Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-11-27

• 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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• Exxon, Dow, etc fined millions for underreporting greenhouse gas emissions in Scotland http://t.co/BHscVARi #climate #
• Wow, a 60 person chain!! RT @sushobhan: Lives Forever Linked Through Kidney Transplant Chain http://t.co/OSdoGJKk Heartwarming story. #
• Bonds Backed by Mortgages Regain Allure – @NYTimes http://t.co/a29ufade This time, everything will be all right #
• Enbridge May Reconsider Pipeline Route to Prince Rupert instead of Kitimat http://t.co/SSw9q80b #tarsands #oilsands @reuters #
• Should actually read The Alberta oil sands and climate by Swart and Weaver, media message too simplistic. http://t.co/B6TF3SgN #
• Not at all surprised that Weaver's last line: "avoiding commitments to new infrastructure
  supporting fossil fuel dependence" not reported #
• RT @alexhimelfarb: Free markets and the disappearing middle http://t.co/BoN7ASF8 #inequality #
• Waves. RT @rickmercer: Hello Victoria. Green grass. Saw people playing tennis on approach. Stunning as always. #yyj #
• On a side note, most will not read Swart and Weaver's really accessible and readable paper because it's behind a paywall. #
• RT @uvicsjs: Tomorrow 7:30pm! Conversations w/ Activists: @VIPIRG Community-Based Research as Community Organizing. http://t.co/uZCsoLVI #
• MT @mikedesouza: #Oilsands env. and energy impacts posing 'financial risk' to Alberta, says PCO: http://t.co/ZErS5lx4 #environment #cdnpoli #
• I am constantly in awe of @mikedesouza for finding secret memos, that's all. http://t.co/ZErS5lx4 #
• RT @Tzeporah: @billmckibben and Hansen respond to Weaver's coal is worse than #tarsands piece #cdnpoli http://t.co/8VwE8C97 via @350 #
• Neil Swart of the Swart and Weaver paper has a summary of the paper on his website. http://t.co/D5vN06IG #
• What Bill #C10 could mean for Canada’s native people – The Globe and Mail http://t.co/OOmhAKbX #indigenous #cdnpoli #
• .@acoyne Not so simple, read http://t.co/Tr9Ce8lg or http://t.co/sd7NFjC8 for context, and Weaver was on CBC this morning, fleshing it out. #
• RT @climatebrad: Santorum: "You let a forest take care of itself, what you'll have is decay and destruction" http://t.co/FpfualKo #
• Transparency FTW RT @mjeso: School board to record votes, after all http://t.co/3b5TqhB5 #yyj #
• Memories of Bhopal disaster derail Dow's Olympic sponsorship. http://t.co/z5TXspun Now, to help the thousands still affected. #
• Paying some company so they can "allow" hyperlinks RT @toriklassen More Canadian universities cave to Access Copyright. http://t.co/620Zm7dz #
• At #twtmoot I believe RT @wcelaw: #EcoMonday World's 1st Twitter Moot to discuss #envlaw #indigenous rights & caribou http://t.co/PUHNbMYi #
• EU vs. the world on carbon pricing. Airlines and tar sands proxy for bigger climate battles -@bbc http://t.co/PSISfpxp #
• <3 whale oil analogies "@camz99: 'Fossil fuels are the new whale oil', says environmentalist Amory Lovins http://t.co/tJFABXwz via @guardian #
• #Generic cancer drug shortage in US symptomatic of US FDA policies prioritising big pharma over generics. http://t.co/qWjnU7B7 #
• RT @andrew_leach: RT @carbonmeme: Andrew Weaver coauthor of the coal versus oil sands study writes in HuffPost: http://t.co/LyoGxTRZ #
• FWIW, the frame of comparing one industrial project's emissions with the emissions of all other fossil fuels ever is troublesome. #
• Hope peds come 1st RT @councillorprice: Peninsula News Review – Sidney plans for future Beacon Avenue interchange: http://t.co/I6bADYqa #yyj #
• Ha. RT @marcleeccpa: How bout this, CAPP: You can have KeystoneXL and N Gateway if we close down all coal and n. gas prod'n. Deal? #
• RT @petemyers: RT @bryanrwalsh: UCS Prez Kevin Knobloch on @PeterGleick and Heartland: http://t.co/0zaPJ6LR #HeartlandGate #climate #AGW #
• Difference between #climategate and #heartland gate: @PeterGleick's public apology and flogging vs crickets on the #climategate hackers #
• Good… MT @drgrist: Economics, not EPA rules, driving coal plants into retirement in the US: http://t.co/6OMaf2lv #
• RT @boraz: It’s Not Academic: How Publishers Are Squelching Science Communication http://t.co/IkZTJHqa by @SauropodMike #
• RT @UBC350: There's more to BC "carbon pipeline" than #NGP B.C. coal exports coming under GHG scrutiny http://t.co/8AtbMZR8 #BCNRG #bcpoli #
• .@ubc350 This excellent article by Barry Saxifrage last year is worth a read on BC coal and C tax exemptions http://t.co/Ku9Ak4zz #
• The @ccpa picks apart fuzzy and selective maths in the #drummond report, unquestioning acceptance http://t.co/rVhQStHX #
• X < Y doesn't mean X is small. RT @ubcic: Canada’s oil sands: Not so dirty after all http://t.co/Odsmi2rp #bcpoli #cdnpoli #tarsands #
• For a better example of how to accurately, and with nuance, report a scientific study, see this from @Mikedesouza http://t.co/CZ11iBjU #
• RT @cfax1070: BC Budget 2012: Making up the $706-mil deficit by selling public land, listen to @cfax1070 for details #bcpoli #
• This chart, via @ezraklein does not bode well for print media in its current ad-funded form. http://t.co/kY9zEG1d #
• Wow, intriguing… RT @omgubuntu: Watch Ubuntu for Android in Action http://t.co/KBCFliMn #ubuntu #android cc @thesarahmundy #
• RT @kevinsmcarthur: I wonder how @ElizabethMay and @denisesavoie feel about @SaanichPolice supporting #C30 in their districts? #yyj #
• BC to "review" future of carbon tax, Falcon claims that it hurts competitiveness http://t.co/OWAUO7XV #bcpoli #
• Wait, the BC #carbontax affects the food export sector? http://t.co/WQlJ9s53. 28.4% vegetable growth last FY http://t.co/TPWGN9WG #bcpoli #
• RT @marcleeccpa: 1/2 of BC budget deficit is just an accounting artifact for the repayment of fed HST @IglikaIvanova http://t.co/EnokE1Lr #
• RT @georgiastraitbc: RT @wildernews: BC budget alarmingly short-sighted in the age of climate change http://t.co/4RtMqq1T #bcpoli #
• Makes sense… RT @MarcLeeCCPA: Seniors home reno credit and kids sport/arts credit billed to carbon tax. #bcpoli #
• Nigerians 'too poor to sue over corporate environmental abuse' http://t.co/1ZAK72ld #
• Mandatory drug sentences 'colossal mistake', – Writer of US law. Senate, your call http://t.co/45YIUrd8 #cdnpoli #C10 #
• Okay 🙂 RT @noii_vancouver: @noii_vancouver closing down our twitter moving to @nooneisillegal #
• RT @milesgrant: Scientists who cross the line are outcasts, deniers who do get CNN contracts: http://t.co/CZFsgU8W #p2 #climate #
• RT @dgardner: As a flaky religious nut gets closer to control of nuclear weapons, Israel prepares to bomb Pennsylvania. http://t.co/LN68rujb #
• So, peer reviewers and editors, do you currently review articles for readability? http://t.co/KmusxjGd #
• Via @dougsaunders, it appears Santorum's come from behind story is drawing crowds in Cumming, Georgia. http://t.co/WPmCRvMS #
• Problem with carbon tax: Each sector always argues for exemption thanks to their importance and virtue http://t.co/aziuujMu #bcpoli #
• #WTO case law: Different production processes do not make similar products dissimilar. – http://t.co/Ze5v2DEL via @andrew_leach #oilsands #
• #WTO case law emblematic of the indifference to environmental and social concerns in these so called free trade arbiters. #
• The Falcon budget, or have the Liberals conceded defeat? Asks Paul Wilcocks from afar http://t.co/E1sdNUf3 #bcpoli #
• This pre-dates the current recession, BTW. RT @drgrist: Americans Drive Less, Keep Cars Longer http://t.co/ay26NluN #
• OTOH RT @climateprogress: Coal Consumption in China Rises at Fastest Rate Since 2005 http://t.co/w4QFCL76 #
• RT @sherwinarnott: Government Pressures Twitter to Hand Over Occupy Wall Street Protester Location Data sans Warrant https://t.co/ftdk2wPZ #
• This paper ($$) says env. effects due to carbon capture and sequestration mostly unavoidable http://t.co/s51R5nD2 Readable abstracts, pls! #
• RT @rivrchik: @pembina backgrounder explains proposed EU fuel-quality directive and implications for Canada http://t.co/G2NFBHfy #tarsands #
• Insane. RT @myopiclenses: Say NO to death for drugs in India http://t.co/dPFLlzk4 . @TheHindu #
• US government official takes apart a poorly researched anti-regulation screed from @theeconomist http://t.co/dvXAJyfj #
• New Environment Canada study ($$) shows high, rising emissions of air pollutants from #tarsands http://t.co/DSHiSG8e #oilsands #
• Pollution measurements of sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxides from #tarsands comparable to those from large coal plants. http://t.co/LHnJqZAA #
• Of course, emit enough SO2 into the atmosphere, and with aerosol formation, you start counteracting CO2 warming 🙂 #partoftheplan #
• #tarsands Tankers from the Northern Gateway pipeline also bound for Washington, Cali along BC coast past #yyj http://t.co/bc5knSj0 #
• So, we could see #tarsands tanker traffic from both the Gateway pipeline and Transmountain pipeline along #yyj #
• .@cbcsmart MSP more like $2.50 a day, or gasoline tax on 160L of gas, or about half my family's property taxes last year. #bcpoli #
• If someone's blog doesn't allow comments, would you bother commenting them on twitter? #
• RT @propublica: Should towns be allowed to ban #fracking NY state court says yes. http://t.co/Vh63qzRZ #
• Biggest Romney Super-PAC Donor Also Big Climate Hawk, donated >$40M to @EnvDefenseFund http://t.co/fPekpqK4 #smallworld #
• Opponents to European Airline Emissions Law Prepare Their Countermeasures http://t.co/9aJBzxhy Guessing these don't include carbon pricing #
• At what point in time will the "Industry just wants stable, simple carbon pricing" canard die? #
• Waiting to hear Cynthia Enloe on "the post war era" at #uvic #
• I don't think I would go to a talk about war usually. Enloe's perspectives is riveting to me #enloeuvic #
• War, women and inheritance law. Never thought about that… #enloeuvic #
• War widows thinking of themselves collectively in Iraq. The politicalization of widowhood goes against the grain… #enloeuvic #
• Enloe has numbers up on the board. Most are American or Canadian casualties. Interesting choice… #enloeuvic #
• Can a government convince women as mothers and wives to take care of the wounded without pay as a patriotic measure? #enloeuvic #
• Requiring this of women requires them to acquiesce, internalize image as "good wife" or "good mother" #enloeuvic #
• Sacrifice looks different in men and women. Women sacrifice, so we understate the real cost of war #enloeuvic #
• On war. Cynthia Enloe ends by saying "Ask feminist questions, be realistic" #
• On war. Cynthia Enloe ends by saying "Ask feminist questions, be realistic" #enloeuvic #
• Awesome sauce 🙂 RT @janniaragon: We were just serenaded by Dr. Cynthia Enloe. #UVIC #humblebrag #enloeuvic #
• B.C. health-premium hike draws broad criticism http://t.co/FXH8vqJF #bcpoli #
• B.C. First Nations’ lack of broadband Internet access called “ridiculous” http://t.co/vQhX3MTI #bcpoli #indigenous #
• EU stalls Canada’s #tarsands 'dirty' ranking. Countries with #oilsands investments 'abstained' http://t.co/GyO5lb4N #cdnpoli #
• Fraudulent Canadian #elxn41 election calls traced to an Edmonton firm with #cpc Tory links http://t.co/BeWNWXA9 #cdnpoli #
• UN slams Canada for First Nations treatment http://t.co/CPyTWxes #cdnpoli #indigenous #
• Uh Oh, watch out for sleep tweeter @chris4community 🙂 Saw you across the hall at policing poverty, couldn't find you later to say hi! #
• Canada not tracking prescription drug death statistics, provinces not coordinating http://t.co/XsxRIL59 #cdnpoli #cdnhealth #
• Occupy the consumer credit bureaus! http://t.co/tw3rPSOV @occupyCanada Any efforts on this front? credit transparency FTW #cdnpoli #
• Hmm?? RT @nosmartmetersbc: "At the root of the globalist movement is Agenda 21, ‘Sustainable Development….’' UN #bcpoli #cdnpoli #quebec #
• In protest against sale of "crown" land RT @dean_murdock: Local Councillors quit PCC: http://t.co/1jpcibBi #cfax #yyj #saanich #bcpoli #
• The irony of Albertans saying that #tarsands are "better than coal" while going all in on coal. http://t.co/Q30U89ml #cdnpoli #
• RT @308dotcom: ThreeHundredEight [new post]: Double-digit lead for B.C. New Democrats. #bcpoli http://t.co/Q90Ka95y #
• RT @farandwide: Look people, everyone knows the Conservatives would never sanction erroneous calls to voters http://t.co/1tIxRq86 #robocalls #
• RT @inklesspw: Here's the guy conscripted to make phoney trade-war threats to the EU over #ethicaloil http://t.co/MN4t57CS #cdnpoli #
• Why we don’t eat our vegetables http://t.co/UuEOeEaJ Apparently because it's a pain to cook… #
• .@dgardner See @Mikedesouza on how to report scientific studies correctly, http://t.co/CZ11iBjU or see mine http://t.co/VHai88hM #
• Talk Canada being a bad climate actor gives Obama a free pass, working with Saudi Arabia to kill EU Carbon rules. http://t.co/fYfWHiKe #
• When journalists call an emissions trading system a carbon tax, they're just disinterested observers http://t.co/kC29F1NU #
• +1 RT @MarcLeeCCPA: A really well-articulated piece from @nathancullen: An Economy for Canadians, Not the Oil Patch http://t.co/sSAkcev7 #
• We, robots. @susandelacourt on the #CPC election scandal #Roboscam and #vikileaks http://t.co/ZxG8TZJU #cdnpoli #
• Relevant in Canada too? RT @ezraklein: Tax spending is much worse than government spending: http://t.co/UbSJSzCN #cdnpoli #
• Windows that make power. “Invisible” Solar Panels are on the Way http://t.co/0O2CHwWo via @cleantechnica #
• Homosexuality in India: A Literary History http://t.co/yn0H0rEH #gender #
• Our healthcare's more efficient RT @nspector4: David Brooks in NYT: US spends more than Canada on social programs http://t.co/LhX1z1bX #
• "@iglikaivanova Canada will never prosper if it doesn’t confront rising income #inequality & persistently high #poverty http://t.co/ELoAJDya #
• Table 1 is awesome. RT @ghoberg: Great summary on #climatescience consensus from Get Energy Smart Now http://t.co/ZBpL16AN #
• Hmm…RT @drgrist: Finally, a smoking gun connecting livestock antibiotics and superbugs http://t.co/aqpsxLPR #
• RT @robwipond: Andrew Weaver is unfortunately skewing his own facts from his oil sands report http://t.co/LghtLneJ #
• RT @mattyglesias: Rich people agree: environmentalists are out of touch with the working class! http://t.co/yET8tgi6 #
• Environmental and Health Impacts of Canada’s Bitumen Industry: In Search of Answers http://t.co/sGWydenx #tarsands #oilsands #
• est you thought Bill McKibben was only against the #tarsands here he takes #fracking http://t.co/VkNJIO53 #
• Peter MacKay runs from questions over 'stupid' military dirt digging on Liberals http://t.co/unRLh869 #cdnpoli #scandalweek #
• RT @leadnowca: The #robocall scapegoat strategy is ridiculous. #canadiansarenotstupid #cdnpoli Demand consequences – http://t.co/wk2pWg6g #
• RT @andrew_leach: Kyoto Protocol Implementation Act going by the wayside. RT @dougtingey: Kent to repeal #KPIA http://t.co/dQVcviwK #
• +1 RT @sherwinarnott: People remember the #robocall fraud in Saanich-Gulf Islands in 2008 that favoured #CPC MP Gary Lunn, right? #cdnpoli #
• More on #cpc Gary Lunn Election #robocalls in 2008 http://t.co/96VGoNUg This isn't new, thanks @sherwinarnott for reminding #cdnpoli #
• RT @mikedesouza: Scientists spar over #oilsands impacts report as #RSC agrees to review critique http://t.co/DZaqhpUv #
• Glad to hear this! RT @lisahelps: I'm helping @leadnowca (re)generate our democracy! Join me #yourcnda #cdnpoli http://t.co/lnYMld5K #yyj #
• Might be more sympathetic to regressive consumption taxes if the same people also didn't make arguments to cut spending http://t.co/ykWWgqoo #
• Cannot keep up with these #CPC phone frauds, second one this week, this time harassing phone calls http://t.co/Anoziq2d #
• It would do the @BCNDP a lot of good to detail how they're going to fix BC's liquor licence mess http://t.co/g9LSJB7d #bcpoli #
• Apple makes $30 for every dollar it pays a manufacturing worker, Ford – $2, would make $8/car if it paid Foxconn wages http://t.co/DIF5C3vp #
• Americans say they want smaller homes. So why do they keep buying bigger ones? @bradplumer http://t.co/UD3DhsCm #
• The Great Natural Gas Footrace: Where Have We Seen This Before? http://t.co/alC4qpOg Nice article from Ben Parfitt of the @ccpa #

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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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• EU building retrofit and maintenance energy policy may bring 500,000 jobs. http://t.co/ogIeKxMg #
• RT @marcleeccpa: New climate piece from James Hansen, Cowards in our Democracies http://t.co/exNiqnnj #
• RT @cfax1070: T'Sou-ke First Nation awarded $1-million for clean energy project #cfax #yyj… http://t.co/uNU79HE7 #
• The Wall Street Journal is so extremist on climate change, can't believe it is a mainstream paper http://t.co/kmSFZwmg #
• How the Harper govt is whipping up anger to selectively downsize – by @susandelacourt http://t.co/7u3RTqOZ #cdnpoli #
• How First Nations Are Gearing Up for Legal Battle Against Gateway: @geoffdembicki http://t.co/ywoCU28J #tarsands #oilsands #
• 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami is going to keep me busy for a week or two… #
• Wow, over >100 years, conservative US presidents associated with greater risk of suicide in population http://t.co/99xRCvbJ #
• Paul @NyTimesKrugman – The Austerity Debacle – Required reading 🙂 http://t.co/TjUxOA91 #
• Virtuous cycle: 10 lessons from the world’s great biking cities @grist http://t.co/5WctGNVP Lessons for #yyj #yyjbike #
• Tamils await their peace dividend as Colombo government obstruct efforts to address war crimes, sexual violence http://t.co/TVkkPmN9 #
• Can't make this stuff up. RT @bclobbyist: B.C. Liberals planned to promote HST with iPad giveaway http://t.co/b8FwFKbz #bcpoli #hst #
• Good for them RT @victriviaqueen: @Goodreads Transitions to New (Open) Data Sources http://t.co/aUpb84z0 #
• Occupy the #bcleg BC dead last on income inequality: BC Stats http://t.co/AzS8foz1 #bcpoli via @ccpa #
• He did not answer! RT @pdmcleod: @MeganLeslieMP asks Nat Resources Minister Joe Oliver if he believes in climate change… #cdnpoli #
• RT @denisesavoie: Support the effort to develop a National Transit Strategy by circulating this petition! http://t.co/ZSIC55d7 #cdnpoli #
• Got my BC Hydro smart meter install notice, claimed it would save me energy. Can I have some programmable thermostats as well 🙂 #bcpoli #
• In our current system, I don't think smart meters can lead to consumer savings, but may save BC Hydro labour costs #bcpoli #
• While on the topic…Smart meters not harmful, says B.C. health official http://t.co/on0ew1mg #bcpoli #
• End to federal home retrofit program a blow to #yyj contractors @timescolonist http://t.co/C6D6HDId #bcpoli #cdnpoli #
• RT @susandelacourt: Chris Hedges wonders: "What Happened to Canada?" http://t.co/pIbtOpM0 #cdnpoli #
• This isn't poker. Take a stand RT @UBCIC: B.C. not ready to tip its hand on Gateway project http://t.co/hhRmRRyS #bcpoli #cdnpoli #tarsands #
• Apartment Buildings Could Save Billions with Energy Efficiency Improvements http://t.co/gM8QXjqz via @cleantechnica But good policy needed #
• RT @janlokpal: #DropDowNow RT @DNA: Bhopal NGOs criticise London Olympics chief over stand on Dow http://t.co/6sVxtVMt #
• Wow, pythons abandoned by pet owners have multiplied and destroyed small mammal populations in Florida http://t.co/lKRfomON #
• RT @alexatsp: In the Developing World, #Solar Is Cheaper than Fossil Fuels – Technology Review http://t.co/WHA5h6Iy #
• RT @ecojustice_ca: #Suncor challenging lawsuit to protect Ontario families from air pollution in Chemical Valley http://t.co/ABaXja3j #
• “@evandivalentino: Canada is 83rd in world for energy efficiency. http://t.co/jM4fDbDs Is cancelling efficiency incentives wise? #cdnpoli
  

• #Climate skeptics gathering influence in #CPC Tory Senate seats http://t.co/r4qN2CQ0 from @mikedesouza #cdnpoli #FAIL #
• Expenditures on corporate welfare almost twice that on social welfare in Canada http://t.co/FvSJkGiS #cdnpoli #
• By 2109, all sentences are just the word sustainable repeated http://t.co/UUBu3YSV via @xkcd #extrapolationgonewild #
• I am liking @drgrist And therefore, we're f*cked series of posts http://t.co/ojoOpDue #
• Why is Tony Clement in important positions after further unfolding G8 corruption? http://t.co/2ogFQ0eR #cdnpoli #
• Private equity firms shift wealth to investors by breaking contracts w/ workers, suppliers, etc http://t.co/0hq9rPSk via @ezraklein #
• RT @mgeist: RT @sparkcbc: Invu w/@doctorow. Copyright's just the beginning, get ready for the war on general computing http://t.co/hsbhyVrL #
• Peak Nothing: New paper says rare earth minerals don't show peak trends like oil does http://t.co/GM5qIvVD #
• Publishers standing in the way of greater ebook adoption by libraries, worried people won't buy http://t.co/ryMMYgrX @gvpl #
• I don't quite understand the concept of owning bits of data any more, it doesn't work, ownership model forever changed http://t.co/ryMMYgrX #
• Romney calls Newt erratic, constantly shifting positions, going from pillar to post http://t.co/3gDUtLCW #PotKetttleBlack #
• Wow, game changer? RT @boraz: The Atavist Creates One eBook Publishing Platform to Rule Them All http://t.co/1fsPlBJJ by @mims at #scio12 #
• RT @ayaLAN: #yyj Friend's bike got stolen this morning downtown. Red Specialized racing bike. If anyone saw anything, would appreciate a DM! #
• Impromptu survey on @bc_transit bus reveals 5 people reading books on their phone. No ereaders or paper books in sight #yyj #
• Boston area unemployed man takes in $21M a year thanks to tax welfare from government http://t.co/NozxHbH7 #Romney #
• RT @agent350: Wow: 59% of Republicans, 65% of Independents, & 59% of Democrats want to end fossil fuel subsidies: http://t.co/1LnbHfcJ #
• However, ref @agent350 RT, they are probably not in favour of ending the fossil fuel subsidies that benefit them, try raising the gas tax. #
• RT @joshvanbc: Globe reveals that breathless stories about fake foreign sign ups for #Enbridge hearings were not true http://t.co/KXJ54CGJ #
• RT @phlegyas: Despite most of #ngp pipeline crossing BC, the Liberals have chosen to not participate as our prov gov. http://t.co/t379eqMR #
• Dow chemical Bhopal plant toxic waste still stuck in limbo after 27 years http://t.co/RcntQXdg #
• U.S. using less foreign oil, carbon emissions flatlining. http://t.co/tD9NKoYb Mainly recession related. #
• Other side RT @TP_Green: GOP Conspires With Foreign Oil Company TransCanada On Behalf Of Keystone XL Pipeline http://t.co/jvMXzeId #oilsands #
• Not a big fan of xenophobic frames, BTW. #
• Anyone need a <1yr old 60W macbook power brick? $35 OBO http://t.co/m1Qb0AEU #yyj #
• RT @suzykhimm: Turns out Kerry paid an even lower tax rate than Romney (12.3% vs. 13.9 %) when running for president. http://t.co/dnrCrPzd #
• Ridiculous. RT @dave_eby: Fredericton police seize blogger's computer for "criminal libel" of a police officer: http://t.co/O1XbT3tV 1/2 #
• As far as a blogging platform is concerned, a computer is a typewriter. Seizing it as "evidence" is just intimidation @Dave_Eby 2/2 #
• RT @peggynashndp: Thanks to @BillTieleman for his glowing endorsement today. An honour! http://t.co/6HRrO3JJ #ndpldr #bcpoli #bcndp #
• RT @climatekeith: Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver had 32 meetings w oil & gas lobbyists, 0 with enviros http://t.co/GzRiwD1k #cdnpoli #
• Conservatives have this thing for calling their opponents unpatriotic and treasonous http://t.co/1lSycfdK #
• Will do RT @lacouvee: Check out this updated Chrome extension for G+ http://t.co/0w7HODLi #
• RT @climatekeith: Oops they did it again: Strong smell in Abbotsford neighbourhood confirmed as Kinder Morgan oil spill http://t.co/nIuFs2po #
• Andrew Frank of @ForestEthics blows the whistle on Harper calling them "Enemies of Canada" http://t.co/Rs8Iee8y #cdnpoli #
• Will discuss "Enemy of the people" RT @forestethics: Join our press conference at 1:30pm PST: 1-866-227-3320, passcode: 848147 #oilsands #
• RT @poneilinottawa: TIDES Canada CEO Ross McMillan: Andrew Frank's allegation of intimidation by Harper vs. #gateway opponents "inaccurate" #
• Record CO2 Reduction in US Cap & Trade States http://t.co/M7EHz9IT via @cleantechnica #
• RT @trapdinawrpool: The red menace lurks: Mayor Rob Ford compares rival councillors to Joseph Stalin – http://t.co/l0Jktvjj #topoli #
• Watched most of Obama's #sotu at the gym, better than expected, nothing will come of it, because US political system has been broken by GOP #
• Sea life 'degraded' at Macaulay sewage outfall in #yyj but not in Clover point http://t.co/BlFUArfe via @timescolonist #
• I have to thank @dgardner for introducing me to the phrase "Denominator Blindness". As someone who occasionally rails about it, useful… #
• Viscusi and Zeckhauser on the "Denominator Blindness Effect" http://t.co/viz2p6EA #
• RT @janniaragon: “@timescolonist: Mouldy homes on First Nations reserves a natl crisis, #UVIC study #yyj http://t.co/TagufOR5” So wrong! #
• I kid you not, Thomas Friedman wants every American to be "above average". http://t.co/x4hOhnoO He is the bromide king #
• Drill, Baby, Drill! RT @motherjones: What Obama Said About Energy in the State of the Union http://t.co/jnpLBJlZ #
• Via @bradplumer Obama wants a “clean energy standard.” What does that mean? http://t.co/txnuujU7 #
• Runaway farmed #Salmon in Scotland Stir Conservation Worries – NY Times http://t.co/U2P2ybui #
• Dean Baker has the appropriate response to Friedman's everyone's above average column http://t.co/CI9yVgR4 #
• RT @climateprogress: Safety Regulators Close Chevy Volt Investigation: Time to Get Moving Beyond Oil http://t.co/WgnWbwRZ #
• RT @drgrist: The "clean energy standard" Obama called for last night would radically accelerate coal's decline. Which is why it won't pass. #
• RT @forestethics @DeepClimate G+M corroborates Frank: PMO cited ForestEthics as an ENGO against Canadian govt & people http://t.co/irLcvULD #
• #bcndp says BC liberals are too slow on mining projects, interesting… http://t.co/KFRg8odi #bcpoli #
• What Did Corporate Tax Cuts Deliver? Increased dividends, but no growth says @ccpa http://t.co/ynNMjGph #cdnpoli #
• RT @perkinska: Bike to Work Week #yyj is hiring an Event Coordinator: http://t.co/ANtY9F8P #yyjbike #
• Wonder if Transcanada should formally distance itself from republican "allies" on #KeystoneXL http://t.co/09Pg8oYt #oilsands #
• "unemployment rate" and "GDP growth" appear to not be very good indicators http://t.co/WLcL4MGV #
• RT @coalwatchcv: Hundreds Attend Solidarity Rally Opposed to Coal http://t.co/hFtOQ2pk #comox #RavenCoal #bcpoli #
• Fast is always good? RT @ghoberg: Changes to speed regulatory reviews coming ‘in months:’ Oliver http://t.co/ARCcoY9h via @globeandmail #NGP #
• India's enduring ban on Salman Rushdie's Satanic Verses was wrong then, completely boneheaded >20 years on. http://t.co/eedb5iKA #
• Hey @leadnowca, seems like Canada's senate could take a lesson on vetoing unpopular bills from the House of Lords! http://t.co/3EBLfPCS #
• MT @frankejames: Andrew Frank's update on Enemies of the State: Canadians Want The Truth http://t.co/v6I0mBxV #cdnpoli @ForestEthics #
• Good Question RT @punditsguide: Question 4: Coalition? If so, how to stay true to principles. #ndpldr #npd2012 http://t.co/EiMEefpO #
• Brutal. What a policy failure RT @dgardner: Austerity continues to work its magic in Britain. http://t.co/MmdK9ZWP #
• I ask this question every month. Why do pdfs still exist? #
• Bridge-to-mainland idea dead in the water #yyj http://t.co/jaJmcTC2 via @timescolonist Won't stop people from dreaming 🙂 #
• RT @ghoberg: Feds list First Nations, green groups as #oilsands 'adversaries' http://t.co/ReRCzYFi #NGP #tarsands #cdnpoli #
• RT @phlegyas: Supposedly arms-length National Energy Board listed by the fed gov as an "ally" in #tarsands development http://t.co/p8xJiz0U #
• Mark Jaccard of UBC makes a compelling argument against #tarsands pipeline expansion http://t.co/oqPyfZx9 #oilsands #cdnpoli #NGP #
• Working with other people's spreadsheets, don't. #
• Very reassuring 🙂 RT @mikedesouza: #NEB says it's "free from influence" and doesn't promote any oil and gas projects, including #oilsands #
• Foreign Takeovers: Pressure Mounts for Job Protection, Clearer Regs http://t.co/fS4rphcq via @thetyee #cdnpoli #
• Go Janet! RT @mondaymag: Victoria's new poet laureate already has big plans for her 3 year term. Find out more http://t.co/uY9Phtv5 #yyj #
• RT @ccpa: Claims that the Canadian economy has fully recovered from recession don't consider population growth http://t.co/ebamr5Fu #cdnpoli #
• RT @mims Study explains why it’s useless to argue with climate deniers http://t.co/1rQ2OrO0 #
• Clean energy is a wedge issue that favors Democrats, says @drgrist. But many democrats are in coal and oil pockets http://t.co/Z1BltjJV #
• The Cost Of Storage And The Futility Of Stopping Copying Via @mattyglesias http://t.co/bH4VbeiH #
• RT @TP_Green: Greenpeace files SEC complaint against @transcanada's deceitful job claims for #KeystoneXL http://t.co/Lk31gP8o #oilsands #
• Nice, Rogers uses Canadian charter to assert it can misleading advertising = "freedom of expression" http://t.co/wpalUNzj #
• "Your pants look like they came out of a donkey's mouth" is not that insulting in English. #
• On Sri Lankan Tamils after the war MT @vasugi @thecaravanindia issue now online, here's the #srilanka article link http://t.co/0JqcO5Ga #lka #
• RT @lindaduncanmp: #cdnpoli NEB tells Dene they will not be considering impacts of #tarsands as impact of gateway pipeline #NGP #oilsands #
• Rather than imposing higher costs on businesses, the Cap and Trade Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative lowered bills. http://t.co/jyzzYooh #
• Good RT @heraldenergy: @BCFerries looks to ditch diesel, convert fleet to liquefied natural gas http://t.co/p1rWwH7X #
• RT @geoffdembicki: 'Radical' federal remarks boost fundraising, support for enviro groups http://t.co/O6NdJF7L via @TheTyee #Gateway #harper #
• Woohoo! Green Blog: On Our Radar: 6 More US #Coal Plants to Close http://t.co/Z0q51T4r #climate #
• Nearly half of the $100M upfront cash for Enbridge #NGP is coming either directly or indirectly from Sinopec http://t.co/2EanWvtF #oilsands #
• RT @suzykhimm: No, average Americans don’t think like economists. http://t.co/sl1HvbZk #
• Communication rocketed in India when people no longer needed a fixed phone connection from a utility co. Awaiting revolution for electricity #
• RT @drgrist: In the Developing World, Solar Is Cheaper than Fossil Fuels http://t.co/cKNtRwBL #
• RT @dleonhardt: The US pvt sector grew at a robust 4.5% annual rate last quarter. Government shrank at a 4.6% rate. Result: 2.8% GDP growth #
• New peer reviewed study by Howarth et al (pdf) puts lifecyle emissions of #fracking higher than coal http://t.co/yIVH7Ae1 #
• Dear #yyj @BC_Transit why would you send regular bus and not a double decker to meet a Friday afternoon ferry? Full in Sidney #transitfail #
• RT @ivanoransky: Nearly 1200 scientists pledge not to publish in, review and/or do ed work for Elsevier journals http://t.co/GXTpg1kU #
• Juan de Fuca officials galvanize to battle 'stupid' DFO move that could destroy island #salmon http://t.co/YZtZbv5z #bcpoli #
• It appears the Harper govt is accusing a majority of its people of treasonous radicalism again http://t.co/DhipqNkc #cdnpoli #

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• Extended twitter break has calmed my brain a lot, maybe I'll do some Chennai related tweets this last week I'm here… #
• India's anti-corruption #Lokpal debate does not focus on dysfunctional trial process, says study http://t.co/dz0ib6y4 #
• A cold was not the best way to spend my last 5 days in Chennai. But there's a cyclone brewing. So it might be fun 🙂 #
• RT @AlexSteffen: Yes folks, politics. If you're "not political" you're simply being ruled. If you're not at the table, you're on the menu… #
• Yep. Stormy and windy. RT @m_meenakshi86: First signs of Cyclone Thane.. Heavy drizzle in Chennai! 🙂 the climate is so lovely! 🙂 #
• Haven't experienced a cyclone in Chennai in many years. #thane expected to make landfall just South of Chennai #
• RT @krishna_tester: Cyclone #Thane heading towards Chennai http://t.co/AGCVVb17 #
• RT @weatherofindia: As per latest movement of Cyclone #Thane … it'll make landfall South of #chennai around Pondicherry or Mahabalipuram #
• Oh god. Kill me if I see another ad for 'fairness' face bleaching cream know Indian television. #feminism #racism #fail #
• Um autocorrect? How do you go from "on" to "know" ?? #
• Um @sachin_rt this would be a good time for that century #
• Ah. Watching a classic India second innings chase collapse, just like old times. #fail #
• Reminds me why I kinda tuned out of cricket a while back. I am a fair weather fan #
• Already heavy rain and no power. RT @NewIndianXpress: Cyclone Thane to cross TN coast Friday morning: http://t.co/NpbLVLYQ #
• Aah candlelight reading. Takes me back… Cyclone #thane approaches… #
• RT @ndtv: Met Department says Cyclone #Thane landfall at around 7 am near Puducherry. Wind speed reportedly at 135 kph http://t.co/Yacd4TDO #
• Powerless in #Chennai Not quite sure why. Wind has died down, rain from thane has stopped for a bit. #
• RT @cliffboldt: BC only province with MSP premiums. Govt gets more $ from MSP than corporate income tax. http://t.co/FDGtbX3k #bcpoli #

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