race /newsroom/taxonomy/term/3098/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 51³Ô¹ÏÍø 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 Life expectancy gap varies between blacks and whites /newsroom/channels/news/life-expectancy-gap-varies-between-blacks-and-whites-237816 <p> Mon, 04 Aug 2014 20:01:40 +0000 raphael.larocque-cyr@mcgill.ca 21000 at /newsroom Richard Jean So /newsroom/richard-jean-so Mon, 18 Jan 2021 11:43:19 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 256245 at /newsroom Experts: US 2016 Presidential Elections /newsroom/channels/news/experts-us-2016-presidential-elections-261799 These 51³Ô¹ÏÍø experts are available to comment on the race for the White House: <a href="/politicalscience/faculty/levy">Jacob Levy</a>, Dept. of Political Science, 51³Ô¹ÏÍø <p>Jacob Levy is one of the world’s leading libertarian political theorists.</p> <p>jacob.levy [at] mcgill.ca (English)</p> Thu, 21 Jul 2016 19:44:14 +0000 vincent.allaire@mcgill.ca 26030 at /newsroom