B.C.'s Minister of Energy and Climate Solutions Adrian Dix has publicly acknowledged that the province needs work to hit its target of a 40-per-cent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from 2007 levels by 2030.

Adrian Dix wants British Columbia to be like Norway.

The province’s Minister of Energy and Climate Solutions expressed that aspiration during a recent, lengthy interview in his Vancouver riding. It would mean being a leading supplier of fossil fuels to the world, while also being a leader in the pivot away from them domestically.

It’s a desire that may not sit well with the province’s powerful environmental movement, which is accustomed to B.C. standing alongside Quebec as national leaders in unreservedly fighting climate change .

But it may align B.C. as neatly as anywhere

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