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hatrack

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Fri May 15, 2015, 08:39 AM May 2015

BC's Provincial Gov Takes Bold Action - Creates A Climate Advisory Panel!

B.C.'s Green Party MLA Andrew Weaver is calling out the province for being all talk and little action when it comes to addressing climate change. Premier Christy Clark announced this week a climate leadership team to reduce the province's greenhouse gas emissions. The team consists of academics, government and representatives, businesses, environmentalists and First Nations.

The team has until November to come up with recommendations on how to meet the province's greenhouse gas targets of reducing them by at least a third below 2007 levels by 2020 while expanding the economy.

Weaver, who was an advisor to former Premier Gordon Campbell in 2008 when he rolled out an ambitious plan to cut GHG emissions, says the government already has enough information to take action. "The reality is government has had advice for many years," he told The Early Edition's Rick Cluff.

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"It's set up the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions — a $95-million investment — they've been putting out white papers for last number of years; the government has its own climate action secretariat that's been advising for years. The fact is the government has not listened."

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http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-s-creation-of-climate-leadership-team-blasted-by-green-mla-1.3074439

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