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Les lacs expérimentaux ont 50 ans et lancent un concours pour les jeunes Canadiens

« Depuis que nous avons adopté une nouvelle direction, nous avons élargi notre travail. Nos recherches demeurent notre priorité absolue, mais depuis 2014, on fait beaucoup plus d'éducation », explique Pauline Gerrard.

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Radio-Canada

February 7, 2018

Experimental Lakes Area celebrates 50th anniversary

"Scientists at the Experimental Lakes Area (ELA) are celebrating a significant anniversary this year as the scientific laboratory turns 50 years old."

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CBC Thunder Bay

February 7, 2018

IISD-ELA research shows nitrogen removal doesn’t decrease bloom size

"A study within a study that has been ongoing for almost half a century at the IISD-Experimental Lakes Area (IISD-ELA) freshwater research facility provides a clearer picture on how to deal with algal blooms."

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Kenora Daily Miner

January 30, 2018

Unions should be focused on upgrading skills of workers, not resisting automation

"The trend could eventually wipe out up to 70 per cent of remaining mine jobs, according to a 2016 report by the International Institute for Sustainable Development in Winnipeg."

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Globe and Mail

January 28, 2018

Artisanal, small-scale mining explodes amid rising prices

"The Intergovernmental Forum (IGF) on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development estimated a more than doubling in the number of artisanal and small-scale miners from six-million in 1993 to 13-million in 1999."

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Mining Weekly

January 22, 2018

Benefits of Aadhaar Unclear: RBI Researchers

"There are contradicting cost-benefit analyses about Aadhaar, the paper stated. The government, in a paper put out by the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, claims that till date it has saved about Rs 14,672 crore using Aadhaar through DBT schemes. But a Canadian non-profit, International Institute of Sustainable Development, has claimed that the government has incurred a loss of `97 crore"

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National Herald

January 20, 2018

Développement durable: le Sénégal veut opter pour la méthodologie SAVI

"Le gouvernement du Sénégal, à travers le ministère des Mines et de la Géologie en collaboration avec la Fondation Maya et l’ International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), a entamé, hier, des discussions sur les infrastructures durables et la méthodologie SAVI."

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SeneNews

January 19, 2018

Billion-dollar nitrogen reduction efforts may have minimal impact on toxic algae blooms: study

"Costly efforts to reduce toxic algae blooms on Lake Winnipeg by controlling the amount of nitrogen flowing into the water could have little to no impact, according to the results of a decades-long study. Scientists working in the Experimental Lakes Area in northwestern Ontario conducted a whole-ecosystem experiment on one lake, beginning in 1969."

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CBC Manitoba

January 18, 2018

Myth of Subsidy Cut

"During the same period, carbon-emitter fossil fuels such as coal, oil and gas remained the largest beneficiaries. While subsidies to renewable energy increased by over Rs 6,700 crore ($1.05 billion), they accounted for less than 10 percent of the energy subsidies of the central government, according to this report by the International Institute of Sustainable Development (IISD), a think-tank, Overseas Development Institute (ODI), a think-tank and ICF India, a consultancy."

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The Day After

January 15, 2018

Like Oceans, Freshwater Is Also Acidifying

"Although some lakes can also absorb CO2 at their surfaces similar to the way oceans do, the increases in these other sources of organic and inorganic carbon are likely the dominant factor, says Scott Higgins, a research scientist at the International Institute for Sustainable Development’s Experimental Lakes Area, a natural laboratory of 58 small lakes in Ontario."

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Scientific American

January 11, 2018

Economic costs of pollution simply sickening

"In April of 2017, the International Institute for Sustainable Development released a report (whose methodology was endorsed by the Conference Board of Canada) providing an estimate of the costs of pollution on ordinary citizens and families. Their conclusion is shocking, although not altogether unexpected: pollution costs Canadian families, businesses and governments up to tens of billions of dollars annually at least!"

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Terrace Standard

January 11, 2018

The Mother Of All Disruptions

"Coal miners, steel, oil and gas, and construction workers are also looking at a tenuous future. The Canada-based International Institute for Sustainable Development predicts that autonomous long-distance-haul trains, automated drilling and tunnel-boring systems, and other technological job-slayers will reach their peak rates of deployment in the next ten to 15 years and replace 40–80 per cent of mine workers."

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Swarajya

January 10, 2018

Nitrogen reduction not the path

“We have been researching the role of artificial nitrogen in algal blooms for almost 50 years now, and these latest results clearly demonstrate that ceasing nitrogen loading into lakes has little effect on the size or duration of algal blooms,” said Scott Higgins, lead author on the paper.

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Manitoba Cooperator

January 8, 2018

Du pétrole sera déversé délibérément dans un lac près de Kenora

"Une équipe de chercheurs déversera du pétrole dans un lac de la Région des lacs expérimentaux (RLE) afin d'étudier l'impact sur les poissons d'eau douce."

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Radio-Canada

January 2, 2018

Aadhaar’s benefits may have been limited, says RBI-affiliated institute

Citing a report by the International Institute for Sustainable Development, the paper says the government has incurred a loss of Rs 97 crore till date.

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Scroll.in

December 22, 2017

What Happens When Oil Sands Pipelines Spill?

"In June next year, a remote lake in Canada will suffer eight simultaneous oil spills. But it will be for a good cause. Scientists are trying to learn how dilbit, or diluted bitumen -- the complex mixture of bitumen, gasoline and other chemicals that flows through pipelines and is hauled on railway cars away from Canada's oil sands -- behaves when it is released into the environment."

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Inside Science

December 21, 2017

Affordable housing options squeezed

"New data released on Tuesday by Peg, an organization which studies local issues related to public health and safety, noted the number of Winnipeggers in what they call the "core housing need" increased to 12.1 per cent last year from 10.3 per cent in 2010."

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Winnipeg Free Press

December 13, 2017

To phase out coal, world leaders should learn from tobacco action

"Taking the world “beyond coal” will require more than PPCA in its present form. Fortunately, international governance has a useful precedent. Coal phase-out champions should learn from the global action against tobacco."

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Climate Home News

December 10, 2017

The cost of pollution is much higher than we think

"Thanks to work by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), we now have a much better estimate of the costs of pollution to Canada. In a report released earlier this year, IISD found that pollution costs Canadians many billions a year in lost health and well-being."

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The Globe and Mail

December 7, 2017

Seeing through the smog: Role of subsidies in pushing for 'clean' or 'dirty' energy economy

"With a rising population and fast-growing economy, energy demand in India is increasing rapidly. Is the country embarking upon a clean energy or a fossil fuel-dependent approach to meet this rising demand?"

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Business Standard

December 6, 2017