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Harper Government Supports Promising Clean Technologies

rschuster — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:38:26 +0000

Calgary, Alberta, January 25, 2012 – The Harper Government is showing its commitment to a green Canadian economy with a $22 million investment to help eight new clean technology projects from across the country reach commercialization. The announcement was made today by the Honourable Joe Oliver, Minister of Natural Resources, and Vicky Sharpe, President [...]

China Shakes Durban Climate Talks

admin — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 12:48:30 +0000

December 5, 2011 – WSJ Blog Post by PATRICK MCGROARTY

China shook up sleepy climate talks in Durban on Monday by saying it could accept binding emissions reductions after 2020—as long as the U.S. and other developed-world emitters do most of the work in the meantime.

“We accept a legally binding arrangement,” from 2020 onward, [...]

German Bank Reduces Investment Risk With $130 Billion for Renewable Energy

admin — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 02:37:12 +0000

Oct 26, 2011 (link to original Germany Info Article)

Germany’s federally-owned KfW banking group is facilitating renewable energy and energy efficiency investments in Germany with 100 billion euros (over $130 billion) over the next five years.

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Premier Dalton McGuinty to Speak at CleanTech North 2011 Summit

Henry Vehovec — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 20:51:58 +0000

Toronto, September 29, 2011

– Earlier today CleanTech North (CTN) announced, “Premier McGuinty and the Minister of Research and Innovation Glen Murray have agreed to speak at the Summit, subject to whatever happens in the provincial election on October 6.”

The Summit program includes an awards ceremony to acknowledge the up-and coming stars [...]

CTN2011 Awards Link to Event Registration and Discount Code

admin — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 16:17:14 +0000

To register for the CleanTech North (CTN) Awards Event and Conference to be held on November 16, 2011 at MaRS, please click on the following link:
http://cleantechnorth2011-mindfirst.eventbrite.com
Use “MINDFIRST” as a discount code to get 20% off the regular price. See you there.

2012 Clean50 Announced

drichardson — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 13:26:58 +0000

Toronto, ON – The 2012 Clean50 honourees were announced today by Delta Management and Corporate Knights Magazine. The Clean50 is a list of fifty people in Canada whose career achievements focused on sustainability. The honourees are divided into 16 categories ranging from advocacy to R&D and consulting services. For a complete list of the 2012 honorees, [...]

Henry Vehovec to Teach Global Energy Systems Course at UofT

admin — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 03:09:54 +0000

Toronto, ON – August 30, 2011 - Mindfirst President, Henry Vehovec, will teach a course as Session Lecturer at University of Toronto’s Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering this fall. The Master’s level course, APS 510 Innovative Technologies and Organizations in [...]

The Clean 50 Nominations Link

Henry Vehovec — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 13:53:10 +0000

July 24, 2011 – The Clean50, sponsored by Corporate Knights and Delta Management, recognizes the 50 people in Canada who have made the greatest contribution to sustainable development and clean capitalism in Canada over the past two years.

To nominate someone for the Clean 50, click here.

UofT CGEN Group awarded Gates Foundation grant

Editor — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 00:40:32 +0000

TORONTO— From Wednesday’s Globe and Mail, Published Tuesday, Jul. 19, 2011 8:30AM EDT Article by KIM MACKRAEL

The project sounds simple enough: design a new toilet for use in developing countries, where access to running water, electricity and sewage is limited.

But the details are daunting. The human waste needs to be processed and sanitized, and it [...]

CleanTech North Announces 2011 Round of Member Company Recruitment

drichardson — Tue, 17 May 2011 14:44:14 +0000

Toronto, ON- May 17, 2011. Henry Vehovec, Executive Director of CleanTech North (CTN), announced today that CTN is now accepting applications from promising Canadian cleantech companies to join the 2011 roster of Member Companies. This is an opportunity for innovative clean technology companies to expand their network and gain access to support and expertise that [...]