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Call for letters of intent: OMAFRA New Directions and Alternative Renewable Fuels ‘Plus’ Research Program
Deadline for submission Friday September 26th
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Wind Energy Bumps Into Power Grid’s Limits
Matthew L. Wald - New York Times
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Quebec Chosen for Future Silicon Expansions
MarketWatch
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150 'reverse vending' machines by end of year
edie
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Compressed-air storage coming to wind power
Martin Lamonica - Green Tech
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Just what is Sustainability?
Machine Design
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Bacteria Power: Future For Clean Energy Lies In 'Big Bang' Of Evolution
Science Daily
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Bill Clinton: 10 Things the U.S. Government Should Do For Clean Power
Katie Fehrenbacher - Earth2tech
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Smokestack heat: Fuel of the future?
Martin LaMonica - CNet News
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Struggling forestries bet on biofuel boom
Agnieszka Flak - Reuters
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Green Engineering: Front lines of cleantech
Bruce Rayner - EE Times
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Precarn Announces $2.5 Million R&D Funding Boost for Environmental and Manufacturing Innovation with Early Commercialization Potential
Precarn
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Ontario to use forestry waste as biofuel but some critics unimpressed
Canadian Press
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Compost bug offers hope for biofuel industry
James Randerson - Guardian UK
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Biomass Combo Producing bioplastic in switchgrass boosts the plant's value as a cellulosic feedstock
Steve Ritter - C&EN
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Hunt for renewable energy leads researchers to unlikely sources
Robert S. Boyd - McClatchy Newspapers
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Water Experts head for Stockholm
Kate Martin - edie
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Green movement steers automotive MCU vendors
Christoph Hammerschmidt - EE Times Europe
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Climate change: A guide for the perplexed
Michael Le Page - NewScientist
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Two Large Solar Plants Planned in California
Mathew Wald - New York Times
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Canadian SolarWall® Powering the 2008 Beijing Olympics
Laura Nichol - NRCan
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Canadian provinces rated on energy efficiency
Sam Bond - edie
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Sunlight on mirrors
Charles Schmidt
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AXI Biofuels from algae launched
Gregory T. Huang - Xconomy
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Energy demand of servers soars
Sam Bond - edie
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Solar-cell material can soak up more Sun
Kate McAlpine - NewScientist
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A123 Will Test Appetite For Unprofitable Cleantech IPOs
Jonathan Shieber - Venture Wire
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World's biggest solar farm planned for India
K.C. Krishnadas - EE Times
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Researchers work to turn car's exhaust into power
Margaret Harding - Associated Press
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Ikea to invest $77 million in cleantech
GreenBiz
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The smart money's on green
Mark Tutton - CNN
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Turning waste into clean energy for BC
Globe-Net
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Ontario makes dark horse bid for North American cleantech crown
Jeremy Jacquot - Venture Beat
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Clean Energy: Do we need an Apollo project for energy?
Eve Savory: CBC News
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Competition heats up in concentrating solar firms
Martin LaMonica - CNET
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Green Nanotechnology: Tiny particles could soon be fueling cleantech industry
Grant Buckler - CBC News
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China poised to seize cleantech crown
Business Green
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Government of Canada Boosts 19 Clean Technology Projects
Marketwire
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Self cleaning materials: Lotus leaf inspired nanotechnology
Peter Forbes - Scientific American
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US states to sue EPA over lack of carbon regulation
Danny Bradbury - BusinessGreen
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Smoggy Olympics opens door to cleantech bonanza
Kenneth Steir - CNBC
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Miscanthus grass an ideal biofuels source
UPI
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New process to increase yields from biomass
The Engineer Online
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B.C. Increases Clean Tech Innovation Venture Capital
TheEnergyNews
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CO2 pricing study reveals consumption efficiencies
Tepper School - Carnegie Mellon University
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New turbine to harness wave power
BBC News
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GE set to build $3bn IGCC plant with CO2 storage in Australia
Power Engineering International
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Red light for greentech startups?
Martin LaMonica - CNet
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GE and Masdar team up to drive cleantech investment
Business Green
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Boosting Cellulosic Biofuels
Duncan Graham-Rowe - Technology Review
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Water treatment process promising 90% reduction in industrial water use unveiled
edie
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The Green Monster
Steven Burke - ChannelWeb
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Investor's guide to what's green
Kathy Marquardt, Kirk Shinkle - US News
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California Clean Tech Open names 44 finalists
Elsa Wenzel - CNET
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'Fuel battery' could take cars beyond petrol
Colin Barras - NewScientist
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Gassing up with garbage
Mathew Wald - New York Times
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Chemical breakthrough turns sawdust to biofuel
Colin Barras - NewScientist
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Driving towards the 100mpg car
Max Glaskin - NewScientist
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The Outlook for Investing in Green Energy
Kirk Shinkle - US News
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Geoengineering scheme to sequester carbon, tackle ocean acidification
Alexis Madrigal - WIRED
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Coal and CHP - A North American Opportunity?
Jason Hayes & Paul Newell - Power Engineering International
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US takes wind power lead
Sheila McNulty - Financial Times
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Latin America exploits advantages to make biofuels
Brian Ellsworth - Reuters
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Energy applications for nanotech draw new investor interest
Loring Wirbel - EE Times
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Latin America exploits advantages to make biofuels
Brian Ellsworth - Reuters
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Municipal waste to produce ethanol by 2011
Financial Times
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Ireland one of most energy dependent countries
edie
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RBC unveils worldwide carbon trading capabilities to help industry manage greenhouse gas emissions
Media Release
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Bright idea uses big science on a nano scale for energy efficient lighting
Nanotechnology news
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World's first commercial scale tidal turbine delivers energy to grid
Engineer online
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Price of carbon doesn't matter
Ted Nordhaus and Michael Shellenberger - Ottawa Citizen Special
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US govt investigates duckweed DNA
Kate Martin - edie
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Government of Canada invests $25M in biofuels production
Marketwire
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Catching the wave of renewable energy
Rosslyn Beeby - Canberra Times
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Lights Out?: How the Grid Copes When a Nuclear Power Plant Goes Down
David Biello - Scientific American
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Intel makes another solar move
Ann Steffora Mutschler - Electronic News
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Canadian university acts as green beacon
Sam Bond - edie
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G8 Endorses Emission Cuts
Cheryl Hogue - C&EN
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California preps carbon labels for car number plates
BusinessGreen
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Ontario to tackle e-waste
Sam Bond - edie
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Ontario eco-industries enter third stage of evolution
Sam Bond - edie
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Solar dyes give a guiding light
Matt McGrath - BBC
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China to promote more genetically modified crops
Reuters
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Deloitte looks to telepresence to cut costs and carbon
Andrew Charlesworth - Businessgreen
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Top UK scientist pushes for genetically modified crops
Fiona Harvey and George Parker - Financial Times
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The upside of $200 oil
National Post
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Australia 'needs carbon trading'
BBC World
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Ottawa city council considers climate change plan
Jake Rupert - Ottawa Citizen
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Ontario Pursues Next Generation of Biofuels
MRI Release
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UN reports big jump in `green energy' investment
John Heilprin - Associated Press
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PRESENTATION AVAILABLE: Cleantech Breakfast - Assessing Value Chains and Venture Opportunities in Cleantech
Dr. Peter Adriaens
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Greenfield, Enerkem to build ethanol from residuals plant
Cleantech Network
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Canadian Biotech Industry Facing Skills Shortage
Derek Abma - Canwest News Service
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Home ethanol maker gets boost from record oil
Barani Krishnan - Reuters
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City of Ottawa approves Plasco plan
Jake Rupert - Ottawa Citizen
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Brazil signs deal to export sustainable ethanol
Reuters
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Nortel Plays Power Card
Duncan Stewart, Financial Post
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Triacta lands deal with Schnieder Electric
Ottawa Business Journal
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Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) 2008 Public Meeting
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Genetically Altered Bugs, Consume Waste, Excrete Petroleum
Chris Ayres - Times UK
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Honda produces first commercial hydrogen cars
Candace Lombardi - CNet News
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PRESENTATION AVAILABLE: Cleantech Breakfast - Keeping our Water Safe
Prof. Banu Örmeci
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European food, grain companies seek biotech crop tolerance
Reuters
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MRI Launches Ontario Venture Capital Fund
MRI
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Money makes the cleantech world go 'round
Devon Babin - Ottawa Business Journal
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Thermal Energy Strikes New Deal
Canadian Press
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More testing needed at Plasco
Jake Rupert - Ottawa Citizen
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Bryden's Plasco set to build $125M garbage plant if council approves
P. Dare & J Rupert - Ottawa Citizen
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Minto Place receives industry association environmental certification
Peter Kovessy - Ottawa Business Journal
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Largest Biodiesel Refinery in the US Opens in Houston
Brett Calnton - Houston Chronicle
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Climate policies mustn't hurt economy: PM
David Akin - Ottawa Citizen
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Canada House Gives Green Light to Biofuels Bill
Randall Palmer - Reuters Canada
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Support for energy from waste is long overdue
by Tyler Hamilton, The Toronto Star
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Wal-Mart goes solar
by hollisha, Financial Post
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Switching on Sunlight for Clean Electricity
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Menova to demo solar power system for Wal-Mart
By Krystle Chow, Ottawa Business Journal Staff
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Solar roof planned for Markham Wal-Mart
by Tyler Hamilton, The Toronto Star
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Brothers from uOttawa and Queen’s named Canada’s Environmental Scientists of the Year
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IBM's "liquid metal" promises concentrated PV breakthrough
by James Murray, BusinessGreen
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DOE Maps Plan for 20 Percent Wind Energy by 2030
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McGuinty Government Investing In Research And Innovation To Create Jobs
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Waste turned to energy
by Julie Beun-Chown, Canwest News Service
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Next Generation of Jobs Fund
The Next Generation of Jobs Fund is a five-year, $1.15 billion strategy to help innovative companies grow and create well-paying sustainable jobs for today's workforce and for the next generation of Ontario's highly skilled workers.
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Turning River Currents Into Clean Electricity
McGuinty Government Investing To Spark Green Technology
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Harnessing Biology, and Avoiding Oil, for Chemical Goods
By YUDHIJIT BHATTACHARJEE
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Demands for crackdown on biofuels scam: US 'splash and dash' loophole undermines climate change fight
The Guardian
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The BioWorld Biofuels Report 2008: Economics of a Driven Market
Insight into the history, statistics and forecasts of the emerging biofuels market for 2008
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GOVERNMENT OF CANADA GIVES $3.9 MILLION BOOST TO BIOFUELS IN ONTARIO
ecoAgriculture Biofuels Capital Initiative (ecoABC)
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Precarn offers $2.1M boost for clean tech, manufacturing
By Ottawa Business Journal Staff
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Where the Money Is: Why venture capitalist John Doerr is bullish on green investments
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The Future Ain't What Is Used to Be
by Ron Pernick
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Sustainable Development Technology Canada Announces Latest Call for Clean Technology Funding Applications
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China's Laws Are Stifling Biotechnology Research, Study Finds
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Garbage crisis looms
Jake Rupert, Ottawa Citizen
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Alternative Fuels to relocate from NY to PA
Pennsylvania to provide $1 million grant to idled biodiesel producer
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