car in the "ultimate test."



</description><pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Backyard wind turbines and solar panels the focus of new renewable energy research</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/09/30/backyard-wind-turbines-and-solar-panels-the-focus-of-new-renewable-energy-research</link><description>Imagine your backyard transformed into a mini power station with your very own wind turbine and every house on your street equipped with solar panels. </description><pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Corporate Knights ranks Haskayne School of Buisness in top tier again</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/09/30/corporate-knights-ranks-haskayne-school-of-buisness-in-top-tier-again</link><description>For several years, the Bachelor of Commerce and MBA programs at the Haskayne School of Business have earned Top 10 ranking in the annual Corporate Knights report of how well Canadian business schools integrate social and environmental impact management in ...</description><pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Canada's solar house addresses real needs</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/09/30/canadas-solar-house-addresses-real-needs</link><description>As the final results announcement looms closer, Canada’s Solar Decathlon team is hoping for a Top 10 finish and reflecting on the true value of what they have built—a practical, energy-efficient, appealing dwelling that addresses serious needs within Cana ...</description><pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Canada's solar home truly a collaborative effort</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/09/29/canadas-solar-home-truly-a-collaborative-effort</link><description>When the University of Calgary team first proposed their home for the 2011 Solar Decathlon two years ago, their goal was not only to design an energy-efficient, net-zero home, but also to form an inclusive, high-functioning team.</description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Canada's home shines at solar competition</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/09/26/canadas-home-shines-at-solar-competition</link><description>After four days of rain and cloudy weather, the sun finally came out over the solar village on Sunday afternoon. </description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Solar Decathlon embeds in Washington, D.C.</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/09/23/solar-decathlon-embeds-in-washington-d.c.</link><description>20 teams compete to see who can build the best -- and most practical -- solar-powered home.</description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Solar home holds special meaning for Schulich student</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/09/22/solar-home-holds-special-meaning-for-schulich-student</link><description>The 2011 Solar Decathlon is now underway in Washington, D.C. and with the University of Calgary’s student-built solar house on display for all the world to see, Adam Cripps is especially proud. </description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cenovus TRTL on display at Solar Decathlon</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/09/20/cenovus-trtl-on-display-at-solar-decathlon</link><description>Imagine designing and constructing a functional solar-powered home in Calgary only to tear it down into five modules, transport it on trucks across the border, and reassemble it in less than a week on the National Mall in Washington, DC as part of a uniqu ...</description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Waste not </title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/09/15/waste-not</link><description>Schulich researchers Ian Gates and Michael Kallos look for a poop-to-power solution to a global health problem.</description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Labeling the energy sector green</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/09/15/labeling-the-energy-sector-green</link><description>We’ve all seen them. Logos, stickers and labels advertising consumer products as green, biodegradable, environmentally friendly, free range, carbon-neutral, recycled and more. </description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Haskayne to fund public sector candidates for Global Energy EMBA program</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/09/09/haskayne-to-fund-public-sector-candidates-for-global-energy-emba-program</link><description>The Haskayne School of Business is introducing five new tuition grants for government and not-for-profit sector applicants to its Global Energy Executive MBA (GEMBA) program, which gets underway this academic year.

</description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Scholars honoured by The Royal Society of Canada </title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/09/09/scholars-honoured-by-the-royal-society-of-canada</link><description>Two University of Calgary researchers have been recognized by the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) for their outstanding scholarly achievements.

</description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Prominent University of Calgary researcher going to Harvard</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/08/30/prominent-university-of-calgary-researcher-going-to-harvard</link><description>David Keith, Canada Research Chair of Energy and Environment at the University of Calgary, has accepted a position at prestigious Harvard University. </description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>TRTL: Solar Decathlon House </title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/08/22/trtl-solar-decathlon-house</link><description>The University of Calgary Solar Decathlon team is getting ready for its trip to Washington D.C. to compete in the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon. </description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Solar house ready to roll </title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/08/18/solar-house-ready-to-roll</link><description>The University of Calgary’s entry in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon 2011 is ready to be shipped to the National Mall in Washington D.C. for the competition September 23-October 2, 2011.</description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Research foresees carbon cuts with wind-powered cars</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/08/18/research-foresees-carbon-cuts-with-windpowered-cars</link><description>
A study released Thursday by the University of Calgary heralds a dramatic reduction of carbon dioxide emissions in Alberta that would result from the widespread adoption of wind-powered cars.

</description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Corrosiveness of oil sands crude an unproven science</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/08/02/corrosiveness-of-oil-sands-crude-an-unproven-science</link><description>A recent series of oil spills has amplified a debate over the safety of shipping oil sands-derived crude through pipelines, but there is little hard evidence that the Canadian oil is more corrosive than conventional crude, scientists and regulators say.
 ...</description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Oil sands critics target a new concern - pipelines </title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/08/01/oil-sands-critics-target-a-new-concern--pipelines</link><description>Over the past few months, critics of the oil sands have taken a new tack. They are now arguing that oil sands crude, which contains more contaminants than traditional sources of crude, poses a risk to pipeline safety . . .</description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Structured decision-making research helps to save lives by improving water quality in Africa</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/07/27/structured-decisionmaking-research-helps-to-save-lives-by-improving-water-quality-in-africa</link><description>Milola and Naitolia are small rural villages in Tanzania that are not unique amongst many places in Africa in that they suffer from extreme water shortages. </description><pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Under fire over emissions, Alberta banks on unproven coal gasification</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/07/27/under-fire-over-emissions-alberta-banks-on-unproven-coal-gasification</link><description>Alberta thrives on the strength of its oil and gas sector, while coal keeps the province’s lights on – as such, in an era where many demand lower emissions, the province is a carbon giant looking to change its ways.

</description><pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>More sulphur trails from the stratosphere</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/07/21/more-sulphur-trails-from-the-stratosphere</link><description>Tiny aerosol particles in the atmosphere are perhaps the second most important way - after greenhouse gas emissions - in which human activities are changing the Earth's climate.

</description><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pipeline research gets a boost</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/07/21/pipeline-research-gets-a-boost</link><description>University of Calgary research to make energy pipelines safer and more efficient is taking a step forward thanks to a new agreement between the federal government and the University of Alberta</description><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Why more oil sands crude in U.S. doesn't make sense</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/07/21/why-more-oil-sands-crude-in-u.s.-doesnt-make-sense</link><description>A recent Economy Lab post on a Fraser Institute study should have taken a closer look at U.S. oil markets and the destination of tar sands oil in the proposed Keystone XL pipeline. 

</description><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Research agreements advance metals and materials innovation</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/07/19/research-agreements-advance-metals-and-materials-innovation</link><description>The federal government took another step forward to advance metals and materials innovation - including for new pipelines - by signing research agreements with the University of Calgary and the University of Alberta. </description><pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Instead of a 'national energy strategy,' let market decide</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/07/19/instead-of-a-national-energy-strategy-let-market-decide</link><description>These days "national strategy" is a concept tarred with a good dollop of bitumen, in part because politicians hope to avoid hard decisions. </description><pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>University of Calgary researchers shine at national science writers' conference</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/07/14/university-of-calgary-researchers-shine-at-national-science-writers-conference</link><description>University of Calgary researchers took the spotlight at the Canadian Science Writers’ Association (CSWA) annual conference, held June 9-12, 2011 on campus and June 13 in Banff National Park.</description><pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>High-powered lobby calls on Canada to wean itself off oil</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/07/12/highpowered-lobby-calls-on-canada-to-wean-itself-off-oil</link><description>
OTTAWA — A wide-ranging group of businesspeople, scientists, investors, municipal leaders and non-profit organizations is urging Canadian energy ministers to use an upcoming national summit to move away from oil, gas and coal and toward a greener econom ...</description><pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>University of Calgary leads with energy MBA</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/07/09/university-of-calgary-leads-with-energy-mba</link><description>In the three and a bit years he has been Dean of the Haskayne School of Business at the University of Calgary, Len Waverman has presided over a significant number of changes.

</description><pubDate>Sat, 09 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ottawa needs to take lead on natural gas file</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/07/08/ottawa-needs-to-take-lead-on-natural-gas-file</link><description>
The frustration level within the energy sector regarding the lack of government leadership on the natural gas file is getting higher.


</description><pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. Ambassador visits University of Calgary Solar Decathlon team</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/07/07/u.s.-ambassador-visits-university-of-calgary-solar-decathlon-team</link><description>U.S. Ambassador to Canada David Jacobson came to the University of Calgary campus to meet with the only Canadian team competing in the biennial Solar Decathlon challenge, which is hosted by the U.S. Department of Energy and the National Renewable Energy L ...</description><pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Lady Oilman </title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/06/30/lady-oilman</link><description>Enhance Energy president Susan Cole’s quest to clean up the oil industry by creating the world’s largest CO2 capture, transport and storage pipeline makes her a rose among the roughnecks.

</description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>No limits, no more</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/06/30/no-limits-no-more</link><description>It’s time for an urban-growth boundary. We need to draw a line around Calgary and say “No” to urban development beyond it.
</description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cooper: Scientists grow cool to global warming theory</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/06/29/cooper-scientists-grow-cool-to-global-warming-theory</link><description>
The curious social movement of environmentalism is in decline. The strange little cult of anthropogenic global warming is moribund. This is good news for science.



</description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Solar house designed for native reserves</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/06/29/solar-house-designed-for-native-reserves</link><description>
A team from the University of Calgary representing Canada at the U.S. Department of Energy's annual Solar Decathlon contest broke ground Tuesday morning (June 29) near the school's west campus.



</description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Fission for a Compliment</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/06/27/fission-for-a-compliment</link><description>Nuclear energy is taking some hard knocks after a disaster in Japan displaced hundreds of thousands of people. But a bad rep may be the least of Canada's nuclear woes. </description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bonus credits for CCS weaken Alberta's greenhouse gas regulations</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/06/27/bonus-credits-for-ccs-weaken-albertas-greenhouse-gas-regulations</link><description>Troy Media – Wouldn't it be nice if your loonies turned into toonies overnight? . . . that's exactly the deal Alberta is now offering to some companies – and the result will be more greenhouse gas pollution. 
</description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Oilsands investments will deliver benefits across North America</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/06/25/oilsands-investments-will-deliver-benefits-across-north-america</link><description>
When the Canadian Energy Research Institute (CERI) released its sixth-annual oilsands update in May, it highlighted the bright investment future of the industry. 



</description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How much mileage do you get from sawdust?</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/06/24/how-much-mileage-do-you-get-from-sawdust</link><description>As vacationers gas up to hit the road this summer, they could find themselves wondering about alternative fuels and their potential to ease the strain on pocketbooks and the environment.

</description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Solar home project receives $600,000</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/06/23/solar-home-project-receives-600000</link><description>“Team Canada,” the student-led team building a solar-powered home for a high-profile international competition has a new title sponsor and a new name for their project, “Cenovus TRTL,” after Cenovus Energy donated $600,000.

</description><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>New voices weigh in on the green economy</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/06/22/new-voices-weigh-in-on-the-green-economy</link><description>Two new reports were issued today that identify the roadblocks to building a green economy in Canada and what needs to be done to tap into the global opportunities the country, so far, has failed to embrace. </description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cenovus Energy donates $600,000 to student-led solar home project</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/06/21/cenovus-energy-donates-600000-to-studentled-solar-home-project</link><description>A University of Calgary student-led team building a solar-powered home for a high-profile international competition has received $600,000 in backing from Cenovus Energy.

</description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Saving nature by ending it: Geoengineering and the moral case for conservation (Video)</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/06/21/saving-nature-by-ending-it-geoengineering-and-the-moral-case-for-conservation-video</link><description>Climate change is a foregone conclusion . . . And that leaves so-called geoengineering . . ..(Video)</description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Unlocking energy from our fetid garbage tombs</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/06/15/unlocking-energy-from-our-fetid-garbage-tombs</link><description>Calgary's Shepard landfill is home to the Biocell, a pilot project whose premise – garbage as a renewable resource – sounds more like wishful thinking than reality. 

</description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>University of Calgary earns three Calgary awards</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/06/15/university-of-calgary-earns-three-calgary-awards</link><description>The University of Calgary’s commitment to becoming more environmentally sustainable is being recognized by the City of Calgary’s annual outstanding civic achievement awards. </description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Carbon Management Canada funding stokes powerful energy research</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/06/14/carbon-management-canada-funding-stokes-powerful-energy-research</link><description>Microbes that convert coal into natural gas; the formation of icy carbon dioxide-hydrates; and public perceptions of carbon capture and storage are three areas of investigation that University of Calgary researchers are pursuing to address the problem of  ...</description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pope v. U.S. House of Representatives Speaker on climate change</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/06/13/pope-v.-u.s.-house-of-representatives-speaker-on-climate-change</link><description>How do two Catholics -- the current speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and the pope -- respond to a question about climate change?

</description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Researchers harness greenhouse gases with good microbes, chemistry and attitude</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/06/10/researchers-harness-greenhouse-gases-with-good-microbes-chemistry-and-attitude</link><description>Microbes that convert coal into natural gas; the formation of icy carbon dioxide-hydrates; and public perceptions of carbon capture and storage are three areas of investigation that University of Calgary researchers are pursuing to address the problem of  ...</description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Researchers developing web-based method of visualizing urban development scenarios</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/06/07/researchers-developing-webbased-method-of-visualizing-urban-development-scenarios</link><description>The answer to big city problems could be an interactive, web-based platform to simplify the urban planning process and provide a better way to visualize various scenarios and predict the outcomes of decisions.</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>High-tech remedy for urban planning headaches</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/06/07/hightech-remedy-for-urban-planning-headaches</link><description>The answer to urban problems could be an interactive, web-based platform to simplify the urban planning process and provide a better way to visualize various scenarios and predict the outcomes of decisions. </description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>State of Our City Report</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/06/07/state-of-our-city-report</link><description>Dr. Noel Keough, environmental design assistant professor of sustainable design and co-founder of Sustainable Calgary (SC) recently authored the organization’s 2011 State of Our City Report. </description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Driving force behind ISEEE Students' Association, Alberta Solar Decathlon project honoured</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/06/02/driving-force-behind-iseee-students-association-alberta-solar-decathlon-project-honoured</link><description>The prestigious Order of the University of Calgary will be awarded to Mark Blackwell, a Haskayne School of Business graduate and founder of the ISEEE Students' Association, on Friday during the Convocation ceremonies. 

</description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>University of Calgary to host Canada's top scientists and science communicators</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/06/02/university-of-calgary-to-host-canadas-top-scientists-and-science-communicators</link><description>International energy expert John Hofmeister, University of Calgary climate scientist David Keith and Discovery Channel host Jay Ingram will headline the Canadian Science Writers’ Association conference taking place June 9-12 at the University of Calgary. ...</description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Research goal is to reduce energy consumption in upgrading process </title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/06/01/research-goal-is-to-reduce-energy-consumption-in-upgrading-process</link><description>Today, the University of Calgary announced a new research chair at the Schulich School of Engineering aimed at designing new methods of upgrading bitumen from oil sands. </description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Power of the Sun</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/06/01/power-of-the-sun</link><description>University of Calgary student teams are bringing learning about renewable energy to light.</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Unexpected View </title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/06/01/unexpected-view</link><description>Climate Action Plan outlines strategy for reducing university’s greenhouse gas emissions.</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Unconventional Researchers </title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/06/01/unconventional-researchers</link><description>University of Calgary researchers like Dr. Bill Rosehart and John MacCormack are integrating green power into Alberta’s system by searching for energy efficient and environmentally friendly solutions.</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Fuel cells to power new research facility </title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/06/01/fuel-cells-to-power-new-research-facility</link><description>The fuel cell is not only a clean and efficient energy source; Dr. Viola Birss has another way the technology can combat global warming.

</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Learning outside as well as in</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/05/31/learning-outside-as-well-as-in</link><description>Hundreds of people have signed up for tours of the nearly completed Energy Environment Experiential Learning (EEEL) building to see inside the most innovative building on campus, but everyone walking by may notice that the grounds outside are shaping up t ...</description><pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Suncor Energy's Rick George named Distinguished Business Leader</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/05/31/suncor-energys-rick-george-named-distinguished-business-leader</link><description>Richard L. (Rick) George, OC, president and CEO of Suncor Energy Inc., has been named the recipient of the 2011 Distinguished Business Leader Award (DBLA) by the Haskayne School of Business at the University of Calgary and the Calgary Chamber of Commerce. ...</description><pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Planning for sustainability </title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/05/19/planning-for-sustainability</link><description>The Institutional Sustainability Plan (ISP), a new institutional planning document that provides a framework for acting on the University of Calgary’s sustainability policy, received unanimous approval from the Board of Governors. 

</description><pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Restorative design</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/05/17/restorative-design</link><description>Marc Boutin, environmental design associate professor, and his architecture firm, the Marc Boutin Architectural Collaborative Inc, recently received the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) Sustainable Communities Design Award, for their restoratio ...</description><pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Research "superstar" to head U of Calgary research </title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/05/12/research-superstar-to-head-u-of-calgary-research</link><description>
The University of Calgary has hired a familiar face to take over the school's research department

Edward McCauley has been named vice-president of research following a twoyear stint at the University of California, Santa Barbara, as director of the N ...</description><pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Internationally renowned ecologist Dr. Edward McCauley returns to the University of Calgary</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/05/11/internationally-renowned-ecologist-dr.-edward-mccauley-returns-to-the-university-of-calgary</link><description>University of Calgary President Dr. Elizabeth Cannon announced today that Dr. Edward McCauley has been appointed the university’s new Vice-President (Research), effective July 1, 2011. 

</description><pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Students will see solar power in motion</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/05/09/students-will-see-solar-power-in-motion</link><description>Exploration with solar powered cars is becoming a reality for future drivers and The Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary is already on board. </description><pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Provincial plan to save energy revenue wins praise</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/05/07/provincial-plan-to-save-energy-revenue-wins-praise</link><description>
Economists and environmentalists say the Alberta government is finally discussing points regarding the province’s long-term economic health they’ve been making for years, in a new report spearheaded by Premier Ed Stelmach.



</description><pubDate>Sat, 07 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>New and improved U of Calgary solar car prepares for race through the outback</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/05/06/new-and-improved-u-of-calgary-solar-car-prepares-for-race-through-the-outback</link><description>
The University of Calgary's solar car began criss-crossing Alberta in preparation for October's World solar challen ge in Australia.

</description><pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Reliance on oil, gas 'not sustainable'</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/05/06/reliance-on-oil-gas-not-sustainable</link><description>
One of the recommendations of the report by the Premier's Council for Economic Strategy was about the need to diversify Alberta's economy, as well as the need for government to decrease its reliance on natural resource revenue to fund programs and expen ...</description><pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>University of Calgary Solar Team rolls out radically improved car leading up to World Solar Challenge</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/05/06/university-of-calgary-solar-team-rolls-out-radically-improved-car-leading-up-to-world-solar-challenge</link><description>Over the next few days, Albertans will be able to catch a glimpse of the futuristic Schulich Axiom solar car as it makes its way around the province for the second year in row. </description><pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pipeline spill </title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/05/04/pipeline-spill</link><description>Cleanup crews are working to contain an oil spill northeast of Peace River that is estimated at about five million litres of oil, or 28 thousand barrels. </description><pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Turning human excrement into electricity</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/04/29/turning-human-excrement-into-electricity</link><description>At the University of Calgary’s Schulich School of Engineering, there’s an idea simmering that’s bound to cause a fair amount of grimacing, head shaking and nose plugging. </description><pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>What does 'green' really mean?</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/04/28/what-does-green-really-mean</link><description>Have you ever bought a product because the label claimed it was green, biodegradable, environmentally friendly, free range, carbon-neutral, recycled or any number of other sustainability claims?</description><pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>U of C scientists get Gates Foundation grant to turn human waste into useful products</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/04/28/u-of-c-scientists-get-gates-foundation-grant-to-turn-human-waste-into-useful-products</link><description>
Ian Gates and Michael Kallos, associate professors in chemical engineering at the University of Calgary Schulich School of Engineering, are looking at turning human excrement into a range of useful products.



</description><pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Schulich School of Engineering receives US$100,000 for ground-breaking research </title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/04/28/schulich-school-of-engineering-receives-us100000-for-groundbreaking-research</link><description>The Schulich School of Engineering at the University of Calgary announced today that it is a Grand Challenges Explorations winner, an initiative funded by the Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation. 

</description><pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bruce Carson scandal greased by Harper's oil sands agenda</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/04/27/bruce-carson-scandal-greased-by-harpers-oil-sands-agenda</link><description>Everyone loves a good political scandal and the Bruce Carson affair squarely fits the bill.

</description><pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Saskatchewan approves carbon catpure </title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/04/27/saskatchewan-approves-carbon-catpure</link><description>Saskatchewan has approved a $1.24-billion project to build one of the world's first commercial-scale, clean-coal power plants, with plans to capture the carbon dioxide before it goes into the atmosphere and use it to recover more crude from nearby oil fie ...</description><pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Green engineers blaze new trails in energy sector</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/04/23/green-engineers-blaze-new-trails-in-energy-sector</link><description>
In his first year of engineering studies at the University of Calgary, Ramez Hanna Alla had to make a choice between biomedical or energy and environmental specializations. He opted for environmental studies.


</description><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Does the G-20 even care about the environment?</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/04/05/does-the-g20-even-care-about-the-environment</link><description>In a paper released today by The School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary, University of Victoria professor Barry Carin examines the prospect of G-20 leaders taking hard action on environmental issues at upcoming meetings. </description><pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Energy expert annotates Obama's energy speech</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/03/31/energy-expert-annotates-obamas-energy-speech</link><description>David Keith, ISEEE's research director, provided comments on President Barack Obama's speech to Georgetown University on energy policy, delivered March 30, 2011.
</description><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>University abandons carbon capture project at observatory</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/03/30/university-abandons-carbon-capture-project-at-observatory</link><description>Letter to the editor of the Okotoks Western Wheel explaining why the University of Calgary decided not to proceed with the proposed research project on university-owned land at the observatory site.</description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>U of C scraps plans for carbon capture project next to Cross conservation area</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/03/29/u-of-c-scraps-plans-for-carbon-capture-project-next-to-cross-conservation-area</link><description>
A proposed carbon capture project southwest of Calgary has been scrapped after nearby residents and the family that donated the land to the University of Calgary expressed concerns about its environmental impact.



</description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>New location sought for carbon capture research project</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/03/29/new-location-sought-for-carbon-capture-research-project</link><description>A proposed carbon capture and storage (CCS) monitoring project will not take place on university land surrounding the Rothney Astrophysical Observatory southwest of Calgary and researchers are now looking at alternate sites for the environmental research  ...</description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Synthetic fuel sees new life</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/03/18/synthetic-fuel-sees-new-life</link><description>In the early months of 1930, the United States patent office recognized an intriguing bit of hydrocarbon alchemy perfected by a pair of German scientists. Franz Fischer and Hans Tropsch had figured out a better way to turn coal into a liquid fuel. </description><pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Students watch Japanese nuclear situation armed with industry information</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/03/18/students-watch-japanese-nuclear-situation-armed-with-industry-information</link><description>Two University of Calgary natural science students are watching the crisis unfold in Japan armed with a deeper understanding of the nuclear industry after recently travelling to a nuclear power conference in Ottawa. 

</description><pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Walking the worlds between Indigenous peoples and energy industries</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/03/18/walking-the-worlds-between-indigenous-peoples-and-energy-industries</link><description>Dr. David Lertzman has spent more than two decades working with Indigenous peoples from the Pacific Northwest to Canada’s boreal forest and the Ecuadorean Amazon. 

</description><pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Calgarians use less water but drive too much: State of the Environment report</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/03/10/calgarians-use-less-water-but-drive-too-much-state-of-the-environment-report</link><description>Calgary is making significant progress in reducing daily water consumption and trash going into the landfill, but has far to go when it comes to energy use and commuters' reliance on their vehicles, says Calgary's State of the Environment report released  ...</description><pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Haskayne School students and ISEEESA members finish second in world-level business competition</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/03/07/haskayne-school-students-and-iseeesa-members-finish-second-in-worldlevel-business-competition</link><description>Competing in the annual Hult International Global Case Challenge – where the world’s brightest business school minds tackle the world’s most pressing issues – a group of Bachelor of Commerce students from the Haskayne School of Business finished at the to ...</description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Guiding the future of green IT </title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/03/03/guiding-the-future-of-green-it</link><description>Researchers from the University of Calgary’s Grid Research Centre are aiding in an initiative that aims to reduce the environmental impact of information and communication technology. </description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Stanford elects U of C professor for prestigious fellowship</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/02/28/stanford-elects-u-of-c-professor-for-prestigious-fellowship</link><description>The University of Calgary’s Dr. Joseph Arvai has been awarded a prestigious Leopold Leadership Fellowship for 2011. </description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>TransCanada gives $1 million to School of Public Policy</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/02/25/transcanada-gives-1-million-to-school-of-public-policy</link><description>TransCanada has announced a $1-million gift for The School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary to study issues related to energy policy and regulation. 

</description><pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Chemist wins prestigious Sloan Research Fellowship</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/02/17/chemist-wins-prestigious-sloan-research-fellowship</link><description>Research into the next generation of solar energy conversion technologies has earned University of Calgary chemistry professor Dr. Curtis Berlinguette a top award for early-career scientists. </description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cross family concerned about proposed CO2 research project</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/02/16/cross-family-concerned-about-proposed-co2-research-project</link><description>A proposal for a carbon-capture monitoring project in the Priddis-Millarville area would have been against the wishes of a foothills philanthropist who gifted the proposed site to the University of Calgary, the philanthropist's stepson says.

</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Some see Keystone XL pipeline as path to higher gas prices in U.S. Midwest</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/02/16/some-see-keystone-xl-pipeline-as-path-to-higher-gas-prices-in-u.s.-midwest</link><description>Talk to Louis Fenyvesi of TransCanada's Calgary headquarters and Philip Verleger, a business professor at the University of Calgary, and you discover pretty quickly they have widely divergent views of the oil business.

</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>More green for University of Calgary buildings </title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/02/16/more-green-for-university-of-calgary-buildings</link><description>Facilities Management and Development is screening 35 buildings on campus to see how to further reduce their energy consumption as part of the university’s multiyear Energy Performance Initiative.</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Global energy firm, prominent author 'coming to dinner' for students</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/02/16/global-energy-firm-prominent-author-coming-to-dinner-for-students</link><description>A University of Calgary student club has secured major support for its annual networking dinner from Total E&amp;P Canada, a wholly owned subsidiary of the global energy company TotalSA of Paris, France.</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Law professor criticizes Alberta's land-leasing practices</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/02/14/law-professor-criticizes-albertas-landleasing-practices</link><description>A University of Calgary law professor is suggesting the province's gold rush approach of granting hundreds of leases every year on First Nation lands is leaving it vulnerable to constitutional challenge. 

</description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Why is gasoline cheaper in the U.S. Midwest? Thank Canada </title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/02/14/why-is-gasoline-cheaper-in-the-u.s.-midwest-thank-canada</link><description>Gasoline prices have been on the rise for months now. As the economy improves, demand has gone up. But aside from that, something unusual is happening with gasoline prices in the U.S. this winter: Prices are rising faster on the East and West Coasts than  ...</description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>University of Calgary study cited in Carbon Capture Journal Review of 2010</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/02/14/university-of-calgary-study-cited-in-carbon-capture-journal-review-of-2010</link><description>A University of Calgary-led study coordinated by the Institute for Sustainable Energy, Environment and Economy concludes that it is technologically feasible to store a huge amount of CO2 in geological formations in central Alberta. </description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Unique entry for solar housing embraces Indigenous traditions, beliefs</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/02/12/unique-entry-for-solar-housing-embraces-indigenous-traditions-beliefs</link><description>Solar-powered housing in First Nations communities will be given serious consideration in an international competition to take place this fall in the United States. </description><pubDate>Sat, 12 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>University of Calary solar home team completes milestone</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/02/10/university-of-calary-solar-home-team-completes-milestone</link><description>The University of Calgary's team recently completed a major milestone, showcasing its solar powered home for First Nations to over 50,000 members of both the general public and industry experts at the International Builders Show in Orlando, Florida. </description><pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Oil from Alberta's tar sands favoured, but environmental objections are fierce</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/02/03/oil-from-albertas-tar-sands-favoured-but-environmental-objections-are-fierce</link><description>SMOKESTACKS dot the horizon; a whiff of oil hangs in the air; gargantuan vehicles clog the highway . . . But golf courses and suburban housing make the place liveable, and some locals have grown attached to Alberta’s tar sands and Fort McMurray. 
</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Residents concerned about proposed carbon capture site </title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/02/02/residents-concerned-about-proposed-carbon-capture-site</link><description>Residents in the Priddis area are still not resting easy despite assurances from a University of Calgary professor a proposed carbon-capture monitoring testing site is no danger to the area.

</description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>University plans carbon capture project near Priddis</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/01/26/university-plans-carbon-capture-project-near-priddis</link><description>The University of Calgary has proposed setting up a carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in the Priddis area to learn more about monitoring carbon dioxide stored underground.

</description><pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Artificial climate control inevitable, says U.S. author</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/01/24/artificial-climate-control-inevitable-says-u.s.-author</link><description>Environmentalists and landowners might be concerned about plans to inject huge volumes of carbon dioxide underground, but large-scale schemes in this vein are inevitable, says American journalist Jeff Goodell. </description><pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>NSERC recognizes U of C researchers</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/01/21/nserc-recognizes-u-of-c-researchers</link><description>Three researchers from the University of Calgary have been awarded strategic project grants from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC).

</description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>University of Calgary students lead "Team Canada" into U.S. Department of Energy's Solar Decathlon</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/01/19/university-of-calgary-students-lead-team-canada-into-u.s.-department-of-energys-solar-decathlon</link><description>Usually students head south at this time of year for surf, sand and sun. 
But a group of Calgary students was in Florida last weekend to improve the design of their solar-powered house.</description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Don't count on politicians for coherent energy strategy</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/01/18/dont-count-on-politicians-for-coherent-energy-strategy</link><description>CALGARY - Politicians aren't going to give Canadians the energy policy they need and want, a panel of experts agreed, until the public rises up to demand it. </description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>University of Calgary plans carbon capture research centre near Priddis</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/01/17/university-of-calgary-plans-carbon-capture-research-centre-near-priddis</link><description>Making sure CO2 injected deep underground stays there will be one of the main thrusts of a University of Calgary research facility slated for a donated patch of land just southwest of the city.

</description><pubDate>Mon, 17 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Success in sustainability </title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/01/13/success-in-sustainability</link><description>From high level institutional planning to small individual actions, University of Calgary made a great deal of progress toward sustainability in 2010. </description><pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Climate change to continue to the year 3000 in best case scenarios</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/01/10/climate-change-to-continue-to-the-year-3000-in-best-case-scenarios</link><description>New research indicates the impact of rising CO2 levels in the Earth’s atmosphere will cause unstoppable effects to the climate for at least the next 1,000 years, causing researchers to estimate a collapse of the West Antarctic ice sheet by the year 3000 a ...</description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Climate change would continue without emissions: study</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/01/09/climate-change-would-continue-without-emissions-study</link><description>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. 

</description><pubDate>Sun, 09 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>University of Calgary aims to cut 45% of its greenhouse gases by 2015</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2011/01/04/university-of-calgary-aims-to-cut-45-of-its-greenhouse-gases-by-2015</link><description>
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.



</description><pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Climate mechanics </title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2010/12/28/climate-mechanics</link><description>None of the scientists in the room so much as blinked when David Keith (ISEEE's research director) suggested saving the world with spy planes spraying sulphuric acid.

</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>New institute examines pollutants from water and land</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2010/12/24/new-institute-examines-pollutants-from-water-and-land</link><description>The Institute of Environmental Toxicology (IET) brings together engineers and biologists from a variety of disciplines, industries, institutes and levels of government to develop new and improved technologies for effective risk assessment and remediation  ...</description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Can a 'Global Thermostat' Turn Climate Change Around?</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2010/12/23/can-a-global-thermostat-turn-climate-change-around</link><description>Global Thermostat sounds too good to be true: It's a startup company that aims to address the threat of climate change by capturing carbon dioxide from the air, and then making productive use of it.

</description><pubDate>Thu, 23 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Blessing for Solar Decathlon's TRTL solar home </title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2010/12/17/blessing-for-solar-decathlons-trtl-solar-home</link><description>The University of Calgary’s entry to next year’s Solar Decathlon competition received the blessing of the Piikani Nation in December 2010.</description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Environment Canada says Alberta top industrial greenhouse gas emitter </title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2010/12/17/environment-canada-says-alberta-top-industrial-greenhouse-gas-emitter</link><description>New figures on greenhouse gases in Canada suggest Alberta's economy is dangerously dependent on carbon-emitting industries, experts say. </description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ethical approach urged to renewable fuels</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2010/12/15/ethical-approach-urged-to-renewable-fuels</link><description>Canadian energy policy-makers would do well to consider broader social issues when promoting renewwable fuels to avoid mistakes made by other governments, University of Calgary researchers say. </description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Alberta moving to take lead in carbon capture and storage</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2010/12/14/alberta-moving-to-take-lead-in-carbon-capture-and-storage</link><description>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 traini ...</description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Refilling the carbon sink: Biochar's potential and pitfalls</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2010/12/09/refilling-the-carbon-sink-biochars-potential-and-pitfalls</link><description>The idea of creating biochar by burning organic waste in oxygen-free chambers — and then burying it — is being touted as a way to cool the planet. </description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Science Fixin'? Moratorium halts real-world geo-engineering experiments, for now</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2010/12/08/science-fixin-moratorium-halts-realworld-geoengineering-experiments-for-now</link><description>What may seem like stories out of a science fiction novel are actually part of a new wave of “geo-engineering” technologies designed for large-scale scientific manipulation of natural systems. The goal: to slow down global temperature increases and mitiga ...</description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Expectations Game</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2010/12/01/the-expectations-game</link><description>David Keith, ISEEE's Research Director, and others give their views on the U.N.'s climate change meeting in Cancun, Mexico. </description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Renowned energy economist joins Haskayne School and ISEEE</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2010/11/30/renowned-energy-economist-joins-haskayne-school-and-iseee</link><description>Peter Tertzakian, best-selling author of A Thousand Barrels A Second and chief energy economist of ARC Financial Corp., has joined the Haskayne School of Business and the Institute for Sustainable Energy, Environment and Economy (ISEEE) at the University  ...</description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Context key in oilsands debate </title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2010/11/25/context-key-in-oilsands-debate</link><description>The oilsands are not the worst group on the planet. This, gasp, from a climate change scientist -- the University of Calgary's David Keith. </description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Are wind farms changing the weather?</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2010/11/25/are-wind-farms-changing-the-weather</link><description>As China plans new era of turbine power, the technology may not be as green as it seems. </description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Crystal ball will be fueled by clean energy</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2010/11/22/crystal-ball-will-be-fueled-by-clean-energy</link><description>Experts have historically done a horrible job of predicting how the world will look decades from now. Crystal-balling our energy future has been an equally dubious exercise. </description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cool the Earth with geoengineering? Some say wait.</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2010/11/05/cool-the-earth-with-geoengineering-some-say-wait.</link><description>At a recent meeting in Japan of the U.N. Convention on Biological Diversity, diplomats tried to set some rules for future geoengineers. They issued what some are calling a moratorium on all geoengineering activities until the science is clear and there ar ...</description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Geoengineering: Lift-off </title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2010/11/04/geoengineering-liftoff</link><description>Research into the possibility of engineering a better climate is progressing at an impressive rate—and meeting strong opposition. 
</description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Gouged Earth: Big Part of Oil Sands Carbon Footprint</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2010/11/04/gouged-earth-big-part-of-oil-sands-carbon-footprint</link><description>What's more destructive, rainforest wrecking bio-fuel farms or Alberta's open pit mines? Study adds it up.

</description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Alberta government moves to assume carbon-capture liability </title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2010/11/02/alberta-government-moves-to-assume-carboncapture-liability</link><description>Alberta government has introduced legislation that would see the province assume long-term liability for carbon dioxide pumped underground in the province. </description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Getting a grip on CO2 capture</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2010/10/29/getting-a-grip-on-co2-capture</link><description>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.</description><pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>University of Calgary earns an A- for sustainability </title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2010/10/28/university-of-calgary-earns-an-a-for-sustainability</link><description>The University of Calgary has been ranked among Canada's most sustainable universites that received the highest grade achieved by Canadian universities.</description><pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>University of Calgary drives toward idle-free campus</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2010/10/20/university-of-calgary-drives-toward-idlefree-campus</link><description>The University of Calgary is transitoning toward an idle-free campus to improve air quality, save money on fuel and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. </description><pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>$8.7 million awarded to Canadian researchers by Carbon Management Canada </title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2010/10/13/8.7-million-awarded-to-canadian-researchers-by-carbon-management-canada</link><description>$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. 

</description><pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Shell Canada expands students' experiential learning </title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2010/10/08/shell-canada-expands-students-experiential-learning</link><description>University of Calgary students now have more opportunities to expand their learning beyond the classroom thanks to a $500,000 gift from Shell Canada. </description><pubDate>Fri, 08 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The need for climate engineering research </title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2010/10/06/the-need-for-climate-engineering-research</link><description>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 mitiga ...</description><pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Alberta oilsands optimization encouraged</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2010/10/06/alberta-oilsands-optimization-encouraged</link><description>David Keith, director of ISEEE's Energy and Environmental Systems Group, says nuclear energy is an option for a new energy source in Alberta that could fit in well with the province's expertise in building big-capital energy projects. 

</description><pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Microbiology could help clean up oilsands tailings ponds</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2010/09/30/microbiology-could-help-clean-up-oilsands-tailings-ponds</link><description>Enhancing certain types of bacteria in oilsands tailings ponds could reduce greenhouse gas emissions, make more water available for recycling and even reduce the toxicity of the ponds themselves.</description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The BP oil spill: a risk management failure </title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2010/09/29/the-bp-oil-spill-a-risk-management-failure</link><description>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 Sust ...</description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>U of C reaches for the STARS in sustainability </title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2010/09/23/u-of-c-reaches-for-the-stars-in-sustainability</link><description>The University of Calgary is participating in a new program - called the Sustainability, Tracking, Assessment &amp; Rating Systems (STARS)- to encourage sustainability in all aspects of higher education.</description><pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Improving pipeline safety</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2010/09/21/improving-pipeline-safety</link><description>A researcher at the University of Calgary is working on a new technology that can detect ruptures and other disruptions along pipelines that could potentially pose danger to people or the environment.</description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Energy and environment students capture an international award</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2010/09/15/energy-and-environment-students-capture-an-international-award</link><description>A group of University of Calgary energy and environment graduate students won a coveted "student paper award" from an international energy economics organization and are in the running for top student paper. </description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>“Geophysical Apprentices” solve real-world challenges</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2010/09/13/geophysical-apprentices-solve-realworld-challenges</link><description>It may seem a little like boot camp for some – up early, middle of nowhere, snow, no Facebook or texting.</description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>'Geoengineering' can help</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2010/09/09/geoengineering-can-help</link><description>A Calgary researcher has developed two new approaches to the controversial science of geoengineering -- a tool its proponents say could one day prevent global warming, but which some environmental groups dismiss as a coverup of political inaction. </description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>U of C scientist offers better ways to engineer Earth’s climate to prevent dangerous global warming</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2010/09/07/u-of-c-scientist-offers-better-ways-to-engineer-earths-climate-to-prevent-dangerous-global-warming</link><description>There may be better ways to engineer the planet’s climate to prevent dangerous global warming than mimicking volcanoes, a University of Calgary climate scientist says in two new studies.</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cogeneration plant on-time and on-budget</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2010/08/19/cogeneration-plant-ontime-and-onbudget</link><description>The federal Minister of Industry, Tony Clement, visited to the University of Calgary's new cogeneration plant and the Taylor Family Digital Library.</description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Global Warming</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2010/08/17/global-warming</link><description>Uncertainty about global warming strengthens the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, says U of C scientist</description><pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Gender-bending fish on the rise in southern Alberta</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2010/07/29/genderbending-fish-on-the-rise-in-southern-alberta</link><description>Gender-bending fish on the rise in southern Alberta</description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Developing the world’s future energy leaders</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2010/07/12/developing-the-worlds-future-energy-leaders</link><description>The world’s energy industry leaders need to navigate their organizations through a host of complex issues, from ever-increasing environmental concerns, energy security, the responsible management of major infrastructure projects and the rapid development  ...</description><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Environmental Visionaries: The Big Gun</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2010/07/02/environmental-visionaries-the-big-gun</link><description>Environmental Visionaries: The Big Gun</description><pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Solar race to the finish line</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2010/06/28/solar-race-to-the-finish-line</link><description>Solar race to the finish line</description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Shell Canada shines on U of C solar car</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2010/06/24/shell-canada-shines-on-u-of-c-solar-car</link><description>Shell Canada shines on U of C solar car
</description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Energy and environment researchers plug in to international conference</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2010/06/22/energy-and-environment-researchers-plug-in-to-international-conference</link><description>Energy and environment researchers plug in to international conference</description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Student solar home team captures back-to-back awards</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2010/06/17/student-solar-home-team-captures-back-to-back-awards</link><description>Student solar home team captures back-to-back awards</description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Mapping heavy oil behavior to improve efficiency of oil sands and heavy oil processing</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2010/05/07/mapping-heavy-oil-behavior-to-improve-efficiency-of-oil-sands-and-heavy-oil-processing</link><description>Even after decades of production, there are still plenty of mysteries about oil and the way it behaves in certain situations, especially when it’s mixed with other substances. </description><pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>U of C students in 2011 solar home competition</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2010/04/20/u-of-c-students-in-2011-solar-home-competition</link><description>U of C students in 2011 solar home competition</description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Alberta invests in clean energy research</title><link>http://www.iseee.ca/news-events/in-the-news/2010/04/15/alberta-invests-in-clean-energy-research</link><description>Alberta invests in clean energy research</description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 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