Sharon Shore has been lobbying Nebraska members of Congress for two years to require automakers to engineer idling keyless ignition vehicles to turn off automatically after a certain period of time. The bill was added and passed in the Senate infrastructure bill last week.
Natural Products Canada, Active Impact Investments launch cleantech venture funds
Two firms, Natural Products Canada (NPC) and Active Impact Investments, have launched early-stage cleantech venture funds, as the cleantech sector continues to gain traction in Canada.
Active Impact Investments has completed a first close of $41 million for a climate-tech venture fund. NPC Ventures, the investment arm of Charlottetown-headquartered NPC, has revealed plans to raise $50 million for a fund focused on companies developing natural products. NPC is targeting to complete its first close in the fall of this year.
The two new funds are the latest in a number of Canadian early-stage cleantech venture funds.
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The RCMP are warning residents of a small Cape Breton community to remain indoors as the search continues for an armed man who is wanted on multiple arrest warrants.
The Mounties issued an alert Monday at 1:24 p.m. saying they believe Perry MacKinnon had a firearm when he entered the woods near Meat Cove, a remote village at the northern tip of the island.