In the Media
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Radio CanadaShawinigan: Difficulties with membrane filtration experienced elsewhere in Quebec
UBC civil engineering professor Dr. Pierre Bérubé discussed using membrane filtration in water treatment facilities.
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Conversation
Mining should embrace carbon taxes. Out of self-interest
UBC mining engineering and school of public policy and global affairs researchers wrote about why mining companies would benefit from promoting the transition to less carbon-intensive energy sources.
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BNN Bloomberg
A kind of new plastic
Dr. Emily Cranston, a UBC professor of wood science and chemical and biological engineering, discussed new research that uses leftover organic waste to develop bioplastics that can break down in the natural environment.
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Business in Vancouver
BC LNG would take big bite out of Chinese emissions: study
Business in Vancouver mentioned a study co-written by UBC engineering and business researchers that looks to quantify the potential greenhouse gas reductions if China uses B.C. LNG to replace coal for district heating and industrial uses.
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CTV
High-tech mouthguard tracks big hits to study head impacts during hockey games
Dr. Lyndia Wu, a professor in the UBC's faculty of applied science, discussed her research which uses mouthguards to study head impacts during hockey games. Graham Thomas, the head of the UBC's women's hockey team, Dr. Alexander Rauscher, a UBC medicine professor, and Dr. Paul van Donkelaar, a professor in UBCO's school of health and exercise sciences, was quoted.
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CBC
Merritt, B.C., aims to 3D-print homes to replace those damaged by flooding
Dr. Shahria Alam, a UBCO civil engineering professor, discussed how UBC is helping replace damaged homes in Merritt using 3D printing.
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Business in Vancouver
B.C. emission reduction targets ‘based on a fantasy,’ say energy experts
UBC professors at the department of chemical and biological engineering, Dr. Xiaotao Bi and Dr. Roland Clift, discussed their new report on how prepared B.C. is to meet its emissions reduction target for 2030.
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BC Business
Abbotsford will soon be home to the first supercapacitor manufacturing facility in the country
BC Business mentioned UBCO engineering professor Dr. Jian Liu's involvement with the clean energy startup Atlas Power Technologies. The company makes supercapacitors, a battery alternative that can charge and discharge energy quickly and support a renewable energy grid.
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Times Higher Education
Accelerating towards net zero emissions: how to mobilize your university on climate action
John Madden, UBC director of sustainability and engineering, campus and community planning, discussed how universities can mobilize their intellectual and institutional capacities to accelerate towards net zero emissions.
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Business in Vancouver
Mining would see financial boon under global carbon tax – so why is industry fighting it?
When the mining industry fights carbon taxes, it is arguing against its own economic interests, suggests new research from UBC's Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering and school of public policy and global affairs. Study author Benjamin Cox was interviewed.