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Environment Minister George Heyman introduced amendments Wednesday to impose the changes.
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Target sectors outlined by the previous B.C. Liberal government are to be implemented over the next year and a half, Heyman said.
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B.C. Green Party leader Andrew Weaver praised the latest step to implement B.C.香蕉视频直播檚 climate action strategy, after decades of federal and international targets that resulted in little action.
香蕉视频直播淐ampaign trail promises to address climate change are meaningless without concrete policy action to bring those promises to fruition,香蕉视频直播� Weaver said.
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