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The University of Waterloo is about to embark on what they are calling an extensive study to discover the health effects, if any, of wind turbines on residents living nearby... all in our own backyard.
Researchers will be in the Haldimand and Norfolk area beginning next month to start handing out surveys to residents living near and far away from wind turbines, said Philip Bigelow, an epidemiologist and associate professor for the School of Public Health and Health Systems at the University…
Imagine a world with abundant, clean energy. How different would our human civilization be with fewer energy limitations - less risk of climate change, no peak oil, and more renewable ways to provide power to an exploding global population?
To explore this future, the Waterloo Global Science Initiative (WGSI) launches the Equinox Blueprint: Energy 2030 - a detailed roadmap of the highest impact energy technologies with a set of implementation strategies, applying the latest scientific and…

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The federal government has provided little support for
Ontario's move towards green energy. Yet it provides direct and indirect
subsidies to Canada's oil and gas sectors worth $1.4 billion annually, in
addition to $2.0 billion in total spending for carbon capture and storage, the
Clean Energy Fund and the ecoEnergy Technology program - all of which are
primarily spent in two provinces. Even where the federal government has
promised support for clean energy,…
Plotting a road map for a low-carbon future
The idea that scientists will lead humanity through our most daunting challenges is an appealing one. Faced with threats of catastrophic climate change, new global pandemics and a growing food crisis, researchers around the world are pursuing technological advances that would, if fully deployed, allow us to contain those risks. And in the process, sleep easier.
The Globe and Mail, February 17, 2011
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The Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy (WISE) welcomes Dr. John Doemer who has accepted the position as Manager, Scientific Outreach.
John brings a depth of scientific and international expertise in green science and business. Working with the Director, WISE, John will oversee the creation and delivery of a wide variety of programs and projects specifically designed to support WISE's vision to be recognized internationally as a centre of excellence in sustainable energy research.…
Dear WISE community,
Today we proudly present our new WISE website to you, our WISE members. We envision our website not only as a portal to present WISE researchers and their work to the public, but also as a communication platform. We offer a central portal for you to collaborate with colleagues, industrial and academic partners and, of course, with us. We want you to be able to use this platform to share information, documents, opportunities, and discussions, and to do so among each…
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