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          <title>Geothermal Would Create 15 Times More Permanent Jobs Than Site C, Panel Told As BCUC Hearings Draw to Close</title>
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          <dc:creator>Judith Lavoie</dc:creator>

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          <title>If Saskatchewan Can Build a Geothermal Power Plant, Why Can’t B.C.?</title>
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          <title>Saskatchewan Did What?! Province OKs Canada&amp;#8217;s First Geothermal Power Plant</title>
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          <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jun 2017 22:15:36 +0000</pubDate>
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          <dc:creator>James Wilt</dc:creator>

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          <title>Meet The Forestry Town Striving to Become Canada’s First Geothermal Village</title>
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          <pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2016 17:35:43 +0000</pubDate>
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          <dc:creator>Carol Linnitt</dc:creator>

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               Alison Thompson               </category>
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               Borealis GeoPower               </category>
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               Canadian Geothermal Energy Association               </category>
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               Craig Dunn               </category>
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               Geothermal               </category>
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               greenhouses               </category>
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               In-Depth               </category>
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               Silvio Gislimberti               </category>
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          <title>Canada Has Enormous Geothermal Potential. Why Aren’t We Using it?</title>
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          <dc:creator>Carol Linnitt</dc:creator>

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               Alison Thompson               </category>
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               Ben Lee               </category>
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               CanGEA               </category>
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               Geological Survey of Canada               </category>
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               Iceland Geothermal Conference               </category>
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               Raven Thermal Services               </category>
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          <title>‘Unprecedented’ Comments from Chair of Site C Dam Panel Raised in B.C. Question Period</title>
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          <pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2015 14:36:28 +0000</pubDate>
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          <dc:creator>Emma Gilchrist</dc:creator>

          
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          <title>Judicial Review of Site C Dam Approval May Delay Project Start</title>
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          <pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2015 22:16:21 +0000</pubDate>
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          <dc:creator>Judith Lavoie</dc:creator>

          
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          <title>Geothermal Offers Cheaper, Cleaner Alternative to Site C Dam: New Report</title>
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          <pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2014 23:47:39 +0000</pubDate>
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          <dc:creator>Emma Gilchrist</dc:creator>

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          <title>New Maps Reveal B.C. Has Enough Geothermal Potential to Power Entire Province</title>
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          <dc:creator>Erin Flegg</dc:creator>

          
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