Christy Clark LNG

B.C.’s Failed Climate Leadership: How Did We Get Here?

B.C. has long been celebrated as a climate leader. One of the first jurisdictions in the world to introduce a successful and broadly supported carbon tax, B.C. was poised to be a world-class climate leader. Yet B.C. is not on track to meet is near or long-term climate targets. In fact, the province is set to dramatically increase its emissions in coming years. So who and what is to blame?

This four part series by Martyn Brown, former chief of staff for Premier Gordon Campbell, takes a close look at B.C.'s climate inaction and the role liquified natural gas, Big Oil and political obfuscation have to play in it.

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