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Caisse establishes partnership to invest $125-million in clean tech
The logo of Quebec's Caisse de Depot pension fund is seen Thursday, February 25, 2021 in Montreal.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
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Engaging with China on climate policy isn’t appealing, but it’s necessary
Adam Radwanski
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Why Canadian cleantech is forced to sell abroad
HARI SUTHAN
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Digital carbon-offset platform Patch attracts support from venture capitalists
Birdwatchers wear jackets at the Elsie Roemer Bird Sanctuary on Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019, in Alameda, Calif. San Francisco skyline is seen in background. Snow is falling on cacti in southern Arizona, while Anchorage is seeing balmy weather - at least by Alaska standards. The weather appears to be flipped throughout much of the West. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)
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Demand for sustainable investments fuels clean tech IPO wave
A field of operating solar panels located in Prince Edward County, Ontario. This is one of 13 solar projects owned and operated by Northland Power Inc. Northland Power is a power producer focusing on renewable energy in Canada. (Johnny C.Y. Lam for The Globe and Mail).
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Ottawa announces $55.1-million in funding for clean-tech companies
Foreign Affairs Minister François-Philippe Champagne responds to a question during Question Period in the House of Commons in Ottawa, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Early clean-tech fund investor MKB raises $100-million for second fund
MacKinnon, Bennett & Co., sits two-thirds of the way to its $150-million fundraising goal. Investors include Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec.
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If the clean-tech revolution isn’t careful, it could set off a climate crisis of its own
Thomas Kostigen
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Ten clean energy ETFs to capitalize on the renewed push for renewable energy
ISTOCK
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Alberta drilling veteran Kevin Krausert leaves Beaver Drilling to launch energy investment firm
Kevin Krausert, president and CEO of Beaver Drilling in Calgary, Alberta, April 28, 2020. Todd Korol/The Globe and Mail
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Echelon Wealth bets on Alberta with new investment banking office for Western Canada
Pumpjacks draw oil out of the ground near Olds, Alta., Thursday, July 16, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Toronto venture capital firm ScaleUP changes mandate to become climate-technology financier
Managing partners Kevin Kimsa, right, and Nelson Switzer of Climate Innovation Capital stand for a photo outside of their offices in Toronto on November 6, 2020. /Aaron Vincent Elkaim for The Globe and Mail
opinion
The case for oil and gas leadership renewal
Graeme Edge
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Canada needs a new breed of corporate champion, and clean energy is the place to look
Eric Reguly
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With no reassurances for Albertans, Throne Speech’s promises of a carbon-neutral future will be seen as a slight
Kelly Cryderman
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The new Liberal climate promises are mostly to get on with the old climate promises
Adam Radwanski
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Alberta to liquidate emissions reductions fund to pay deficit, new programs
A TORC Oil & Gas pump jack is seen near Granum, Alberta, Canada May 6, 2020. REUTERS/Todd Korol
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Canada needs industrial strategy to be a climate leader, and it’s out of time to waste
Adam Radwanski
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Dividend-rich Canadian and U.S. renewable energy stocks: Good under Trump, better under Biden?
FILE PHOTO: Wind turbines operate at sunrise in the Permian Basin oil and natural gas production area in Big Spring, Texas, U.S., February 12, 2019. REUTERS/Nick Oxford
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Will Ottawa use its purchasing power to boost Canadian clean-tech firms?
MONTREAL, Que. (09/01/2020) - Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains chats with a reporter at the Imagia headquarters in Montreal, Que. on Jan. 9, 2020. The innovation minister visited the image technology company in Montreal's Mile Ex. Bains got to see a demonstration of a colonoscopy machine the company designed. (Andrej Ivanov/The Globe and Mail)
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Indigenous renewable energy projects have experienced 30 per cent growth rate across Canada since 2017: report
Although the price to build solar power has plummeted over the last decade, Canada is a slow-adopter of using the sun to make electricity.This April 20, 2011, file photo shows some of the 30,000 solar panels that make up the Public Service Company of New Mexico's new 2-megawatt photovoltaic array in Albuquerque, N.M. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Susan Montoya Bryan,File)
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Off the radar but with spectacular gains: Little-known stocks among the TSX’s top performers over the past three years
A TSX tote board is pictured in Toronto, on Dec. 31, 2012.