Canada:

British Columbia's Geothermal Potential (CBC News)

Green Party Leader Jane Sterk wants British Columbia (B.C.) to be an energy powerhouse but instead of pinning her hopes on LNG exports as B.C. Liberal leader Christy Clark has done, the Greens want to dig into the earth's surface for geothermal energy.

"The Green Party believes we can be a clean tech powerhouse. In terms of our renewable energy strategies, we have geothermal potential," says Sterk. "We are the only jurisdiction in the Ring of Fire that doesn't have geothermal power in place."

The Ring of Fire has given B.C. an abundance of geothermal energy and many hot springs. It's a huge energy source underneath the surface that B.C. hasn't harnessed yet to its full potential, say federal scientists and the lobby group for the industry.

In reality-checking the Green Party's claims that we have huge potential and remain the only jurisdiction not tapping into geothermal power, we did our own digging and found the claims are true.

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