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Why B.C. needs
green energy
Global warming
B.C.’s dirtiest
power source...
Alberta
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How B.C. can
get green energy
Wind-generated
electricity
Run-of-river hydro
Geothermal energy
Wave energy
Tidal energy
Solar energy
Other renewables:
See the film
How other countries
and provinces
compare to B.C.

Why BC Hydro
can’t supply it
The Burrard Thermal
Generating Plant
The Duke Point scheme

Straight
answers to
persistent myths

Who stands
in the way?
COPE 378,
home of the whopper
COPE 378 gets it
wrong, wrong, wrong
The Wilderness Committee’s political agenda
The Save Our Rivers Society — from anonymity to celebrity
B.C. Citizens for
Public Power: This is a grassroots group?
The Council of Canadians: Forever nationalist, sometimes
Take Back the Power... and give it to COPE 378
John Calvert’s and Marvin Shaffer’s work discredited

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By neglecting our potential
we’re neglecting the future

B.C.’s potential for green energy surpasses most parts of the world. But many other countries surpass us in experience. They’ve proven green energy works within stringent environmental standards. We can follow their example and learn from their experience.

Some European countries, for example, are world leaders in both wind-generated energy and environmental awareness. In the pristine Alps, meanwhile, almost every stream and river has a run-of-river hydro project.

Countries like Iceland and the Philippines, as well as the U.S., are well ahead of us in geothermal energy. Portugal, Denmark, Australia, the UK and the U.S. have taken the lead in developing electricity from waves and the tide.

B.C.’s potential for clean electricity is incredibly rich. So rich, in fact, that B.C. could set an international example for sustainable living.

Green power is nothing new or revolutionary. B.C. can learn from others who have led the way. By following their example we can realize B.C.’s tremendous potential for clean, renewable electricity.

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