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Canadians not so polarized on energy policy according to new AI social media tool

June 7, 2022 Energi Staff

This article was published by Folio on May 26, 2022. By Donna McKinnon A new AI-powered social media tool is showing that Canadians aren’t as polarized about energy policy and transition as we might imagine. [Read more]

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Researchers brewing up better ways to turn plant waste into ethanol

June 11, 2021 Energi Staff

By Bev Betkowski This article was published by Folio on May 05, 2021. University of Alberta research is brewing up better ways to help ethanol producers make the most of plant waste they use to [Read more]

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U of A spinoff company could help unlock a lithium industry for Alberta

June 11, 2021 Energi Staff

By Michael Brown This article was published by Folio on May 25, 2021. Alberta’s oil and gas fields could be in store for another natural resource boom thanks to a University of Alberta-based lithium extraction [Read more]

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Project to create jet fuel from biowaste gets federal funding boost

April 6, 2021 Energi Staff

By Bev Betkowski This article was published by Folio on March 31, 2021. A potentially huge industrial project powered by University of Alberta research to create jet fuel from biowaste has received a $2.89-million funding [Read more]

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U of A scientist briefs US policy-makers on technology to remove carbon dioxide from atmosphere

March 15, 2021 Energi Staff

This article was published by Folio on March 4, 2021. By Katie Willis A scientist at the University of Alberta is lending her expertise on mineral carbonation to policy-makers in the United States in hopes [Read more]

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Improved energy efficiency, reduced emissions would cut costs for oil sands producers: study

July 30, 2020 Energi Staff

By Catherine Tays This article was published by Folio on July 29, 2020. Investment in new energy-efficient, greenhouse gas mitigation strategies by oil sands producers could net them some important profits, according to a model [Read more]

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New technique could accelerate waste-to-methane production

May 27, 2020 Energi Staff

By Brett Wittmeier This article was published by Folio on January 10, 2020. University of Alberta engineers have found a way to turn waste fat, oil and grease into a steady supply of renewable energy. [Read more]

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What we’ve learned from the Spanish flu—and what we haven’t

April 15, 2020 Energi Staff

By Geoff McMaster This article was published by Folio on April 8, 2020. It’s easy to feel trapped in the present by COVID-19—stuck at home, preoccupied with fears of what’s to come. But as history [Read more]

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New computing technique could help make Bitcoin mining faster, greener

February 19, 2020 Energi Staff

By Andrew Lyle This article was published by Folio on Feb. 14, 2020. A new algorithm by computing scientists at the University of Alberta could be the first step in reducing the massive amounts of [Read more]

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Four ways climate change is affecting our health—and what we can do about it

January 27, 2020 Energi Staff

By Bev Betkowski This article was published by Folio on Jan. 22, 2020. Climate change is already affecting our health, even if we don’t think about it much, says a University of Alberta public health [Read more]

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Human-induced climate change dates back much further than we think: study

November 19, 2019 Energi Staff

By Geoff McMaster This article was published by Folio on Nov. 12, 2019. Human-induced climate change has origins far earlier than commonly assumed, according to a study published in the journal Science. Archeological evidence collected around the world [Read more]

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Opinion: Climate change affects prairie birds as much as habitat loss

November 7, 2019 Energi Staff

By Chrystal Mantyka-Pringle, Lauren Bortolotti and Lionel Leston This article was published by Folio on Nov. 7, 2019. The grasslands of the Canadian Prairies are a hidden gem for bird watchers, with millions of migratory [Read more]

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Opinion: Alberta must not return to the harrowing, divisive times of 1980

November 6, 2019 Energi Staff

By Roger Epp This article was published by Folio on Nov. 6, 2019. Political memory might be an oxymoron—the equivalent of a deafening silence, a civil war or old news; it is surely a malleable [Read more]

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Blueprint created for quantum battery that doesn’t lose charge

October 26, 2019 Energi Staff

By Katie Willis This article was published by Folio on Oct. 24, 2019.  Scientists from the universities of Alberta and Toronto developed a blueprint for a new quantum battery that doesn’t leak charge. “A quantum [Read more]

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Opinion: Election slogans do little to inform public of party platforms

September 30, 2019 Energi Staff

By Shauna Wilton This article was published by Folio on Sept. 30, 2019. As the federal election on Oct. 21 approaches, Canadians will soon be inundated by the campaign slogans of the parties. Slogans embody [Read more]

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Recycling salty water may manage AB drill sites microbes

September 27, 2019 Energi Staff

By Katie Willis This article was published by Folio on Sept. 26, 2019. Recycling salty water produced from hydraulic fracturing may be effective for managing microbes at well sites in Alberta, according to a new [Read more]

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U of A project turns biowaste into jet fuel

September 6, 2019 Energi Staff

By Michael Brown This article was published by Folio on Sept. 6, 2019. Short of the advent of quantum singularity seen in the fusion drives of futuristic movies, there is really no renewable energy answer [Read more]

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Glacier-fed rivers may consume atmospheric carbon dioxide

August 21, 2019 Energi Staff

By Katie Willis This article was published by Folio on Aug. 19, 2019. Glacier-fed rivers in Northern Canada may be consuming significant amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, according to new research by University [Read more]

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Why plastic bags are so hard to get rid of

August 19, 2019 Energi Staff

By Michael Brown This article was published by Folio on Aug. 13, 2019. In June, Canada joined a growing list of countries frustrated with the inability of market forces to shrink our plastics dependency and [Read more]

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A small change in Earth’s carbon dioxide makes a big difference

August 19, 2019 Energi Staff

By Michael Brown This article was published by Folio on Aug. 12, 2019. In July 2015, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency head Gina McCarthy was being grilled by lawmakers over President Obama’s Clean Power Plan requiring [Read more]

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