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Tuesday, February 13, 2018

Mexican Environment Experts Tour Carleton’s Flaring Lab in Bid to Reduce Black Carbon

A delegation of 25 Mexican government officials, engineers, analysts and environmental experts recently began a week-long Canadian study tour at Carleton University to better understand how Canada is fighting climate change.  “This study tour contributes to the specific objective of black carbon reduction,” said Michael Layer, Natural... More

Thursday, November 23, 2017

Reducing Methane Emissions, Carleton Symposium Tackles the Problem

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Thursday, November 2, 2017

Professor Matthew Johnson attends Carleton Day at Queen’s Park

Professor Matthew Johnson joined a group of Carleton University researchers, students, and senior leaders at Queen’s Park on Oct. 25. The group spent the day meeting with cabinet ministers and provincial officials to discuss the importance of stable support for higher education — and how Carleton can help Ontario address the challenges and... More

Tuesday, October 31, 2017

Fugitive methane levels in Alberta higher than expected

Business News Network Interview Professor Matthew Johnson October 20,... More

Tuesday, October 17, 2017

Measuring Methane: Matthew Johnson Tracks a Potent Greenhouse Gas

Carleton University Report Finds Alberta Methane Gas Emissions are Far Higher than Current Estimates Environmental Science & Technology Publishes Study by Matthew Johnson A major new study by Carleton University’s Matthew Johnson and several co-authors in Canada and the United States suggests methane emissions in the Canadian oil and gas... More

Monday, October 16, 2017

FlareNet Team Makes its First-Ever Measurements During a Flare Flowback Event in Canada

This past summer the FlareNet Network worked with its Board of Directors and industry partners to facilitate site access for field measurements in Canada.  As a result, FlareNet researchers have just returned from its first-ever dedicated field measurement campaign during a flowback event at a well site in Alberta.  The team successfully... More

Friday, October 13, 2017

Recent Visit Highlights On-Going Collaborations between Natural Resources Canada and Carleton’s Energy and Emissions Research Lab (EERL)

  The Director General of Natural Resources Canada’s CanmetENERGY Devon Research Centre, Dr Cécile Siewe, along with two senior members of her staff: María-Inés Maita (Director of Science and Policy Integration), and Dr Kim Kasperski (R&D Advisor to the Director General and Director of Environmental Impact Research) visited... More

Monday, June 26, 2017

International Research Collaboration at Carleton University’s Flaring Lab

FlareNet’s first major collaborative experimental campaign was completed at the Carleton University’s Flare Lab during May 20-28, 2017.  The focus of this effort was on developing particulate measurement protocols under Theme 4 and while also attempting black carbon emission rate and morphology measurements under Themes 1 and 4.  These... More

Friday, May 26, 2017

Research Seminars: Global Gas Flaring: Implications for Arctic Environments, Climate Change, and Air Quality

Research Seminar Videos, May 26th, 2017 The NSERC FlareNet Strategic Network (FlareNet) held its first public research seminars on May 26, 2017, featuring our international research partner, Dr. Olga Popovicheva from Moscow State University.  Dr. Popochiceva is an internationally renowned expert on interactions of aerosols with atmospheric... More

Monday, February 27, 2017

Matthew Johnson discusses “scientifically flawed” Fraser Institute report on coal and clean air in Ontario

Experts say Fraser Institute report on coal and clean air is "scientifically flawed" National Observer, February 22, 2017 By Elizabeth McSheffrey The Ontario government is fiercely disputing the validity of a recent Fraser Institute report claiming that phasing out coal-fired power plants across Ontario yielded only “small improvements” in air... More

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