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Climate Change and Emerging Contaminants: Implications for Environmental and Public Health
Sepideh Nasrollahpour1, Natalia Klanovicz1,2, Pratishtha Khurana1, Satinder Kaur Brar1* 1Department of Civil Engineering, Lassonde School of Engineering, York University, Toronto, Canada.2Department of Chemical Engineering, Escola Politecnica, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Climate Change and Its Implications Climate change, caused by rising greenhouse gas emissions, is raising global temperatures, altering precipitation patterns, and increasing…
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Turning Waste into Wealth: The Art and Science of Resourceful Recycling
by Reema, PhD student and Dr. Satinder Kaur Brar, Lassonde School of Engineering In a world of increasing “wants”, lies a parallel increase in “wastes”. We are observing a record surge in the production of goods for human consumption, and likewise, its wasteful consequences. From wasted agricultural produce, post-consumption or unused food waste, municipal and…
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Fighting Climate Change: From the Global to the Individual and Back Again (2024)
by Violette Dagorne The climate change crisis we face is global. It is a “wicked” problem (Underdal, 2017) that requires a global response. As an actor in this world, I want to believe that there are solutions. I want to believe in the possibility of a world outside a consumerist view that only values profit…
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February 20, 2024
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Leading legal thinkers from York University’s Osgoode Hall Law School and beyond will gather to assess the seismic impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on the law.
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