Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-12-11

• John Luton, Victoria City Councillor, takes down the "bikers are scofflaws" meme http://ow.ly/5tVBa #yyj #yyjbike #
• New Jersey Lawmakers Send Governor Christie Ban on Hydraulic Fracturing http://ow.ly/5tWby #fracking #
• Ugh. RT @hugoschwyzer: College-aged women work 16 hours more per week than male peers: video games and obligation http://fb.me/YxjLGVuZ #
• Um, yes, D'uh! stop genderizing everything. RT @janniaragon: I'm a guy and I practise yoga http://t.co/1ufbtby /via @globeandmail in reply to janniaragon #
• Wow, asymptotic! RT @ghoberg: Wow – urban density v. energy use RT @andrew_leach: RT @GeorgeMonbiot: #
• #Fracking gives Texas another oil boom, but at huge water cost :: The Republic http://ow.ly/5u2tC #
• RT @wcelaw: U.K. #ClimateChange Cmtte recommends that #Energy companies be req'd to insulate all walls, attics in 4 yrs #
• Neat! RT @opencinema: ouch! Fun! @royalroads students plan roadway crawl to highlight Colwood crawl #colwood #rru #yyj #
• Charles Lewis (National Post) attacks Harper from the right for Canada Post "back to work" http://ow.ly/5u9bt #cdnpoli #
• From @TheTyee – Is a Virus Ravaging BC's Sockeye? http://ow.ly/5u9GB #salmon #bcpoli #
• Australia! RT @rwesjr: $2b from carbon tax for clean energy via @first_power #
• RT @rabbleca: Wide open system for unethical activities by former Canadian cabinet ministers #cdnpoli #
• As always, near Canada day, I think that true patriot love would be a great name for a dating website… #
• Also, do check out http://www.truepatriotlove.ca (not a spam site, promise!) #
• USA!! USA!! RT @kate_sheppard: It's Official: Kansas to Shut Down All Abortion Clinics Friday #
• NDP wants more study into #Raven Coal mine's impact, says @rob_fleming http://ow.ly/5uiac #comox #vanisle #bcpoli #
• Go away! RT @drgrist: New post: Climate models are creating a false sense of security, or at least insufficient terror http://is.gd/TQOPhV #
• RT @poundofsteph: RT @erikanpalmer: Hey #yyj Are you #proud ! Support #yyjprideweek with these events http://t.co/z9mLLR7 #
• Dear @coopactionnet, you have been hacked, do change your twitter password. #
• RT @kate_sheppard: UPDATE: PP confirms that their clinic has been granted a license to continue operating in Kansas http://t.co/i7I2LyB #

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• Poor #arsenal #
• Monsanto BT corn plant losing bug resistance. http://t.co/94v5Wd0 #
• B.C. wants to keep audit data on #salmon farms out of public eye http://ow.ly/6fwpn via @timescolonist #bcpoli #
• RT @MikeHudema: NASA's Hansen Explains Decision to Join #KeystoneXL #Tarsands Pipeline Protests: http://t.co/byLs1S3 #nokxl #cdnpoli #
• RT @NaheedD: Clinical trial results should be public: CMAJ http://t.co/71XahOj via @globeandmail #cdnhealth #cdnpoli #
• The @coheninquiry #salmon inquiry is livestreaming at http://t.co/KWCEhQu Thanks @rabbleca #bcpoli #
• RT @drgrist: Everything you've heard about the #tarsands and US energy security is wrong http://t.co/DcOGyqE #cdnpoli #oilsands #
• RT @BenWest: "#KeystoneXL #pipeline approval likely, says former state dept. official" http://t.co/yttI4DZ #NoKXL #climate #fail #350ppm #
• Countin his billions! Where’s Canada’s Warren Buffett? – @torontostar http://j.mp/oXT87o #cdnpoli #p2CA #
• #BCHydro head trashes independent power producers, (IPPs) predicts end to energy self-sufficiencyhttp://j.mp/qte8zY #bcpoli #
• RT @mikedesouza: Jack Layton's visit to #Kluane National Park contrasted with Harper's trip #climate #arctic http://ow.ly/6fZqF #
• Free!! Really excited to read Dean Baker's latest: The End of Loser Liberalism: Making Markets Progressive Progressive" http://j.mp/nhiO2F #
• Dean Baker also wrote The Conservative Nanny State, was one of the few economists to ring alarms on the housing bubble http://j.mp/pJmepD #
• All this #cdnpoli talk about hypothetical mergers, and very little about true #demreform proportional representation… #
• Transition to Digital TV Offers Huge Opportunities, but will Canada miss them? http://j.mp/omrnFi From @mgeist #cdnpoli #
• Expensive specialists and expensive drugs, driving #cdnhealth costs, not aging population http://j.mp/pg2Azl #cdnpoli #
• Assistance rates shame BC, condemns poor terminal patients to early death http://j.mp/p85mh9 #bcpoli @timescolonist #
• The minute it becomes an environment vs. energy debate, it is a losing frame for the "environment" http://j.mp/ng0C64 #KeystoneXL #
• Why do green jobs pay better than other jobs? : @Grist by @levi_m http://j.mp/rg0EiJ Non-outsourceable, unionised, stable #
• RT @jayrosen_nyu: @digby56, commenting on "Why Political Coverage is Broken". http://jr.ly/d4na At several points, she would go further. #
• Plan to protect #oilsands region falls short. Mother Nature and caribou won't like revised document http://j.mp/mRbrtD #tarsands #
• RT @cspc_victoria: CRD Factsheet: 20 Largest Employers of Capital Region #yyj http://t.co/gBVt7wT The Empress Hotel employs 500+! #
• RT @rob_fleming: Back to school fix of Carbon Trust needed: #bcndp call 4 green retrofit schools, hospitals http://t.co/nWDwtu1 #bcpoli #
• Avaaz whats you to say no to the #KeystoneXL Pipeline. #oilsands #tarsands #cdnpoli http://j.mp/r5NbOS #
• Awesome sauce 🙂 RT @iglikaivanova: Mind-the-income-gap #streetart FTW. http://t.co/iSjsdGB #inequ inequality #
• The industrial revolution as a fossil fuel revolution http://j.mp/oIUwkU #
• http://t.co/gx1X6Su #
• From @paulwilcocks #HST vote shows new class-based political divide http://j.mp/qIYB3r #bcpoli #
• RT @AndrewRestuccia: Nebraska Republican governor urges Obama to deny #KeystoneXL pipeline permit – http://t.co/TbqCTY8 #
• On Labour Day, think about unions as an equalizing force From the @ccpa #cdnpoli http://t.co/0ckPv2w #
• Breast cancer rate climbs up near Texas natural gas drill sites. #fracking http://t.co/4zKJjMR #
• "Mr Obama wishes to be president of a country that does not exist" http://j.mp/qNggbF #bipartisan #postpolitical #FAIL #
• Dear #gmail surely, an email from my partner shouldn't be accompanied by an ad for marriage counselling?? #FAIL #
• RT @bradplumer: Hmm. (US Energy Secy) Steven Chu seems to be in favor of the #KeystoneXL pipeline: http://t.co/D5CzIl2 #tarsands #oilsands #
• Given that Obama won't listen to US progressives and the alternative is an extremist republican, what do US progressives do? #p2 #
• RT @drgrist: Four US transport projects that would save as much oil as the Canadian #tarsands would produce: http://t.co/M9gEJdz #oilsands #
• .@drgrist Convert to mobi using calibre – http://t.co/o0JSmcG And, the end of Loser Liberalism is a must read. #
• Cutting soot emissions: Fastest, most economical way to slow Arctic ice melt, warming – Mark Jacobson http://j.mp/nB8fuc #
• What, we now have to talk policy instead of horse race?? Christy Clark backs off early B.C. vote http://j.mp/pwUk96 #bcpoli #
• .@VaughnPalmer Not a bold decision to postpone a performance review after one has mucked up a major project, Re: Christy Clark 🙂 #
• Bikers, beware the door zone http://t.co/kxaV8xP #
• RT @drgrist: Peak coal in China means the country’s desperate for renewables http://t.co/tkPtCqk #
• Sleepwalking toward our 2020 climate targets – Good summary of Canada's climate #fail http://j.mp/nLTdTD #cdnpoli #
• Beautiful bike ride from Victoria to Sidney this morning, so lucky 🙂 I even spilled in front of the Lochside pigs! #yyj #
• Badly needed! Victoria Mayor @DeanFortin wants building incentives for rental housing #yyj http://t.co/8dZMjbV #
• Hey #yyj Need a 300 seat venue for a speaking tour, the middle of October, any ideas? #
• .@AdamUngstad Thanks, I think St. Ann's about 200 or so. I will make a google docs table or something for sharing once this is over 🙂 #
• Sweet! RT @davidsuzukifdn: The Ontario election just got serious; pant-suit serious. Go Penelope! http://t.co/NhYvK7U #onpoli #
• Vast ice island set to break off Greenland glacier – See before and after pics in 2 years, incredible http://j.mp/qP9xGu #
• Arctic #oil spill response plans are triumphs of hope over expectation. http://t.co/FXOcgUN #
• Disgusting. US Mortgage Servicers still forging foreclosure documents http://t.co/qJUPnWL #
• Everyone's retweeting @EllenPage #nokxl message http://j.mp/oyLaOw I had to google to find out who she was #imold #getoffmylawn #
• Treat as marine highways. Coastal communities call for changes to ferry system #bcpoli http://t.co/uiAFT3A #
• World’s worst lungs are in India. http://t.co/8PbO9ZV #
• Wow, #NDP tied for first nationally in wake of @jacklayton funeral http://j.mp/naKyUe #cdnpoli via @308dotcom (corrected) #
• China benefits as US #solar industry withers. http://t.co/EYtAreb #
• RT @infovictoria: FREE Vancouver Island Blues Bash preview w/ the Stephen Barry Band Centennial Square Sept 2nd at 7pm #yyj #yyjevents #
• Austerity Is Killing Europe’s Recovery, so Canada must tighten its belt?? #cdnpoli http://t.co/9FEMU4l #
• RT @victorianews: Greater Victoria #NDP candidates election ready, though premier vows to wait until spring 2013 http://t.co/T5CF7FS #yyj #
• RT @drgrist: Paper Disputing Basic Science of Climate Change is "Fundamentally Flawed," Editor Resigns, Apologizes http://t.co/GjBkdQm #
• .@barackobama delay of US clean air rules means more smog, asthma and premature deaths http://ow.ly/6kbyl some hope and change. #
• RT @kate_sheppard: At least Bush was kind enough to ignore scientists, screw us behind closed doors http://t.co/4dLeMWE #
• RT @mattyglesias: Lax ozone regs will create jobs in the asthma-treatment sector, bend long-term health care costs with earlier deaths. #
• RT @drgrist: Say it with me, folks: CLEAN AIR IS POPULAR. If you're losing an argument on clean air, you are a terrible, terrible arguer. #
• .@drgrist What leverage does this coalition have over US politicians. "I won't vote for you" isn't going to work, no prog. alternative #
• .@drgrist Some democrats need to be challenged, and challenged hard in primaries, and often, but where to find money for this? #
• .@drgrist Need to take a senator or two down, but it's hard. #
• As Texas withers, natural gas industry guzzles. #fracking http://t.co/VUNOHtM #

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• RT @MurrayRankin: Today I am excited to announce I am seeking the federal #NDP nomination for #Victoria http://t.co/5kgwh2NW #yyj #cdnpoli #
• Enbridge 'doesn't want a spill,' executive says http://t.co/JZuX3Spd If wishes were horses… #cdnpoli #tarsands #oilsands #
• How to build a better speed limit http://t.co/vVjjRSOZ via @maggiekb1 #
• Typical. BP executives sought to blame "blue collar rig workers." US Gov. http://t.co/aUzgRHQt #
• ‘Blue Carbon’ from mangroves Adding to Carbon Emissions http://t.co/7bAzKNfh #climatechange #
• Will New US Fuel-Economy Rules Reduce the Need for US #OilSands Imports? it depends… #tarsands http://t.co/yqzrhUQ4 #
• Wow. Harper govt taking its own auditor general to to court. Unprecedented? http://t.co/QXfMhRIu #cdnpoli #
• Why is the Jason Kenney trying to make 3,100 Canadians no longer citizens? Asks @kainagata http://t.co/BYVXsrrY #cdnpoli #
• RT @allioford: Isaac oil is BP oil, and its still hurting fishermen http://t.co/XvPwwNCq #HurricaneIsaac #DeepwaterHorizon #BPoil #
• #CRTC Chooses Access over Canadian Content Rules @mgeist in @thetyee http://t.co/lCZ6WaTx #cdnpoli #
• The smart @paulwillcocks: As always, dire warnings of lost jobs in BC from minimum wage increases unfounded http://t.co/bZwVtB2T #bcpoli #
• Despite Conservative Outcry, Crime and Migration Rare Falling in Mumbai http://t.co/H9dgtwlj #india #
• The Growing Might of Solar Power in the US: @nytimesgreen http://t.co/qo5D8Xl9 #
• Sweden's incinerators can't get enough waste to convert to energy, so they're borrowing from neighbours http://t.co/uFfWnTyP #
• David Suzuki: Earthquakes and toxic wastewater are only part of the problem with #fracking http://t.co/bpOBUUlx #
• Canadian permafrost thaw will speed up #climatechange http://t.co/GbM4cqcQ Also expose more "resources" #cdnpoli #climatechange #
• RT @gwillowwilson: NEWS! Crazy extremists make brain dead video to which brain dead extremists respond in a crazy way. via @maggiekb1 #
• RT @cfax1070: @CaroleJames told @alferraby she will NOT seek the NDP nomination for MP for the riding of Victoria #yyj #
• RT @a_macleod_tyee: Lack of drug data is blocking important research http://t.co/PPX7fIJm via @TheTyee #bcpoli #pharma #TI #uvic #research #
• Big retail houses Walmart, Costco, Kohls and Ikea lead corporate #solar push http://t.co/cIuBrfRd #
• MT @justinwolfers: Income inequality and Gini index just keep rising. Why are pols focused on tax cuts for the rich? http://t.co/BdU6zitn #
• Released From Jail, Cartoonist Aseem Trivedi vows to fight #India colonial era sedition law http://t.co/1fRNTcyc #
• +1 more than you. RT @daeaves Why Banning Anonymous Comments is Bad for Postmedia and Bad for Society http://t.co/YUlQP1Bq #
• The Arctic has lost enough ice to cover Canada (which it doesn't any more, of course!) http://t.co/fnuiXDf9 via @pbgrist #climatechange #
• RT @plos: India court rules for generic lung cancer med against Roche patent claim; implications http://t.co/esTaOxLl #
• B.C. to install over 450 electric vehicle charging stations http://t.co/obs0USNc #bcpoli #
• Note how much more fuel efficient Chinese cars are, and where their rules are going compared with Cda/US. http://t.co/LpBOelAb #
• RT @alimjiwa: Omar Khadr is coming back to Canada #cdnpoli http://t.co/B5m36MUu via @HuffPostCanada #cdnpoli #humanrights #
• Ruling Exempting First U.S. #Tarsands Mine from Water Pollution Monitoring Is Challenged http://t.co/wkqeIvbW #oilsands #
• The Food Fight in Your Guts: Why Bacteria Will Change the Way You Think About Calories http://t.co/H28zcGj2 great read via @boraz #
• RT @cbcsmart: Former NDP Finance Minister Elizabeth Cull enters #yyj by-election race hoping to replace MP @DeniseSavoie. #cdnpoli #bcpoli #
• Cut in Federal govt funds leaves whale protection group on shore in Victoria #yyj and Alert Bay http://t.co/QPLfZzUh #cdnpoli #
• RT @ericmjohnson: U.S. Census Bureau figures show highest income gap between rich and poor in more than 40 years: http://t.co/pYtnRm0G #
• .@cbcsmart Or gasp, they can think of tax revenue as well, why do you assume that all deficits need to be reduced by cuts? #
• My disdain for round numbers leads me to commemorate this, my 10,044th tweet 🙂 See ya 10,000, not so special after all! #
• MT @tc_shaw: BC liberals cancel fall session of #bcleg even though Clark said during campaign that leg should sit more often. #bcpoli #
• Trophy Bear hunting ban declared by 10 B.C. First Nations http://t.co/e1VgN1sj #bcpoli #
• Plunging natural gas prices threaten B.C.'s budget http://t.co/VsnHF2bW #bcpoli Anyone who relies on Nat Gas for stable revenue is a… #
• Interesting tidbit from @DeanFortin: Success of Douglas bus only lanes may obviate need for #yyj LRT http://t.co/ESywRDgG #
• Shouldn't be up to them at all. RT @adam_stirling: If you were the BC Liberals would you hold a fall sitting? No, I didn't think so. #bcpoli #
• .@adam_stirling Yes their prerogative. We need better institutions less vulnerable to political manipulation. You have to legislate. #
• Via @sherwinarnott: @UVicSJS Indigenous Rights in the UN System: #UNDRIP • Thurs Sept 13 7-9 pm • Fraser 159 @uvic #yyj #
• #NDP provincial leaders (including opposition) have highest average rating, cons next, libs last. http://t.co/b2ViOMHY #bcpoli #cdnpoli #
• There’s Nothing Inevitable About Eduflation Erika Shaker of the @CCPA http://t.co/mHqQbVAZ #cdnpoli #
• RT @bcndpcaucus: #BCLibs decision not to hold a fall session shows a government out of ideas, out of gas: http://t.co/noYUENrC #bcpoli #
• The Energy Rush: Fossil Fuel Industry Opens Wallet to Defeat Obama http://t.co/70jTE7fZ @NYTimes Obama has presided over a US oil boom #
• B.C. government to slash spending, freeze hiring. more "austerity" will not create growth http://t.co/9LbbXvcz #bcpoli #
• It's that lovely time of low sun and beautiful light. Facing east on my bus going up the Saanich peninsula is sweet! #yyj #
• New community @BC_Transit buses proposed for #yyj a concern? One entrance, Class 4 drivers, intrigue http://t.co/zsYFws0t #
• Removing fossil fuel subsidies is critical. yet politically very difficult, #India diesel edition http://t.co/7WFWIKsW #
• RT @matvic: 1: Attract a flock of seagulls to your car 2: Head to Our Place on Saturday so @Adam_Stirling can wash http://t.co/2oObEMoZ #YYJ #
• Welcome to the Islamophobic entertainment industry http://t.co/rFZgh6W9 @3QD #
• Freedom-of-information requests to the BC government coming up empty: B.C. FIPA http://t.co/ZfGtqrLI #bcpoli #opengov #FOI #
• RT @edyong209: Childhood neglect wrecks the insulation of the developing brain http://t.co/Pne2zKcG by @9brandon #
• Yes MT @cfax1070: Is the (Harper) govt going too far in cutting envoronmental organizations? Ken Wu joins Adam now 250-386-1161 #cdnpoli #
• Authors who release their books on one ebook platform, not the others, I won't buy your otherwise good book, Joe Romm of @climateprogress #
• vial @travissaunders: New @plosone paper: Why Most Biomedical Findings Echoed by Newspapers Turn Out to be False http://t.co/THS9JFPJ #
• Kansas Election Officials Seek Copy of Obama’s Birth Certificate -@NYTimes http://t.co/nWvoUVSM #nottheonion #
• Harper government attacks the Quebec government for not supporting #asbestos mining http://t.co/vZb0L6Nk #cdnpoli #mad #
• RT @inklesspw: Kind of amazed that somebody decided "the PQ supports health and human safety over jobs" should be an *attack* line. #cdnpoli #
• Citing PQ pressure, Canada to cease defending #asbestos mining – @GlobeandMail http://t.co/dNxLXx6T Great news #cdnpoli #
• De Jong transfers gas pain to public servants: @VancouverSun http://t.co/eYBa5HrW #bclibs #bcpoli #
• RT @politicsrespun: Hello PQ: goes after tuition increases, bill 78, nuclear power and now asbestos. A busy, AWESOME month so far! #qcpoli #
• Citizenvestor, a municipality project "kickstarter". Room for something like this in #yyj or Canada? http://t.co/KySe2QUD #
• RT @mikedesouza: Scientists shocked after Harper government assigns IT staff to monitor #ozone
  

• 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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• Guelph Tory campaign staffers discussed misleading #robocalls – The Globe and Mail http://t.co/8c0QomLo #elxnfraud #cdnpoli #
• The @nytimes tries to make a case for continuing clean energy support without mentioning the #climate http://t.co/SdCy7wWk #notworking #
• RT @billmckibben: Check out Jeff Masters' take on Connect the Dots day http://t.co/VR75BqaE #connectthedots #
• The psychological scars of unemployment http://t.co/uKrUa2rs #
• RT @travissaunders: Canadian nutrition label claims often wildly misleading, tests show http://t.co/2haz1ZLO (via @juliaoftoronto) #
• Mystic vale. http://t.co/CVyPzPaa #
• 'Opening up Government' Proving a False Promise in BC http://t.co/w7fmuNAV @A_MacLeod_Tyee Reports #bcpoli #opengov #
• RT @ProPublica: How the SEC keeps the ratings game rigged: http://t.co/QL2CjOyc #
• RT @wicary: EDITORIAL Ottawa should halt its smear campaign against pipeline detractors http://t.co/oFaYRnT4 #CdnPoli #tarsands #oilsands #
• Previously unreleased photographs show impact of BP oil on endangered sea turtles. http://t.co/iAPvnL3M #
• RT @wicary: Calling it a ‘Trojan horse,’ NDP asks to split sweeping Tory budget bill. http://t.co/2tIw1ziK #cdnpoli #
• RT @alexatsp: When bad things happen to bad people @drgrist: Heartland faces mutiny amid furor over billboard campaign http://t.co/6JxtXbz7 #
• RT @duncankinney: @TorontoStar: Ontario's feed-in tariff is utterly transparent, nuclear, not so much – http://t.co/L20QdLMm #onpoli #
• RT @greenhousenyt: Global action on tax evasion has largely failed. $2.7 trillon still deposited in offshore havens http://t.co/TxyMI3Dx #
• Science News Cycle #FAIL RT @boraz: The reports of dinosaurs dying of farts are greatly exaggerated http://t.co/5llSJvgB #
• RT @wicary: Kent's attack on green charities hinders Finley's efforts to bolster volunteer sector: @DonLenihan http://t.co/3zsYCaTi #cdnpoli #
• standardisation FTW RT @drgrist: Automakers agree on 'single-port' charging system for electric cars http://t.co/s4fX0xog Crucial step. #
• RT @deanbaker13: #BernieSanders proposes a free market for AIDS drugs http://t.co/DsugW2N0 #
• Temporary Foreign Workers accounted for 30% of job growth between 2007 and 2011 http://t.co/OL6zJTmS #cdnpoli #
• New Democrats @BCNDP solid in B.C. http://t.co/ZX1oJ04l Says @308dotcom #bcpoli #
• RT @wicary: Auditor slams Ottawa for coming up short on greenhouse-gas targets. http://t.co/DmObtz4l #cdnpoli #climate #
• America's idiot rich – Income inequality – via @salon http://t.co/vCaPdWaJ #ows #
• Glad @paulwillcocks is back writing on the @TimesColonist again, #bcpoli has missed him http://t.co/1Hnb0v9V #
• Contaminated sites in Canada pose billions in risk http://t.co/aaVrZbug Poor regulation and no market solutions in sight #
• Direct "democracy" leading tyranny by an uninformed majority in North Carolina http://t.co/pUM49udH #
• RT @ap US Senate GOP derails Democratic bill that would keep interest rates on federal college loans from doubling: http://t.co/hdta7rs7 #
• MT @meganlesliemp: #CPC has just prevented the Enviro Commish from speaking about the Enviro Assessment Act at #ENVI For real #cdnpoli #
• As Tories rewrite rules, watchdog details cost of lax environmental regulation – @globeandmail http://t.co/gRHZWuxQ #cdnpoli #
• RT @drgrist: Confidential memo shows far-right groups coordinating plan to turn Americans against clean energy: http://t.co/XbfIEYuC #
• A Fish Story: How an angler and two government bureaucrats may have saved the Atlantic Ocean. http://t.co/zDvZNwGO #
• How transcanada is using the power of the Texas oil state to confiscate private land for the #KeystoneXL http://t.co/GGtoWcR1 #tarsands #
• We can all publish and analyse now, but who pays for facts? http://t.co/KeNs2nCH #
• RT @Thinkprogress Last time N Carolina amended constitution on marriage it was to ban interracial marriage http://t.co/1sMyy4rf #
• Why We Stopped the Coal Train? Kevin Washbrook, 1 of 13 arrested protesting coal exports explains @TheTyee http://t.co/KyAbagRC #
• India's supreme court refuses entry to the Exxon Valdez, which was being sent to India for decontamination http://t.co/xVbrH3HS #
• How technology was leading to structural and permanent unemployment… in 1939! http://t.co/AFM3tA0O via @NYTimesKrugman #
• RT @ghoberg: Evolving: the considerable economic consequences of differing LCA methods for #oilsands http://t.co/Hry0KsAO #tarsands #
• Clark regime readies flood of bills with 10 days to go http://t.co/nNI0bTck #bcpoli Wow, no way to run government. #
• The Exxon Valdez (remember?) is now called the "Oriental Nicety" – You can't make this stuff up! http://t.co/qMxbVmuj #
• RT @gaycivilrights: Gallup: Republican Voters Growing Increasingly Anti-Gay: http://t.co/tdLuyb0Z #
• Good for him, a little late RT @thinkprogress REPORT: Obama expected to endorse marriage equality in ABC News interview http://t.co/85XciumQ #
• RT @barackobama: President Obama announces his support for same-sex marriage: http://t.co/LZJW6Mww #
• RT @adamserwer: Obama endorsed marriage equality federalism, not marriage equality as a fundamental right: http://t.co/xfog8gAd #
• Federal #CPC Tories tied to Quebec companies accused of corruption – @GlobeandMail http://t.co/KCHVgOgq #cdnpoli #
• RT @robynspilker: Want to know more about finding and maintaining a great bicycle in #yyj Tune in @CFUV 5pm. http://t.co/COzLXuVU #yyjbike #
• RT @mikedesouza: Environment Canada's scientific expertise at risk: Kent http://t.co/j47PyQoB #environment #climate #science #cdnpoli #
• #Fracking Industry Now Largest Employer Of Recent PR Graduates @TheOnion – America's Finest News Source http://t.co/s5y3L1zg #
• 'We have seen the enemy': Bangladesh's war against climate change | @guardianeco http://t.co/zaHZOXIo #
• Koch Brothers' Activism Protects Their 50 Year Stake in Canadian #oilsands http://t.co/0H0jn4RD #tarsands via @InsideClimate #
• California and Quebec Near Cross-Border Trading of Carbon Emissions Permits http://t.co/FkxXm1st #climate #
• Enbridge Plans New Pipeline Link to Move #OilSands Crude East http://t.co/KbYEVhPT #tarsands #cdnpoli #
• How Saudi Arabia exports Salafism to war torn and traditionally Sufi Kashmir http://t.co/2E7IihSm via @3QD #
• Canadian oil execs "warning" US Lawmakers on #KeystoneXL http://t.co/hTf3iICm #tarsands Why should US solve #oilsands US glut? #
• RT @wicary: Which charities get the most foreign cash? Not those on Tory hit list, @steve_rennie finds. http://t.co/oEmrBpwI #cdnpoli #
• The @CCPA compares and contrasts Norway's and Canada's management of oil "wealth" http://t.co/2jNUkD6U #cdnpoli #
• +1 RT @sandramchung: Can we please banish the condescending phrase "dumb down"? Non-scientists are not idiots. http://t.co/3Wr0G683 #
• So, Mitt Romney was a homophobic bully in high school who forcibly cut the hair off a classmate http://t.co/l0Lv0U7M #doesitgetbetter #
• RT @mikedesouza: Majority of #oilsands ownership and profits foreign, says analysis: http://t.co/3jVRGoE2 #ForestEthics #tarsands #cdnpoli #
• Obama's gay marriage statement reminder of the incredible power the US has http://t.co/0PCb2Fvs Use it for good on #climate dammit! #
• RT @RyanLizza: Yikes. ABC: Romney classmate describes Romney HS behavior as “evil” & “like Lord of the Flies.” http://t.co/rHkzVVjs #
• RT @joshtpm: Romney Battled LGBT Anti-Bully Commission As Governor http://t.co/EhNtqm2n via @TPM #
• + 10^9 RT @hummingbird604: For the 53,439-th time, PLEASE stop sending me PDFs. I can read in-line text, thankyouverymuch. #PR #DearGod #
• RT @denisesavoie: BC Federal #NDP urge govt to uphold 40-year ban on tanker traffic in Northern BC. http://t.co/25BScHsF #bcpoli #cdnpoli #
• RT @matvic: RT @CTVBC: @Vancity may divest from #Enbridge over pipeline: CEO http://t.co/IwNSd2H6 #bcpoli #
• Because no "immigrant" ever reads the @globeandmail ever http://t.co/vFwV0jIX #FAIL #
• RT @wicary: Tories overrule officials to fund project of Baird’s ‘dear friend,’ @curryb reports. http://t.co/GO7CVGxv #cdnpoli #
• Nice article RT @michisle: #yyj The Dutch Repair Cafe Versus the Throwaway Society @slashdot http://t.co/5E7nTEjC #
• Why the #NDP strategy might be working: @308dotcom http://t.co/DEp1S1T5 #cdnpoli #
• Local food FTW. RT @cityofvictoria: Join us for veggie planting 11am-12:30pm in Centennial Square. http://t.co/gCo2eSd0 #yyj #
• B.C. Hydro idle despite ample water because they are forced to buy from private producers at inflated rates. http://t.co/5aiZqOqu #bcpoli #
• RT @askessler: Show me the money. "The Cost of an Oil Spill in Burrard Inlet: $40 Billion For Starters" http://t.co/HNUZZ943 #yvr #tarsands #
• RT @suzykhimm: Average American wants to cut defense spending by 18 percent. http://t.co/un7kftjj House GOP? 0 percent. Obama: -4 percent #
• Via @rwpickard and @janniaragon – My favourite link of the day 🙂 http://t.co/dHW4wqkj Transformed my mood. #
• RT @danpollock: Federal cuts hit hard: Bamfield marine centre to lose research grant: http://t.co/he6f0rYR #cdnpoli #yyj #science #ocean #
• Bill to ban sustainability and climate action fails in Arizona. http://t.co/PigMefa2 They should ban CO2 from heating earth #
• RT @drgrist: Mass. is now officially the No. 1 state for energy efficiency. Here's how they got there: http://t.co/u1NHpWc2 #
• 🙂 RT @academictitles: “If It Ain’t Broke, Don’t Fixie: Mechanical Failure and the Hipster Migration Away from Urban 10-Speeds” #
• Adrian Dix and the @bcndp come out hard against the #enbridge pipeline #tarsands #oilsands #CdnPoli #bcpoli http://t.co/1GMSA4XL #
• "Walk a mile" today Centennial Square at 2PM and join men seeking to end violence aganist women http://t.co/fu6fhtwf #yyj #
• RT @strategicthghts: Premier CC on @CBCTheHouse with @evansolomoncbc promotes tar sands but refuses 2 admit she supports NGP #bcpoli #
• MT @nickconfessore: Eye-opening story: JPMorgan lobbied hard for loophole to allow trades that just blew UP http://t.co/8VW2W09U #
• MT @kainagata: Maybe best read of the day. Infantry cptn who took an axe to the head in Afghanistan lambastes Harper: http://t.co/wFz2ps7J #

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