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President-elect Obama Names Economic Team

President-elect Obama named an economic team faced with the task of creating jobs and bringing stability to the economy. Check out this video to watch his announcement at a press conference held this past Monday, and to learn more visit Change.Gov or Change We Need.

JER Envirotech Wins North American Technology Innovation of the Year Award

JER Envirotech International Corp. has been awarded the 2009 Frost & Sullivan North American Technology Innovation of the Year Award in the field of Biocomposites, in recognition of its outstanding development of low cost ‘green’ biocomposites. The award is bestowed upon a company that has carried out new research, which has resulted in innovation(s) that [...]

Venezuela’s Airport De Guiria Going Green with Carmanah’s Solar Powered Light

Carmanah Technologies has received an order to supply solar-powered portable airfield lights for Bariven S.A. in Venezuela. The $700, 000 (approximate) order will provide the tools to equip Venezuela’s Airport De Guiria with a stand-alone system of solar-powered LED aviation lights. The system is cost effective, energy efficient, and easy to install, and it includes [...]

Can a ‘Green Stimulus’ Save the Economy and the Planet?

Environmentalists are supporting an idea called the “green stimulus” which suggests that the best way to stimulate the current economy would be to finance solutions to environmental issues. Read all about in The Globe and Mail Article.

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British Columbia is emerging as a force in clean technology

Using technology developed at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver-based Ostara Nutrient Recovery Technologies Inc. has achieved the first commercialization in the United States of a process using municipal wastewater to make environmentally safe fertilizer Technology, Trade and Economic Development Minister Ida Chong said today.
“B.C. is emerging as a force in clean technology,” said Chong. [...]

Vancouver Convention Centre Leading the Way and Going Green

Premier Gordon Campbell planted some of the final vegetation on the expansion project’s living ‘green’ roof (the largest of its kind in Canada) and marked a construction milestone on November 6th at the Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre. The living roof is 2.5 hectares or the size of 15 hockey rinks and is home to [...]

Canaccord Adams Picks Carmanah Technologies Among Canadian Stocks Likely to Recover

Canaccord Adams Inc. identified its top picks among Canadian stocks to rebound, and also included three small-cap picks in its list: Aecon Group Inc., Carmanah Technologies Corp., Sandvine Corp.
Read all about it in The Globe and Mail article.

B.C. GREEN ENERGY COMPANIES SHINE IN KOREA

A Province-led delegation of B.C.-based renewable energy companies were the “stars of the show” at ENTECH 2008, Korea’s premier environment and renewable energy technology trade show, said Technology, Trade and Economic Development Minister Ida Chong today.
“British Columbia is home to some of the world’s leading green and renewable energy companies and our government is helping [...]

How Does Solar Power Work Anyways?

Most people could answer that solar power uses the sun’s light to create energy using solar panels, but have you ever wondered how solar panels are made? Watch this video to learn how.