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Focus on Canada Growth Fund

A dump truck works near the Syncrude oil sands extraction facility near the city of Fort McMurray, Alberta on Sunday June 1, 2014. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
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Political uncertainty could derail major carbon capture project: experts

The $16.5-billion project would capture carbon dioxide emissions from the oilsands, Canada's heaviest-emitting sector.

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NMG Announces the Closing of Aggregate US$50 Million Private Placement by Canada Growth Fund and Investissement Quebec

MONTRÉAL--(BUSINESS WIRE)---- $NMG #ESG--NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO U.S. NEWS WIRE SERVICES OR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES Nouveau Monde Graphite Inc. (“NMG“ or...

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NMG Announces US$50-Million Equity Investment from Canada Growth Fund and the Government of Québec to Support its Phase 2 Ore-to-Battery-Material Graphite Operations

MONTRÉAL--(BUSINESS WIRE)---- $NMG #ESG--NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO U.S. NEWS WIRE SERVICES OR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES Nouveau Monde Graphite Inc. (“NMG” or...

Canadian federal climate policies and investments look increasingly fragile. Could ‘carbon contracts for difference’ help ensure the survival of long-term climate action in Canada? (Shutterstock)
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‘Carbon contracts for difference’ are not a silver bullet for climate action

Canadian climate policies appear fragile — could carbon contracts for difference secure long-term climate action and investments?

In the absence of public communication from the Pathways Alliance, a clean energy think-tank says the oilsands industry group is running out of time to deliver on its emissions reduction promises. An oilsands facility is reflected in a tailings pond near Fort McMurray, Alta., on July 10, 2012. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Pressure still on oilsands sector despite silence after greenwashing law: think tank

Proposed Pathways Alliance carbon capture project should still go ahead, say researchers, after company keeps quiet since imposition of Competition Act.

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Varme Energy announces new partnerships and funding for Canada’s first waste-to-energy with CCS project

The partnership with Canada Growth Fund represents one of the largest Carbon Credit Offtake purchase agreements in Canadian history  June 11, 2024 (Edmonton Metropolitan Region) – Today, Varme Energy announced they will...

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Canada Growth Fund, CDPQ, Investissement Québec and BDC Capital invest $145 million in MKB’s Third Energy Transition Fund

MONTRÉAL, AUGUST 22, 2024 – The Canada Growth Fund (CGF), CDPQ, Investissement Québec (IQ) and BDC Capital (BDC) are pleased to announce their...

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Canada Growth Fund to Invest up to US$100 Million in Svante to Accelerate Growth

VANCOUVER, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #carboncapture--Canada Growth Fund Inc. (“CGF”) and Svante Technologies Inc. (“Svante” or the “Company”), a leading global carbon capture and...

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Oil producer Strathcona partners with Canada Growth Fund for carbon capture

Strathcona and Canada Growth Fund will each invest up to C$1 billion in building CCS infrastructure in Saskatchewan and Alberta, aiming to capture...

An Advantage Energy Ltd. logo is shown in a handout. Alberta-based Entropy Inc. says it has made a final investment decision to go ahead with its second carbon capture and storage project.The company says the project will be built to capture emissions from parent company Advantage Energy's Glacier Gas Plant in northwest Alberta. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO
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Entropy gives formal go-ahead to second carbon capture project

The carbon capture facility should be operational by the second quarter of 2026 and will be able to capture 160,000 tonnes of carbon...

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