Electric car shocker. Plantas autofotosintéticas.

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• Reports circulate about new research led by Ian Irvine, professor of economics in the Faculty of Arts and Science, that examines government incentives to promote the sale of electric vehicles. In the study, recently published in Canadian Public Policy, Irvine concludes that electric vehicle subsidies may work at cross purposes with existing fuel-efficiency subsidies for conventional vehicles. This, he says, could result in a net increase in greenhouse gas emissions, in the near-term: Public, AMEQ en ligne (behind a paywall), Le Réseau d'Information Municipale du Québec (behind a paywall).
• Actualités UQAM writes about the art exhibition, Plantas autofotosintéticas, on now at Galerie de l'UQAM. It notes that the exhibition was co-curated by Nuria Carton de Grammont, part-time faculty in the Department of Art History.

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