Month: July 2011

• RT @mattyglesias: Right-wing pundit jumped to blame Muslims and "Jihadists" for Norway attacks; http://ygl.as/nPYShA #
• RT @TidesCanEnergy Our new Vancouver Sun Op-Ed: "Demand for Oil May Not Always Be There." http://is.gd/oTeadF #
• As @ghoberg says, disgracefully condescending: B.C. first nations need to embrace natural resource projects #indigenous #
• Bad news for Arctic peoples. Persistent toxic pollutants in deep freeze released by climate change melting ice http://ow.ly/5MCWk #
• Guarantee minimum income, they'll go away RT @michaelhaack Elaine Power: Time to close Canada's #foodbank http://icio.us/fdQ62e #cdnpoli #
• RT @rabbleca: Is social assistance a 'poverty pariah'? #
• Killings in Norway Spotlight Anti-Muslim Thought in U.S in prominent blogs, columns. – NYTimes.com http://ow.ly/5MFFK #
• Bad. RT @climatekeith: Cdn Government Tries To Silence Artist @frankejames http://t.co/rzeKNsN via @TreeHugger #censorship #tarsands #bully #
• Get well soon, @jacklayton – Taking leave of absence for further cancer treatment. http://ow.ly/5MQoq #cdnpoli #
• RT @jacklayton: I’m fighting cancer now, so I can fight for families in September: http://ndp.ca/hhJyz #NDP #Cdnpoli #
• #oilsands #tarsands implications. US Congress Trying to Repeal Ban on Carbon-Heavy Fuels for Military – @solveclimate http://ow.ly/5MSAS #
• RT @dave_eby: Wow. RT @SethDKlein: Private prison coming to BC (past experience be damned): http://t.co/ih2oHme #cdnpoli #bcpoli #
• #rogers keeps calling me in Victoria and wants me to get on a 3 year deal, what gives? Any market changes expected? #yyj #
• RT @sepiamutiny: Oslo terrorist saw Hindutva groups as allies, quoted from their work, discussed India at length #
• Nice read from @judyrebick RT @harshawalia: Beyond resistance: Creating a better world here and now .. #
• RT @dgardner: The rush to dismiss Anders Breivik as a mere madman, and his murders as meaningless random acts, is astonishing. #
• Classic Margaret Wente, claims Anders Brevik was "crazy", no evidence needed http://ow.ly/5Nt3F #
• Debate Intensifies Over Climate Change Aspects of Canada's #OilSands Pipeline http://ow.ly/5NtzI #keystoneXL What? Experts are divided? OMG! #
• Way too much perfume on this @bc_transit bus, I am gagging, almost… #yyj #
• Thoroughly enjoy reading on my 3.5 inch smartphone screen with little strain, apparently I don't need an e-reader after all. #
• RT @cbc_victoria: Environmentalists & businesses hailing decision to save "Avatar Grove", 50 hectares of #vanisle ancient trees #yyj #bcpoli #
• RT @geoffdembicki: California and BC feeling #carbon offsets headache http://t.co/vAw2oFg via @TheTyee #bcpoli #climatechange #
• RT @bradplumer: The poorest 20% of Americans spend roughly 42% of their annual income on transportation: #
• BS laws! RT @cqwww: How does a cyclist turn left on a one way street? #cycle #YYJ #XQU #YXS #YLW #YYF #YPB #YZT #YPW http://lnkd.in/DVJJH4 #
• .@vicpdcanada Read your blog on #yyjbike injury http://ow.ly/5NS1t How do you suggest turning left off Fort from right bicycle lane? tx #yyj #
• Tony Hayward, head of BP during mega oil spill, now head of environment and safety at Glencore!! From @kate_sheppard #nottheonion #
• People who support forest offsets note, measuring carbon storage is very uncertain http://ow.ly/5NZT4 #climate #REDD #
• RT @harshawalia: Vandana Shiva on #India Privatising profit and resources, socialising pollution http://aje.me/pI0hee #climatejustice #
• Forget @MargaretAtwood for a second. Why the hell do the Ford brothers want to close libraries in #TO ? http://ow.ly/5O1ln #
• How can anyone, let alone a city mayor and councillor be opposed to #libraries ? #TO http://ow.ly/5O1wg #
• Bill Chameides, Dean of Env. Sci. at Duke University takes on #KeystoneXL http://ow.ly/5O2zo #tarsands #oilsands #cdnpoli #
• Take this, peak niobium. RT @greenprogress: Japanese Professor Shows Rare Earth-Free Electric Car http://t.co/QYa8gh7 via @TechCrunch #
• This is very worrying. Ottawa silences scientist Kristi Miller over West Coast #salmon virus leukemia study http://ow.ly/5OzU8 #
• When pipelines leak…Oil found on 60 percent of shoreline areas inspected since Yellowstone River spill http://ow.ly/5OA8l #
• Paul Willcocks: Gap between rich and rest growing. Excellent column in @timescolonist http://ow.ly/5OAU2 #yyj #
• RT @IglikaIvanova: Can't possibly be the only BC citizen w/o #HST ballot despite calling Elections BC. Anyone else missing theirs? #bcpoli #
• Just louder than your bedroom, quieter than your home. The Wind Turbine Noise Debate @CleanTechnica http://ow.ly/5OUve #
• High Stakes. RT @TP_Green: US Rep Rogers (R-AL): If We Take 2012 Elections, The EPA Will Be ‘Discontinued’ http://thkpr.gs/oYjVkF #
• .@tpholmes @scribbler9 Yep, indeed, @HernandezGanas is yummy. #yyj #
• RT @mikedesouza: Reuse, reduce, recycle? Not necc for Peter Kent's @environmentca http://ow.ly/5P16V #cdnpoli #waste #recycling #environment #
• Never let a crisis go to waste RT @envirowire: US GOP adds anti-environmental bill to debt crisis bill http://t.co/4envmSn (via @AlterNet) #
• Cross-border carbon tariffs are here. U.S. and Europe Battle Over Airline Carbon Fees – NYT http://ow.ly/5PCRT #climate #
• Of course, $57 increase per transatlantic flight based on upper end of industry estimate, use with skepticism. http://ow.ly/5PD3F #
• Norway concedes role in Chilean #salmon virus. http://ow.ly/5PDgV Meanwhile, we still wait to hear more about BC's virus. #
• RT @cityofvictoria: Victoria City Council approved the timeline for #yyjOCP #yyj #
• RT @drgrist: Here's a shocker: white conservative men are more likely to reject #climate change science. http://is.gd/kgXtSt #
• #Fracking earthquakes? RT @envirowire: MT @Phil_Radford "Natural" gas disposal wells to shut down after causing quakes http://t.co/BkyN7GT #
• RT @evidencenetwork: Embedded, pervasive waste, duplication major drivers of spiraling #cdnhealth costs http://ow.ly/5Pzt7 #cdnpoli #
• From @desmogblog Pipelines 101: Intro to North American Oil & Gas Pipeline Routes and Safety Concerns http://ow.ly/5PPtY #
• RT @harshawalia: #RobFord deserves to be criticized and confronted for lots of reasons, being fat, No #fatphobia #
• Bwaha! RT @academictitles: “It’s Atom and Eve, Not Atom and Steve: Evaluating the Role of Gender in Molecular Mass Difference Calculations” #
• RT @ericmjohnson .@thinkprogress: Norway terrorist Anders Breivik purchased high-capacity gun clips from the U.S. http://thkpr.gs/p4MmD6 #
• This will help Canada too RT @climateprogress: President Obama and Auto Companies Agree to New Fuel 54.5 MPG Standard #
• Will the new US fuel economy rules actually work? – They do, but there are loopholes too. – @bradplumer http://ow.ly/5QtzA #
• RT @judyrebick: 2nd half of essay on the future of the Left for @rabbleca focuses on structural change #canpoli #activism http://ow.ly/5Quf1 #
• WWF – India’s tigers up 20%, but habitat down 12.6%, not sustainable. http://ow.ly/5QxdH #
• RT @paulwillcocks: Jody Paterson: Liberal era has been bad news for parks and campers http://t.co/Gk208gu #bcpoli #
• RT @freakonomics: Killer Cars: An extra 1,000 lbs of vehicle weight increases crash fatalities by 47%. http://ow.ly/5QA9U via @first_power #
• RT @pembina: Court overturns Feds #oilsands decision to not recommend emergency protection for #caribou #ableg #cdnpoli #
• RT @dave_eby: Native Women's Association of Canada is pulling out of the Murdered and Missing Women Inquiry. http://ow.ly/5QFkp #bcpoli #
• RT @globepolitics: Judge gives Ottawa deadline to come up with caribou protection plan in #oilsands http://t.co/JDYFrgG #cdnpoli #tarsands #
• RT @kate_sheppard: New details in the bizarre gov't investigation of arctic biologist: #
• Polar Bear Science and the Spin Cycle – NYT from @revkin http://ow.ly/5QNvV Understates the secrecy of the "investigation", follow the links #
• .@revkin Thanls for Monnett article. You should also mention that the Feds are keeping charges, scope secret, seems unethical to me. #
• Wow, woke up at 9 this morning, way too much sleep, woozy. Sleeping 9+ hours not too good for me 🙂 #
• Increasing intensity. Via @andrew_leach: From EC GHG report #oilsands prod GHG/bbl to increase by 10% from 2005 to '20. #
• RT @MarcLeeCCPA: Shameless: Feds say Cda will be 7% above 2005 GHG emissions in 2020. Copenhagen commitment was -17% #

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• Wow, Feminists' Rock Camp was such a blast, thanks dear participants and friends, it was special. Now I am exhausted 🙂 #yyj #
• No! RT @ghoberg: if BC Energy Min is a decider on Site C, should he be giving full-throated advocacy when under review? #
• Oh twitter, I've been bit too busy for you lately, I'll be back soon 🙂 #
• The Audacity of Shaw: How Canada’s Internet just got Worse http://ow.ly/5HW7F. Shaw blatantly violates net neutrality #
• Alberta Energy Minister Ron Liepert a pipeline salesman? http://ow.ly/5I4VZ #oilsands #tarsands #abpoli #cdnpoli #
• RT @mims: Earth losing its #climate change defenses, says study #
• Ethical lobbying 🙂 Canadian oil industry bolsters DC lobbying presence http://ow.ly/5I6Re #cdnpoli #oilsands #tarsands #
• RT @jayrosen_nyu: The five URLs that have most influenced my ideas about journalism: http://t.co/ZLKifL8 Q & A with me in @TheBrowser #
• RT @naomidevine: Nice! RT @chadskelton: B.C.'s new open data catalogue listing 2,448 datasets out of the gate: http://ow.ly/5Ib1x #opendata #
• #opendata to undermine journalism? RT @publiceyeonline: government introduces controversial FOI release policy #bcpoli #
• RT @victorianews: Interest grows for city council seats: Nov elxn will likely see all incumbents running again #yyj #
• D'uh! From @mgeist . Bell's claims of Internet congestion may be overblown http://ow.ly/5IfWo #cdnpoli #CRTC #
• RT @megawitch: Cost of prisons rises 86 per cent under Tories Be afraid, they are. #cdnpoli #
• RT @mattyglesias: Maybe nonprofit institutions dedicated to advancing human knowledge should make their work product freely available to all #
• RT @borowitzreport: The only people who know less about what's going on than Murdoch are people who get their news from Murdoch. #NotW #
• WTF? Organic Water?? Are people mad? http://ow.ly/5IkPT #
• RT @drgrist: What’s the legal status of a country that gets swallowed by the ocean? #
• RT @tarsandsnews: Ontario refuses to call Alberta's #oilsands 'sustainable and responsible' – CTV.ca: #tarsands #
• Though I am guessing post October, Hudak will certify #oilsands as Mother Teresa's reincarnate 🙂 #tarsands #
• The #BCLibs experiment with running @bcferries as a quasi-private company isn’t working http://ow.ly/5IWIv #bcpoli #
• Canada's evidence free "tough on youth crime" plans bewilder international observers http://ow.ly/5IXvg #cdnpoli #FAIL #
• Canada leaves oceans at risk due to bottom trawling fishing, and resistance to regulation http://ow.ly/5J64p @timescolonist #
• RT @michaelhaack: Tough week @christyclarkbc – flip-flopping angers mayors and hurts political credibility http://icio.us/mVy4jW #bcpoli #fb #
• RT @climateprogress: Montana Judge Stops Transport of Equipment to #oilsands #TarSands #cdnpoli #
• Pathetic man. #Climate sceptic Lord Monckton told not to claim he's a member of House of Lordshttp://ow.ly/5J7Qa #
• Agreed! but it's just a matter of preference RT @howlabit: RT @WhiskeyWhisky Bourbon beats Scotch – #Whiskey #Whisky – http://ow.ly/5J7qV #
• RT @michaelhaack: Tough week @christyclarkbc – flip-flopping angers mayors and hurts political credibility http://icio.us/mVy4jW #bcpoli #
• #Solar Panels Cool Buildings from @YaleE360 http://t.co/rqIT5se They can change diapers and make tea as well 🙂 #
• One more. RT @heraldenergy: Swan Hills-area pipeline reports spill http://dlvr.it/bwQBS #tarsands #oilsands #
• RT @raventrust: Independent audit: BC Prosperity Mine environmental assessment just a rubberstamp. http://ow.ly/5JhVI #mining #water #bcpoli #
• All kinds of #race #FAIL: How to reach ethnic shoppers in your community – Canadian Grocer http://ow.ly/5JiRL thanks @cameronsgray #
• Why is a ship used for the torture and killing of Chileans being celebrated in Victoria? #yyj #tallships http://ow.ly/5JqjU #
• RT @inklesspw: I'm worried that Apple has run out of big cat names for its OS. They're stuck with Garfield next time. #firstworldproblems #
• #Hindu Fundamentalists. Accept the Bhagwad Gita or quit India, says Karnataka education minister http://ow.ly/5JtBe #
• RT @mikehudema: @DavidSuzukiFDN warns Ontario Tory scheme to cancel green energy plans is ‘absolute insanity’ http://t.co/jEqLtZm #ONpoli #
• Free pass for polluters: Harper prepares to cut environmental assessment agency 43% http://ow.ly/5JXZ0 #cdnpoli #
• God didn't make man; man made gods: What DNA reveals http://ow.ly/5JZcL #atheism #
• Ney York City Mayor Bloomberg Gives $50M To Sierra Club’s Anti-#Coal Campaign http://t.co/Lnzb4Qx .@YaleE360 #nocoal #
• RT @ghoberg 2 VanSun opeds trash BC's carbon neutral public sector policy: Jaccard Parfitt #bcpoli #
• RT @4commutrrail: "Our strong desire for a pan-Canadian health care system couldn't be more clear" Poll http://t.co/wtX0k0Q #bcpoli #cdnpoli #
• #Oilsands monitoring plan a good step forward – @andrew_leach http://ow.ly/5KbsW #tarsands Slow down approvals during setup. #
• Dwayne Winseck: Media was way out of step with electorate in #elxn41 95% endorsed Harper :@dgardner #
• Why #oilsands monitoring is still a long way off, and development continues unabated from TG&M http://ow.ly/5KPMg #tarsands #
• Surprise #ExxonMobil not cooperating on Montana Oil Spill, Schweitzer says http://ow.ly/5KY0e #
• Powerful! RT @triadonaldson: George Heyman to seek NDP nomination in Vancouver Fairview http://t.co/EEMHwBp @GeorgeHeyman #bcpoli #bcndp #
• Why is the federal government refusing to pay fair property tax in Esquimalt, BC? http://ow.ly/5L6Hc #yyj #cdnpoli #bcpoli #
• RT @Kenwardjr New on Coal Tattoo: If coal is so good, then why is West Virginia so poor?? http://j.mp/noFa3R #
• The @Kenwardjr Coal post seems to have been reported as phishing to bit.ly, I wonder why, new link here http://j.mp/r7Lzya #
• U.S. State Department to Assess #KeystoneXL Pipeline in August http://ow.ly/5Lemi #tarsands #oilsands via @solveclimate #
• rt @GdnPolitics: Chris Huhne orders inquiry into fossil fuel lobby influence over British Tory MEPs #
• RT@newmania …politics in Toronto: 1) Ford lies 2) Every paper except Sun calls him out 3) Ford ignores them 4) #tocouncil votes with Ford #
• Misha Piatigorsky with Neil Swainson, Kelby Macnayr at Hermann's Jazz was fantastic, they're on tonight too, go see them! #yyj #
• 23rd law of journalism. When a right wing white christian fundamentalist mass murders for political motive, it's not terrorism #

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• RT @sherwinarnott: No Liberals at #pride this year in Victoria? Just #ndp #cdnpoli #
• "Snicker factor aside, hemp is serious business" – TGAM http://ow.ly/5AZiK Who's snickering? Wait, it's you journalists! #
• Back to grey mornings in #yyj I had to put my sunglasses away on the bus… #
• Cool… RT @cbc_victoria: Saanich council is considering a policy where it will only buy local foods for it's facilities and events. #yyj #
• Neat. B.C.'s grey whales outwit climate change by hanging out around Vancouver Island http://ow.ly/5Bt7Q #yyj #
• RT @benwest: "Is BC about to drop a new carbon bomb?" @MarcLeeCCPA
  http://j.mp/qt4J8x #Climate #coal #fracking #Oil #GHG #P2ca #bcpoli #
• Anyone who goes on about corruption in "third world" countries should just follow the news of the world scandal #
• Canada, of course RT @mattyglesias: Given Greece and debt ceiling, to where can one flee to quality? Only so many Swiss francs to go around. in reply to mattyglesias #
• Just bombast! RT @leadnowca: RT if you disagree with #pmharper 's statement that the #cpc is #canada 's party. #cdnpoli http://ow.ly/5BxEa #
• RT @jeffjarvis: Good God, News Corp. hacked the prime minister. We've now stepped beyond Watergate. #
• Get your Feminists' Rock Camp Showcase flyers here and share widely http://j.mp/pqVArv @sherwinarnott and @beckycory designed! #yyj #
• Transcanada severely low balled #KeystoneXL pipeline spill frequency and intensity http://ow.ly/5BB7G #tarsands #oilsands #
• RT @rudepundit: Remember: every Murdoch "news" entity was outraged to the hilt over Wikileaks at the same time some were hacking phones. #
• The Victoria Public Library @gvpl has a great idea for you to test out ereaders, place a hold now, wait time around a month? #yyj #
• Must read from TGAM: RT @harshawalia: While number of poor grow and record job cuts, corporate profits soar #cdnpoli #
• Tap the Queen?? The monarchy is good for one thing, generating outrage against the Murdoch empire!http://ow.ly/5BNhn #
• Common hatchery practice could be harming #salmon http://ow.ly/5BNE2 Clipping fins impedes swimming, who knew, counterintuitive #
• RT @Adam_Stirling: BC Govt ripped-up pub sector contracts in past they considered unfair. W/ Hahn they express outrage & do nothing. #bcpoli #
• RT @garymasonglobe: How can the premier allow the board that approved this pension deal to remain in place? #bcpoli #Hahn #bcferries #
• Safe? #fracking fluid legal "discharge" destroys all ground cover, half the trees in West Virginia http://ow.ly/5CqTG #
• Of course, best practice on US oil addiction: Harm reduction, treatment, alternatives for addict, stringent penalties on the pusher 🙂 #
• Gordon Brown Says Newspaper Hired ‘Known Criminals’, bribed police officers http://ow.ly/5CtLM Wow, England is ridiculously corrupt #
• CIA fake vaccination schemes to catch Bin Laden not good for public health, feeds anti-vaccine paranoia http://ow.ly/5CvS1 #
• For example of anti-vaccine paranoia, now real, see this http://ow.ly/5Cwtn #
• RT @TheTyee: Net Neutrality: A Failure to Enforce http://t.co/XcKRnWK #crtc #internet #ubb @mgeist #
• RT @helesialuke: RT @themarknews: CBC Facing Five-Per-Cent Cut http://t.co/u9RsvRv Maybe start with Don Cherry's contract?#cdnpoli #
• Dear Amazon, I would love to buy a #kindle but not if you back anti-tax shenanigans in California http://ow.ly/5CIgA #
• RT @mattyglesias: Amazing how much people's policy thinking is driven by status quo bias. Basically nobody wants to change anything ever. #
• RT @duncankinney: More than 75% of bike-car collisions are caused by errant motorist behaviour: #yyjbike .@felixsalmon #
• Eradicating a Disease Vs. Eradicating a Terrorist: Why CIA faking vaccination programs is bad http://t.co/lFex9OP from @undispatch #
• RT @impolitical: Cda attended mtngs w/ North Korea for months then…surprise, boycott! Highly logical. http://feedly.com/k/o9QdHD #cdnpoli #
• In Toronto, Mayor Rob Ford wants to remove bike lanes, makes me appreciate @deanfortin and the bike friendly Victoria council more #yyj #
• Crap. Bomb blasts in Mumbai; 13 killed, 81 injured – India News – IBNLive http://ow.ly/5DAIN #
• RT @endpovertynow: Conference Board (yes!): Canada’s income gap growing: http://t.co/XtS77hb #cdnpoli #
• There is now mainstream consensus on the concern about increasing income inequality in Canada. #cdnpoli #
• RT @CBCSmart: #bcpoli Despite agreeing with public anger, Transport Min Lekstrom has no plans to fire @BCFerries Brd over Hahn's pension. #
• Feminists' Rock Camp is full, but come to the showcase on Sunday! Fort Cafe http://j.mp/pqVArv #yyj #yyjmusic #
• Feminists' Rock Camp is full, but come to the showcase on Sunday! Fort Cafe http://t.co/Intmpei #yyj #yyjmusic #
• Deconstructing BC’s carbon neutral government http://t.co/PLxrzKh from @marcleeCCPA #bcpoli #climate #
• RT @iglikaivanova: New @ConfBoardofCda report on rising income inequality in Canada confirms what we at @ccpa have been saying for years. #
• Bancroft Family Expresses Regrets at Selling Wall Street Journal to Murdoch http://t.co/Xmacxfd via @propublica #
• Hmm… RT @jordan_keats: Scientist proposes replacing peer review with something like Reddit – Boing Boing http://t.co/RvdBlCK #
• Toronto Council votes to remove Jarvis, Pharmacy, Birchmount #bike lanes – 680News http://ow.ly/5DW31 Elections matter. #
• RT @boraz: What’s wrong with scholarly publishing? Your feedback – Why should journals exist? #
• +1 Canada RT @borowitzreport: New Law, 'No Politicians Left Behind,' : Pay Congressmen Based on Performance: http://t.co/iBgM23W #cdnpoli #
• RT @wildernews: Controversial Juan de Fuca Trail development goes to public meeting http://t.co/WzI8qfq #savejdf #yyj #
• High-powered lobby calls on Canada to wean itself off oil From @mikedesouza #cdnpoli #tarsands #oilsands #
• My next few days will be consumed by Feminsts' Rock camp, in a fun way 🙂 http://j.mp/2011FRC #
• #yyj What happened? I am back to wearing a rain jacket in a bus with fogged up windows. #
• RT @judyrebick: Today from Britain, which privatized senior homes years ago. They are crashing: http://ow.ly/5EreY #robford via @rabbleca #
• RT @iglikaivanova: Pgms that effectively address #poverty expensive, but keeping people in #poverty costs more. #bcpoli http://t.co/NFn1lNO #
• Bridge to nowhere, natural gas not the answer, say @pembina and @davidsuzukiFDN http://ow.ly/5EuKy #climate #
• RT @yalee360: The U.S.'s most ambitious carbon capture project has been shelved by utility company http://t.co/GVWhvQN #carboncapture #
• Coal continues to be ground zero for carbon pollution, with no solution to mitigate in sight, shutdown only option #climate #
• RT @lornedaniel: Why traditional #media who try pay-for-news model online will struggle: http://t.co/fRvF7LI (Economist via @NewUrbanism) #
• RT @lacouvee: Please vote for Victoria Fringe Festival by @IntrepidTheatre as best festival. Contest by @WestJet http://ow.ly/5E6wI #yyj #
• RT @evidencenetwork @RoutlyH: Feel healthcare costs are out of control? This may change your mind http://t.co/i3UYeNz #cdnpoli #
• RT @propublica: Why hasn't Pakistan arrested the suspected masterminds behind the 2008 Mumbai attacks? http://propub.ca/oFKZrN #
• RT @andrew_leach: More on #keystoneXL and #oilsands @grist: . @billmckibben: Will North America be the new Middle East? http://ow.ly/5EJeg #
• RT @jmspecht: Auto-Centrism Nadir – Georgia Mom Convicted of Vehicular Homicide For Crossing Street s/ Kids http://t.co/QHtyiOH #walkability #
• RT @andrew_leach: Wonder if #abgov CCS subsidies are needed? AEP walked away from $350M from the DOE. CCS is expensive #
• #yyj is trying, but parking… RT @kate_sheppard: Good piece: On Biking, Why Can’t the U.S. Learn Lessons from Europe? #
• This does not bode well for worldwide carbon pricing. US-EU Showdown on Airline Emissions Begins http://ow.ly/5ETCl via @SciAm #
• RT @emmacaroline_: Dear #ShawCable you just LOST my business for being so rude to me over the phone… disgruntled customer #34945604560456 #
• #Montana Spill Pipeline May Have Carried #OilSands Crude – The plot thickens. http://ow.ly/5Fkri #tarsands #
• RT @mattyglesias: Shorter Beltway CW: America's too broke to repair infrastructure, but must achieve worldwide military domination. #

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• Back to grey mornings in #yyj I had to put my sunglasses away on the bus… #
• Cool… RT @cbc_victoria: Saanich council is considering a policy where it will only buy local foods for it's facilities and events. #yyj #
• Neat. B.C.'s grey whales outwit climate change by hanging out around Vancouver Island http://ow.ly/5Bt7Q #yyj #
• RT @benwest: "Is BC about to drop a new carbon bomb?" @MarcLeeCCPA
  http://j.mp/qt4J8x #Climate #coal #fracking #Oil #GHG #P2ca #bcpoli #
• Anyone who goes on about corruption in "third world" countries should just follow the news of the world scandal #
• Canada, of course RT @mattyglesias: Given Greece and debt ceiling, to where can one flee to quality? Only so many Swiss francs to go around. in reply to mattyglesias #
• Just bombast! RT @leadnowca: RT if you disagree with #pmharper 's statement that the #cpc is #canada 's party. #cdnpoli http://ow.ly/5BxEa #
• RT @jeffjarvis: Good God, News Corp. hacked the prime minister. We've now stepped beyond Watergate. #
• Get your Feminists' Rock Camp Showcase flyers here and share widely http://j.mp/pqVArv @sherwinarnott and @beckycory designed! #yyj #
• Transcanada severely low balled #KeystoneXL pipeline spill frequency and intensity http://ow.ly/5BB7G #tarsands #oilsands #
• RT @rudepundit: Remember: every Murdoch "news" entity was outraged to the hilt over Wikileaks at the same time some were hacking phones. #
• The Victoria Public Library @gvpl has a great idea for you to test out ereaders, place a hold now, wait time around a month? #yyj #
• Must read from TGAM: RT @harshawalia: While number of poor grow and record job cuts, corporate profits soar #cdnpoli #
• Tap the Queen?? The monarchy is good for one thing, generating outrage against the Murdoch empire!http://ow.ly/5BNhn #
• Common hatchery practice could be harming #salmon http://ow.ly/5BNE2 Clipping fins impedes swimming, who knew, counterintuitive #
• RT @Adam_Stirling: BC Govt ripped-up pub sector contracts in past they considered unfair. W/ Hahn they express outrage & do nothing. #bcpoli #
• RT @garymasonglobe: How can the premier allow the board that approved this pension deal to remain in place? #bcpoli #Hahn #bcferries #

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• RT @sherwinarnott: No Liberals at #pride this year in Victoria? Just #ndp #cdnpoli #
• "Snicker factor aside, hemp is serious business" – TGAM http://ow.ly/5AZiK Who's snickering? Wait, it's you journalists! #

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• Montana gov: Exxon-Mobil hiding truth, breaking open government laws in oil pipeline spill. http://ow.ly/5Asi4 #

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• RT @k_crawford1: 75% of Cdns don't think MPs share their views on big issues of the day. An alarming figure: #cdnpoli #
• RT @greenhousenyt: #Krugman hits Obama for adopting "Herbert Hoover" views. Embrace of GOP ideas endangers economy http://nyti.ms/o639vo #p2 #
• RT @cfuv: Feminist Rock camp rocks like a feminist! http://fb.me/xJIUkM8O #yyj Sure does! #
• Canada Has Plenty of Oil, but Does U.S. Want It? http://ow.ly/5zR02 #tarsands #oilsands #keystoneXL #abpoli – WSJ #
• Carbon dioxide, a gas "suspected" to contribute to global warming" – A gem of a quote from the WSJ http://ow.ly/5zRgK #climate #
• RT @harshawalia: Hey #YVR my girl @brownstargirl is launching her co-edited book Revolution Starts At Home. July 21 7 PM http://t.co/XunKMyf #
• .@dgardner US conservatives: Hypocrisy is a useless argument against political parties, they function to gain power, not to show consistency in reply to etateee #
• Too bad for the cougar. RT @cfax1070: Cougar shot near Sidney Pier #cfax #yyj… http://fb.me/VlURQawp #
• How the Right knocks over democratic building blocks by @JamieBiggar of @leadnow http://ow.ly/5zW0n #democracy #canpoli #
• RT @raulpacheco @translink: "Regional Cycling Strategy." TransLink's long-term transportation strategy: details #
• RT @charlieangusmp: #CRTC can't be trusted to protect public on net neutrality. #NDP will legislate clear rules on net neutrality. #cdnpoli #
• RT @rabbleca: Defining our class: The riddle of the middle from Erika Shaker of the @ccpa #cdnpoli #
• Jim Stanford of the CAW on Smart Tax Alliance Shenanigans. B.C.’s Toxic #HST Debate http://ow.ly/5zYPh #bcpoli #
• RT @iglikaivanova: BC lost 9,400 jobs last month according to latest StatsCan data. Elsewhere, ON up 40,300 and AB up 22,000. #jobs #bcpoli #
• RT @mrdeadtv: NDP to introduce motion on proportional representation in the House next session #electoralreform #cdnpoli http://t.co/Fbuq13S #
• .@julespenner go to @propublica Our Reader's Guide to the Phone Hacking Scandal http://j.mp/pxhvc5 #
• #Sidney is a suburb of #Victoria according to @CBC 🙂 Cougar shot in Victoria suburb of Sidney http://ow.ly/5A2B0 #yyj #
• Excellent column by David Brooks of the NYT (yes!!) on the cognitive effects of scarcity, Shafir and Mullainathan's work http://ow.ly/5Aazl #
• More BC red light cameras to reduce rising traffic fatalities http://ow.ly/5AcBj I support anything that inconveniences cars via @thetyee #
• Google+ is very pretty, and functional. I am liking it much #googleplus #

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• Hey, catch @nsoumya on Women on Air – CFUV http://cfuv.uvic.ca 1 PM today, talking about Feminists' Rock Camp. #yyj #
• Rupert Murdoch, Conrad Black, apparently right wing media tycoons interpret the law "differently" #
• Shale Gas Gives No Emissions Edge over Coal – Andrew Nikiforuk of @TheTyee http://ow.ly/5yT4p #fracking #bcpoli #
• RT @greenhousenyt: RT : BREAKING NEWS: The News of the World is to close. More details: @lisatozzi: RT @mediaguardian #
• RT @propublica: Why did Murdoch close News of the World? Get the backstory: #MuckReads @DVNJr @Sarahlellison #
• Very counter-intuitive 🙂 RT @acorncanada: New study out the US: Health Insurance saves lives of the poor: http://t.co/uo3unHI // #p2ca #
• "Rules Vague and Unenforceable, industry written" #Mining companies must clean up their own mess http://ow.ly/5z3eP #bcpoli #
• B.C.'s Environmental Assessment Office slammed by Attorney General. http://ow.ly/5z6qa Massive #bclib #fail #
• Canucks Owners. RT @wcelaw: Berry farm gets #water licence despite charges for pumping water illegally #envlaw #bcpoli #
• Prepare to duck. RT @drgrist: My new post: Cap-and-trade could spur faster cleantech investment than carbon tax #
• RT @john_size: Washington think-tank criticizes Harper government’s planned purchase of F-35 fighters. http://yhoo.it/onrfMv #cdnpoli #

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• Wow, lovely 30 km ride to work on the Lochside trail, birds, seals, rabbits, horses, blue skies, summer! #yyj #
• RT @pembina: New report finds Ontario power prices rising, with or without #Green #Energy #Act #onpoli #
• Just got the groupon for Theatre Skam, bike + theatre this weekend, http://gr.pn/qWnPFF It's a lot of fun, do it! #yyj #
• The "kids not interested in voting" meme came from StatsCan combining "Not interested" and "No difference"? http://ow.ly/5y7vT #cdnpoli #
• Agent Orange being used to illegally clear forests in the Amazon, what could possibly go wrong. http://ow.ly/5y8lI #
• Alberta approves new coal power, Harper gov encourages building before 2015 to avoid regulation http://ow.ly/5y9Aj #cdnpoli via @pembina #
• RT @wicary: Statscan settles for incomplete long-form surveys in 2011 #census raising fears of skewed data. http://tgam.ca/CeSB #cdnpoli #
• Everyone and their uncle warned that the Canadian #census would be compromised, if you recall #cdnpoli #
• RT @boraz: Balancing Biases How cognitive prejudices can influence research decisions #
• RT @drgrist: Despite recession, Californians install #solar panels at record-breaking pace http://is.gd/uVjnpZ #

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• An reported #oil spill every 5 days in Canada. 100 pipeline spills and accidents since 2010 http://ow.ly/5wYSP #climate #
• Rock Camp Showcase July 17th.The bands, instructors and local musicians perform original material http://ow.ly/5x0AI #yyj #
• RT @ccpa: The economic history and consequences of government assaults on unions: #cdnpoli #
• RT @mikehudema: As Alberta’s #TarSands Boom, Foes Target Project’s Lifelines by Jim Robbins: http://t.co/1cFfcb2 #oilsands #ableg #cdnpoli #
• Awesome headline 🙂 RT @drgrist: High on Pond Scum: When Will Aviation Biofuels Justify the Hype? #
• #abgov Env. Monitoring Panel: "Integrated. Sustainably-funded, arm’s length
  Environmental Monitoring" needed for the #oilsands #tarsands #
• Link tho the #abgov Environmental Monitoring Panel Report http://t.co/de3ULpH via @andrew_leach #tarsands #oilsands #cdnpoli #
• The #abgov #tarsands panel says sustainable, arms length, traditional knowledge, comprehensive, ecosystem based. Implementation?? #tarsands #
• RT @vicmicrolending: Victoria's first micro loan is … fully repaid. Thanks all who make this organization, this community possible! #yyj #
• RT @DanWoy: Enviro monitoring w/out mgmt & enforcement is like having smoke detectors but no firetrucks or firefighters. #oilsands #ableg #
• Rock Camp gear really coming together, thanks to awesome community members like Brent of Brentlift, forklift mechanic, and musician! #yyj #

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