The project, entitled
Développement et optimisation d’un design conceptuel d’usine de conversion de CO2 en carburants propres d aviation (unofficial translation: development and optimization of a conceptual design for a plant to convert carbon dioxide into clean aviation fuels) is led by Polytechnique Montréal’s Associate Professor Daria Camilla Boffito’s Engineering Process Intensification and Catalysis Research Laboratory – EPIC group, in partnership with the SAF+ Consortium, CCG Climat, and the Québec Centre for Chemical Process Studies CÉPROCQ (Collège de Maisonneuve). This R&D program will position Québec at the forefront of carbon use technologies in the aviation and fuel industries.
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Quebec designates 34 new protected areas in the eastern and northern parts of the province
The provincial government had pledged to protect 17 per cent of Quebec s territory from eventual development before 2020 was out. That target was reached this week. Conservationists say it s progress, but more must be done.
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The coast of Anticosti Island has been designated as protected area by the Quebec government. It s possible the entire island will become a protected zone soon.(Martin Toulgoat/Radio-Canada)