British Columbians' Views on Climate Change and Clean Energy

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April 24, 2014
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Matt Horne
Former Associate Regional Director, British Columbia
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Kevin Sauve
Former Communications Lead
Tom Pedersen
James Glave
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British Columbians want the province to produce, use and export fewer fossil fuels and embrace cleaner sources of energy instead. These are the results and summary of public opinion research commissioned by the Pembina Institute, Clean Energy Canada and the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions, and conducted by Strategic Communications Inc. in April of 2014.

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Matt Horne
Former Associate Regional Director, British Columbia
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Kevin Sauve
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