º«¹úÂãÎè News - carbon efficiency /channels/news_feeds/all/term/carbon%20efficiency/rss en Caucasian households in U.S. emit most carbon despite greater energy efficiency /channels/channels/news/caucasian-households-us-emit-most-carbon-despite-greater-energy-efficiency-335054 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Residential energy use represents roughly one-fifth of annual greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. A team of researchers led by º«¹úÂãÎè has used data from 60 million individual American households to look into how carbon emissions caused by household energy use vary by race and ethnicity across the country. Paradoxically, this first national level analysis found that even though energy-efficient homes are more often found in Caucasian neighbourhoods, carbon emissions from these neighbourhoods are higher than in African American neighbourhoods.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/suburbanhousing.jpg?itok=zw47Tkin" width="160" height="107" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">22 </span><span class="month">November </span><span class="year">2021</span></div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 22 Nov 2021 15:00:31 +0000 webfull 174996 at /channels Cost burden of Quebec’s carbon market seen as modest /channels/news/cost-burden-quebec%E2%80%99s-carbon-market-seen-modest-257944 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><strong><em>By Chris Chipello, <a href="//www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/">º«¹úÂãÎè Newsroom</a></em></strong></p> <p><em>Study by º«¹úÂãÎè researchers assesses short-run impacts on households, industries</em></p> <p>The cost burden of Quebec’s carbon-pricing policy, is likely to be modest across income groups and industries, according to a º«¹úÂãÎè research team.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/carbon_markets.jpg?itok=6lYcjg4v" width="160" height="107" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">20 </span><span class="month">January </span><span class="year">2016</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 20 Jan 2016 15:10:46 +0000 webfull 115360 at /channels