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          <title>Keeping up with the Joneses a strong motivator for environmental behaviour: study</title>
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          <description>According to the experts, leveraging social norms is the key to altering behaviour rapidly</description>
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          <title>The Myth of the Echo Chamber</title>
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          <title>Why New Bike Lanes Are Good For Everyone — Yes, Even Drivers</title>
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          <title>Five Things We Learned from the Damning Report on the University of Calgary’s Connections with Enbridge</title>
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          <title>Christmas in the Technosphere: How to Lift the Weight of the World</title>
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          <title>A Surprisingly Simple Solution to Canada’s Stalled Energy Debate</title>
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          <title>Alberta’s Carbon Tax Doesn’t Equal ‘Social Licence’ for New Pipelines, Critics Say</title>
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          <title>Laws Needed to Protect Citizens from Industry, Government SLAPP Suits: B.C. Civil Liberties Association</title>
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          <dc:creator>Judith Lavoie</dc:creator>

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          <title>Feds Appoint Chair of B.C. Industry Group to Panel Reviewing Environmental Assessment Process</title>
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          <dc:creator>Carol Linnitt</dc:creator>

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