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Mira Shenker has been editor of ReNew Canada since May 2007. She has written articles on a wide variety of topics including financing, green building, governance and foreign investing.

Mira has written 58 posts on ReNew Canada.

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Mad in Canada

Mad in Canada

Posted on 01 September 2010

During a 2007 business mission to the Netherlands in which ReNew Canada participated, there was a heavy focus on how Canada—Ontario, in particular—could benefit from a technology partnership with the [...]

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Isn’t Energy Infrastructure?

Posted on 23 August 2010

It looks like if I'll be adding another contact to my list--now if I want information about energy infrastructure in Ontario, I'll be calling the Energy Minister's office, not the office of the Minister [...]

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Energy Remix: Reactors or Renewables?

Posted on 08 July 2010

This issue’s feature story rehashes the long-standing debate over the future of nuclear energy in Canada—with a new twist. Even if Ontario refurbishes its nuclear fleet, Canadian workers and companies [...]

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Company Line

Company Line

Posted on 06 July 2010

“This issue is way too important for government,” said scientist and environmentalist Amory Lovins in reference to leading the transition to a low-carbon economy . Peter Halsall, of Toronto-based [...]

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Post-G20 and Pre-COP16: the World Energy Congress

Posted on 05 July 2010

With all the news coverage focussing on the G20 protests in downtown Toronto, people may be forgetting to ask what was actually accomplished at the summit. As expected, G20 Leaders reaffirmed the commitment [...]

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Slick Protesters and Big Expectations at the G20

Posted on 24 June 2010

In a letter we printed in our upcoming July/August issue, Stéphane Bertrand, executive director of  WEC Montréal 2010, said energy will be front and centre on the agendas for the G8/G20 Summits, and [...]

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Flying Cars! It’s Happening

Posted on 21 May 2010

This is just too exciting. Some readers may recall that our staff has, on several occasions, asked the question: It's the twenty-first century, where are our flying cars? We asked it back in May/June [...]

New ReImagine Column to Feature Redesign of Edmonton Airport Lands

Posted on 20 May 2010

Starting with our upcoming July/August issue, we’re launching a new regular column called ReImagine. This column joins our longtime regulars ReMediate, ReThink, ReFinance and, of course, Re: The Law [...]

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This Morning at OCE: Water Tech, Biochar, EAs

Posted on 17 May 2010

This morning at EC3's session at OCE's Discovery2010, Minister Gerretsen gave his final pre-pre-legislation teaser speech. Tomorrow, Ontario's environment ministry will propose legislation that aims to [...]

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A Tale of Three Cities

A Tale of Three Cities

Posted on 04 May 2010

“Regina has never had a master plan before,” says Mayor Pat Fiacco. “Before this, everything was done on an ad hoc basis.” What’s so great about a plan? For starters [...]

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