The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) has proposed changes to federal patent law that would help speed up the patenting process for green technologies. No additional fee would be required to take advantage of the accelerated exam... [more]

Ottawa-based Plasco Energy Group says its energy-from-waste technology is now proven and it's time to move to commercial delivery. To help in that effort, it announced today a $110 million private equity placement led largely by Ares Management LLC ... [more]

I just hung up during a conference called with Christian Paradis, Canada's federal minister of Natural Resources. It was a very frustrating experience. The call was set up so the minister could talk about first-day discussions at the International Cl... [more]

My Clean Break column today revisits Toronto-based Regen Energy, which I first wrote about a couple of years ago. The company has developed a wireless device that uses swarm logic to manage the operation of large energy-consuming appliances. ... [more]

I'm happy for Tesla Motors. The company's initial public offering Tuesday was, despite the many doubters out there, a stunning success. The company closed its first day of trading at $23.89, which is roughly 40 per cent higher than its offering pric... [more]