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Source: McGill University
http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/news/?ItemID=22325

McGill expert alert: Clean Air Act/ Environment

October 19, 2006

The Harper
government will soon table its Clean Air Act in Parliament. We suggest the
following sources for your reports on the Clean Air Act:

Air pollution

Parisa Ariya
Professor, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences and Department of
Chemistry (joint appointment)
An expert on air pollution and the chemical transformation of ozone
precursors, photo-oxidants, heavy metal and bioorganic toxicants, and their
implications in climate change.
514-398-6931
parisa.ariya@mcgill.ca
Climate change and biodiversity

Michel Loreau
Professor, Department of Biology, and an expert on greenhouse gases, global
climate change and biodiversity.
514-398-3778
michel.loreau@mcgill.ca
C02 levels and climate change

Donald Smith
Professor, Department of Plant Science, and an expert on the physiological
responses of crops and plants to increasing atmospheric CO2 levels and to
climate change.
514-398-7866
michel.loreau@mcgill.ca
Environmental economics

Christopher Green
Professor, Department of Economics, can speak on the economics of climate
change, impact of public/fiscal policy on the environment/industry.
514-398-4830
christopher.green@mcgill.ca
Energy alternatives

Corey Leclerc
Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, is an expert on alternative
fuel sources with a focus on hydrogen fuel cells.
514-398-8308
corey.leclerc@mcgill.ca
Greenhouse gases and smog

Jacques Derome
Professor, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, can speak to the
difference between fighting smog in large cities and reducing the emissions
of greenhouse gases.
514-398-5350
jacques.derome@mcgill.ca
Long-term climate change/Paleoclimates

Lawrence Mysak
Professor, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, and an expert on
long-term climate variability and change, ocean, ice, climate dynamics and
paleoclimates.
514-398-3768
lawrence.mysak@mcgill.ca
Climate change and greenhouse gas emissions

Nigel Roulet
Director, McGill School of Environment, Professor, Department of Geography,
and an expert on the exchanges of greenhouse gases between ecosystems and
the atmosphere. Feedbacks involving those gases (C02, methane, etc.) and
climate change.
514-398-2827
nigel.roulet@mcgill.ca
Contacts

Cynthia Lee
Communications Officer
McGill University Relations Office
514-398-6754


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