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Despite the fact that British Columbia arguably has the dubious honour of leading Canada’s provinces and territories in displaying the most visible signs of climate change, the production of greenhouses gases has gone up nearly 30 percent in the province since 1990.

What will it take for British Columbians to wise up to the effects their excesses are having on the forests, rivers and oceans that are so often lauded in promotional brochures and television spots across the country? If bearing witness to the kilometres of orange needled skeletons in the formerly healthy pine forests of the interior or living in apprehension of another fire-filled summer in the Thompson-Nicola and the Okanagan region will not stop people from driving their Hummers to work, is there anything that can be done to convince people that the melting of artic ice floes and the degradation of global air quality really is going to have a lasting and harmful effect on BC?

You can find the entire article here http://www.aboutmyplanet.com/climate...ly-mean-for-bc