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Yahoo Finance
Carbon capture: Where is it working?

CHBE Professor Dr. Naoko Ellis commented on carbon capture, use and storage.

August 12, 2024
UBC Sustainability
Five Applied Science members receive Sustainability Education Fellows Grants

Drs. Sara Jacobs, Tamara Etmannski, Paul Lusina, Christoph Sielmann and James Connolly received the grant for incorporating sustainability content in their teaching.

August 9, 2024
Vancouver Is Awesome
UBC researchers run bad smell test on Metro Vancouverites

Engineering researchers have released the first results of their Smell Vancouver app, which highlighted how collecting odour data can inform air quality management policies.

August 1, 2024
UBC Okanagan News
The carbon costs of the construction industry

School of Engineering's Dr. Shahria Alam hopes to tackle the building industry’s climate challenge through more sustainable materials.

July 22, 2024
APTN News
‘It broke my heart’: Conservation groups say spill at Yukon gold mine is distressing

Professor Emeritus Dr. Marcello Veiga (Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering) commented on the environmental impacts of the cyanide spill at the Eagle Gold Mine in Yukon.

July 6, 2024
Business in Vancouver
Germany needs hydrogen in its energy mix—can Canada deliver?

UBC Okanagan School of Engineering's Dr. Kamiel Gabriel said heat waste from industrial processes could be used to produce hydrogen from water.

June 28, 2024
CBC News
Experts raise concerns over potential cyanide spread after Yukon mine failure

Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering Associate Professor Dr. John Steen said cyanide can dissolve in water and can kill wildlife.

June 26, 2024
The Province
'Not just hype': Why BC is doubling down on hydrogen to help curb emissions

School of Engineering Assistant Professor Dr. Joshua Brinkerhoff said hydrogen is no longer driven by hype but demonstrated test cases and substantial investments.

June 21, 2024
Toronto Star
BC launches class-action lawsuit against makers of ‘forever chemicals’

Chemical and Biological Engineering Professor Dr. Madjid Mohseni said forever chemicals are found in many consumer products and have been linked with health and environmental problems.

June 21, 2024
Radio-Canada (French)
BC and Alberta agree to become leaders in the hydrogen sector

Mechanical engineering professor Dr. Walter Mérida commented on different aspects of hydrogen production.

June 13, 2024

UBC is located on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm people (Musqueam; which means 'People of the River Grass') and Syilx Okanagan Nation. The land has always been a place of learning for the Musqueam and Syilx peoples, who for millennia have passed on their culture, history and traditions from one generation to the next.