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Aurora Hydrogen raises $10M Series A; microwave pyrolysis of natural gas for efficient low-carbon hydrogen production

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Canada-based Aurora Hydrogen, a company developing emission-free hydrogen production technology, has raised $10 million in Series A funding led by Energy Innovation Capital. This funding adds to additional funding by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) that the team received earlier this year.

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GM expands EV first responder training efforts in US and Canada

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GM is expanding its efforts to educate public safety, fire and emergency service providers throughout the United States and Canada as EV sales grow. For example, many people believe water is dangerous around an EV battery, when in fact a large volume of water is the recommended method to suppress a lithium-ion battery fire.

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NR Canada seeking commercialization partner for methane oxidation catalyst

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Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) is seeking expressions of interest from firms which wish to enter into a commercial licensing arrangement to bring to market its methane oxidation catalyst. This catalyzes the oxidation of methane to carbon dioxide and water using excess oxygen in the exhaust stream. Background.

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China’s CNOOC to acquire Canada-based Nexen for $15.1B; offshore oil and gas, oil sands, and shale gas

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CNOOC Limited—China’s largest producer of offshore crude oil and natural gas and one of the largest independent oil and gas exploration and production companies in the world—is acquiring all of the Common Shares of Canada-based energy company Nexen Inc. OPTI Canada Inc. billion cash. Nexen also has a 7.23%.

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Ferus Natural Gas Fuels commissions 1st merchant LNG facility in Canada

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Ferus Natural Gas Fuels Inc. Ferus NGF) held the grand opening of the first merchant liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility in Canada. In addition to the merchant LNG plant, the company is jointly building two LNG liquefaction facilities with ENN Canada in Alberta and British Columbia.

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Obama and Trudeau put majority of US and Canadian Arctic water off-limits to offshore oil and gas leasing

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US President Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau jointly announced sweeping restrictions to offshore oil and gas leasing in the US and Canadian Arctic waters. Obama designated the vast majority of US waters in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas as indefinitely off limits to offshore oil and gas leasing.

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Government of Canada to invest up to $30M to support development of first low-noise and low-emissions tanker

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The Government of Canada recognizes that marine species, including the Southern Resident killer whale, are impacted by underwater vessel noise. Working with Teekay provides access to private sector expertise and capital to deploy new technologies on low-emission and low-noise crude oil tankers operating in Canadian waters.

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