Environment

Emily Graham, a co-president of Queen’s Backing Action on Climate Change, organized a march on Richardson Hall to present a petition for divestment to the Board of Trustees.
  • 8 years 1 month ago

Queen’s looks at divestment

Following a push from students and campus groups, the University has launched discussions on fossil fuel divestment.Continue...

Joshua Goodfield argues that the U.S.-China pact to reduce harmful emissions on the environment doesn’t have enough short-term goals.
  • 8 years 4 months ago

Pact lacks practicality

Earlier this month, Chinese President Xi Jinping and United States President Barack Obama established an agreement to support the global effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.Continue...
  • 9 years 4 months ago

A changing atmosphere

Climate change is happening, and is likely to impact Kingston’s animal population — including the famed Kingston squirrel.Continue...

Queen’s saves on energy in its collaboration with Kingston General Hospital, at its cogeneration facility on King Street, just south of campus.
  • 9 years 9 months ago

It’s not easy being green

Queen’s is well-poised to become one of Canada’s most sustainable university campuses. Rather, it would be, if money was no object.Continue...
  • 10 years 1 month ago

Politician points to far-out source for clean energy

Former minister of national defence Paul Hellyer is calling for a mobilization.Continue...

Monday night’s event in Dupuis Hall to discuss the pipeline was hosted by Environmental Defence in conjunction with Transition Kingston and the Society for Conservation Biology.
  • 10 years 4 months ago

Groups say local pipeline project is problematic

Alberta-based company Enbridge has new plans for its pipeline that runs through Kingston, and area environmental groups are concerned.Continue...

A clean energy project proposed by Trillium Wind Power Corp. would see the first off-shore wind turbines in Lake Ontario.
  • 10 years 5 months ago

Wind farm project halted

A court-ruled motion to dismiss claims against the provincial government will postpone plans to build a windmill farm in Lake Ontario near Kingston until further studies are done.Continue...

Office Organics places green bins in campus offices, diverting approximately 200 kg of organic waste from landfills each week.
  • 10 years 6 months ago

Offices get down and dirty with composting

Every week, 64 green bins worth of waste are diverted from the landfills. That’s 200 kg, thanks to an initiative undertaken by the Queen’s Sustainability Office.Continue...

Kingston Police gives high-powered light bulbs confiscated in grow-operation busts to the greenhouse.
  • 11 years 6 months ago

Leaves and lamps

Day-to-day functions of BioSci's roof-top greenhouse facilities.Continue...

Campers at Eco-Adventure use microscopes to study biological samples on Elbow Lake.
  • 11 years 8 months ago

Queen's expands property north of Kingston

Queen's University Biological Station expands its 3,000 hectare property on Lake Opinicon to include another plot of land nearby.Continue...

Pages

The Journal, Queen's University - Since 1873

190 University Ave., Kingston, ON, K7L 3P4

  • Editorial Office: 613.533.2800
  • Fax: 613.533.6728