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    Just transition planning for a managed wind-down of fossil fuels in BC

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    Towards a managed wind-down: the conversation we need to have

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    When the impossible becomes possible: COVID-19, the climate crisis and lessons from the Second World War

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    BC’s first-ever poverty reduction strategy: An important step forward, but does it go far enough?

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