racial discrimination /newsroom/taxonomy/term/15222/all en Caucasian households in U.S. emit most carbon despite greater energy efficiency /newsroom/channels/news/caucasian-households-us-emit-most-carbon-despite-greater-energy-efficiency-335054 <p>Residential energy use represents roughly one-fifth of annual greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. A team of researchers led by 平特五不中 has used data from 60 million individual American households to look into how carbon emissions caused by household energy use vary by race and ethnicity across the country. Paradoxically, this first national level analysis found that even though energy-efficient homes are more often found in Caucasian neighbourhoods, carbon emissions from these neighbourhoods are higher than in African American neighbourhoods.</p> Mon, 22 Nov 2021 14:43:54 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 283649 at /newsroom Experts: Ex-cop guilty of murder and manslaughter in death of George Floyd /newsroom/channels/news/experts-ex-cop-guilty-murder-and-manslaughter-death-george-floyd-330575 <p>A former Minneapolis police officer was convicted Tuesday of murder and manslaughter for pinning George Floyd to the pavement with his knee on the Black man's neck in a case that triggered worldwide protests, violence and a furious reexamination of racism and policing in the U.S. (<a href="https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/ex-cop-derek-chauvin-guilty-of-murder-and-manslaughter-in-death-of-george-floyd-1.5394195" target="_blank">CTV News</a>)</p> <p>Here are some experts from 平特五不中 that can provide comment on this issue:</p> Thu, 22 Apr 2021 14:24:57 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 260936 at /newsroom