North Dakota is also home to the Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) in Grand Forks. Formerly a federal lab, the EERC is a leader in development of energy and environmental technologies. This specialty has drawn Canadian interest and resulted in cross-border projects and partnerships, including a partnership with RLP Energy, which has licensed mercury emissions control technology from EERC for use at a power plant in Nova Scotia. In addition, the Canadian Pacific Railway is experimenting with an EERC technology that will enable it to produce energy while safely disposing of its old railway ties.
http://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/minneapolis/bilat_can/dakota_n.aspx=========================================================================
The company that former Conservative MP Rahim Jaffer is alleged to have promoted to the government in his wife’s parliamentary office last year is a U.S.-Canadian firm that is developing technology to reduce mercury emissions in coal plants, sources say.
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http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/energy-firm-allegedly-promoted-by-rahim-jaffer-named/article1549022/========================================================================
I don't know if this is a smoking gun, but it is an interesting connection between Jaffer's lobbying and a government website