Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-04-22

• It's Gandhi's Birthday, try to inflict non violence and civil disobedience against authority today 🙂 #
• Kashmir's Mass Graves http://t.co/pxXGMJIj #
• RT @paulbegala: Huge Bloomberg story: "#Koch Brothers Flout Law Getting Richer With Secret Iran Sales". http://t.co/FgslDRND #
• The @ccpa rounds up The Union of BC Municipalities Convention #bcpoli http://t.co/uXPPYgZ7 #
• warming to the wonders of DLNA #
• Emails Reveal Close Ties Between TransCanada Lobbyist and State Dept. #KeystoneXL #tarsands #oilsands http://t.co/XbfoNzk0 #
• Canadian Wind Power Capacity on Track for Record in 2011. From @cleantechnica http://t.co/Ph3Tpocv #
• Shell oil paid Nigerian military to put down protests, court documents show. http://t.co/ghuNvR21 #
• NY Times Op-Ed: Say No to the #KeystoneXL http://j.mp/opBDZv #tarsands #oilsands #cdnpoli #
• The Toronto Atmospheric Fund's "gain". RT @andrew_leach: So, @avelshi is done with @Ethical_Oil? http://t.co/xTa4AZZ2 Interesting. #
• RT @politicsrespun: A Twitter list of NDP leadership candidates to follow: http://t.co/zE4kfE3e… #NDP #cndpoli #JackLayton #
• Well written, should find the book… RT @thetyee: Nikiforuk: What the Bark Beetle Taught Me http://t.co/TBRdKWs9 #environment #beetle #
• RT @drgrist: Obama just issued a veto threat on H.R. 2250 and H.R. 2681 – two GOP bills to block Clean Air Act protections. Good on him. #
• RT @mattyglesias: Guessing conservatives won't raise a Solyndra-esque stink over these TransCanada emails: http://t.co/uGZiag4p #
• Foe of 'eco-fascists' to chair cosmetic pesticide committee #bcpoli Via @thetyee http://t.co/dgT3NqbT #
• Despite heavy lobbying, EU puts #oilsands on carbon hit list, higher than conv. oil: http://j.mp/q0sYgN #tarsands #cdnpoli #
• So, EU estimates 107 g/MJ of fuel for #oilsands as opposed to 87.5 for conventional oil, 22% #tarsands #cdnpoli http://j.mp/q0sYgN #
• Canada's #climate change goals falling short – Environmental Commissioner #cdnpoli http://j.mp/pi7qdZ #understatement #
• RT @mikedesouza: Cdn government #climate performance is "mediocre," says enviro commish #cdnpoli #
• "Decisions about #oilsands development projects based on "incomplete, poor or non-existent environmental information." – Enviro Commish #
• One good thing to come out of Canada's Kyoto signing is this mandated environment commissioner report http://j.mp/pj5n5T #cdnpoli #oilsands #
• RT @benwest: BC's northern industries will need twice the electricity than forecast – BC won't meet GHG targets http://t.co/6Rh6uhF0 #BCPoli #
• I thought BC's wonderful #carbon tax would take care of BC's GHG targets and make coffee too, eh @BenWest 🙂 #
• Ha ha! @elizabethmay is drawing connections to "tough on crime" and non-compliance with binding Kyoto carbon commitments #cdnpoli #
• RT @wicary: BREAKING Julian bows out – but Mulcair ‘will be running’ for #NDP helm. http://t.co/NmRzL02J #cdnpoli #
• What, exactly, are ‘green jobs’? From @Bradplumer http://t.co/hTX1qhpn #
• RT @stopthepave: Monbiot: More Cuts Please! – starting with road expansion http://t.co/7kLvL49f… #
• RT @orcacedarbough: @OccupyVictoria protest planned for Centennial Square. #cfax #yyj #peoplesassembly #occupyvictoria http://t.co/0Ov25ena #
• RT @marcleeccpa: Wind power ass'n has a lot of gall seeking clean power for new dirty mines and gas fracking. #bcpoli #
• You have to click through, worth it! RT @aaronsw: How to lie with statistics, Apple edition: http://t.co/i6lidQaK… #
• . @jimbostanford Apparently, #apple and #hudak have the same graphics designer for misleading graphs 🙂 http://t.co/QspRIHaU #
• . @jumbostanford dissects the Private Member Bill on Union Financial Disclosure #cdnopli http://t.co/jZV2dT32 #
• Err. @jimbostanford dissects the Private Member Bill on Union Financial Disclosure #cdnopli bit.ly/rmmrgF @jumbostanford, nice handle too… #
• RT @ghoberg: So exciting that Cdn Enviro Commish has whole chapter on Cumulative Environmental Effects of #oilsands http://t.co/kcukseZU #
• Listening to @marianneAlto on @cfax1070 talking about #Opendata in #yyj Tune in 🙂 #
• Fossil fuel subsidies keep growing, despite all "efforts" http://ow.ly/6O3aU #winningthefuture #
• RT @bradplumer: How global fossil-fuel subsidies leave everybody worse off: http://t.co/hWyt3ZgI #
• RT @ezraklein: Read Rich Yeselson on the four habits of highly successful social movements: http://t.co/QF1qfi1z #
• RT @paulwillcocks: @TimesColonist ed on wrongheaded reform 2 political financing that misses real issues http://t.co/Oe1Fg0UC #cdnpoli #
• Gentle advice for online #survey makers, please always include a saveable summary of responses for the user to keep. #
• Thanks, will file this one away 🙂 RT @lacouvee: New Blog Post: A Fall of Theatre in Victoria BC. #yyjarts http://ow.ly/6NMgQ #
• lemonade! RT @montepaulsen: Melting Arctic ice clears the way for supertanker voyages
  http://t.co/AV0hk54o #
• Looks like Transcanada has already started work on #KeystoneXL before approval http://j.mp/n23Wcp #tarsands #oilsands #
• RT @drgrist: 52 nat'l & state orgs send letter to US Super Committee asking them to eliminate fossil fuel subsidies: http://t.co/ty128N9d #
• So, "we're the 99%" doesn't apply to me, I am in the top 1% of the world's richest people… http://t.co/4yZYGcL5 #
• RT @occupyvictoria: If you are in Victoria, please ask your followers to follow us. We are young on twitter, but you know us. #yyj #
• Wow. RT @bradplumer: The average American spends almost as much on vehicle maintenance as on health care: http://t.co/GfYtMCSY #
• Sad, silly RT @adam_stirling: Christy Clark calls Adrian Dix an "angry man" in legislature when asked how much riot TV would cost. #bcpoli #
• Apparently, the "occupy" movement has reached the Antarctic @occupyAntarctic. #
• RT @wcelaw: Oil lobby has pipeline to Canadian Government scientists (from @mikedesouza) http://t.co/W3BLxCdv #oil #gas #cdnpoli #integrity #
• From @desmogblog Hillary Clinton's #KeystoneXL Crony Lobbyists Problem #tarsands #oilsands http://t.co/cIYhn4Ro #
• Accusing politicians of hypocrisy is lazy, and ineffective, yet journalists keep doing it http://ow.ly/6PChT #cdnpoli #
• What BS? RT @rosiebarton: Oh Peter Kent says Enviro Cdn scientists will only speak to "responsible" journalists. I'm sorry…what? #cdnpoli #
• RT @milesgrant: Can civil disobedience get u banned from US? http://t.co/TlEPYO3T Official Customs policy (apparently) http://t.co/nw7RXydS #
• RT @danpollock: .@CityOfVictoria Council unanimously passes #OpenData motion. Now the work begins!! http://j.mp/q732jM #yyj #opengov #gov20 #
• .@dgardner Also, ask Enbridge how Northern Gateway is working out as far as a name goes… #
• RT @dave_eby: This inquiry about ignoring marginalized women is ignoring marginalized women (blog post): http://ow.ly/6PQwN #irony #mmwi #
• For the record, @marguer_d @dgardner I do not agree that Keystone XL name has anything to do with opposition, it's what flows inside 🙂 #
• RT @paulrauber: Comparative scandals, #Solyndra and #KeystoneXL http://t.co/idqP1ph8 One you hear about, one you don't. #tarsands #oilsands #
• Going here in a bit, see you there! The Future of Mining in British Columbia – #uvic Fraser 6 PM http://j.mp/qq0Zbe #yyj #
• And catch the flu right now? Oh, you want us to get vaccinated! RT @cfax1070: Get a jump start on flu season #yyj http://t.co/dMCjAtXx #
• This stinks RT @kady: This is an *amazing* story, btw. RT @CBCPolitics: AG reports shelved behind closed doors http://t.co/SP1JT23E #cdnpoli #
• Parched Texans impose water-use limits for #fracking gas wells for the first time. http://t.co/gxFBtBnK #
• Canada won't issue Wi-Fi warning: Health Minister. #cdnpoli http://t.co/rOLrIBeL #
• Quick, tell conservative pundits that decline in marriage did not cause poverty, it was the reverse. http://j.mp/nhSVsb #
• Follow #KeystoneXL public hearings live on C-SPAN here http://j.mp/pdswiR #tarsands #oilsands #cdnpoli #
• In Throes of #KeystoneXL Controversy, Obama Admin OKs Alaska Offshore Drilling http://t.co/3mFkaNU6 #
• RT @bobtregilus: Indians Counter #OccupyWallStreet with "Decolonize Wall Street" http://t.co/thqQK6Xy #OWS #FirstNations #Indigenous #
• RT @kate_sheppard: Though, #keystonexl would be way more popular if it were a jumbo-sized cheap beer. #
• RT @watercurrents: UBCM resolution: each community should own, control and protect its watershed #water #ourwaterbc http://ow.ly/6OICQ #
• RT @adam_stirling: Truly tragic. It doesn't have to be this way… RT @kevwrites: No. Words. http://t.co/9qjV2yCK #

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• Suspected Victoria drug dealer walked in during police raid http://ow.ly/5rGwB My neighbourinos #yyj #
• BC's unfair tax system means wealthy pay lower tax rate. From the @ccpa http://ow.ly/5s2nD #bcpoli #
• Dear ereader sellers. Way to take a book and fragment it into non-compatible, fragmented, disabled, non lendable, locked experience. #
• RT @inklesspw: Industry Canada report: "From 2006 to 2009, Cdn business expenditure on R&D declined in inflation-adjusted terms." #cdnpoli #
• Hey, still time to register for Feminists' Rock Camp – July 15-17, Victoria not too many spots left! http://j.mp/2011FRC #yyj #
• 'Math is only one of many valid theories of number-manipulation" Georgia School Board Bans Theory Of Math From @theOnion http://ow.ly/5s8uJ #
• Canada? RT @yalee360: Major fuel economy boost envisioned by Obama administration http://t.co/rYteXMM #
• Ford, car taxes ha ha! RT @andrew_leach @sustpro: GTA needs to look at road tolls, gas taxes to counter gridlock: report http://t.co/xtaiFmo #
• Good! RT @razzlem: Just wrote @NandosAustralia to let them know why I will never eat at Nando's http://j.mp/l9n2Jb #yyj #objectifyingwomen #
• Victoria Feminists' rock camp update: Only 5 spots left 🙂 Register soon! July 15-17 http://j.mp/2011frc #yyj #
• RT @rateldajer: Oh, Google lied, they are going to war with Facebook. Thermonuclear war. #googleplus http://t.co/7GDvg7r #
• Logging threatening Great Bear Rainforest in BC. Terrible #fail by #bclib government http://ow.ly/5stCB #bcpoli #

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• As Canada contemplates restrictions on abortions for sex selection, here's a report from India http://t.co/QIVkqjPL #cdnpoli #
• Bill Would Block Export of #KeystoneXL Oil from US http://t.co/ACH399Fw #oilsands #tarsands #cdnpoli The point of this is?? #
• Too Much Energy Used to Mine, Move Bitumen Says BC Firm. EROI = 2.4 http://t.co/DHzNWuJx #tarsands #oilsands via @thetyee #
• Landmark US diesel exhaust/lung cancer link study stalled amid industry and congressional objections. http://t.co/R8ZSDt8X #
• Canadian unemployment is actually worse than numbers show – The Globe and Mail http://t.co/RBCjMz96 #cdnpoli #
• Hey #yyj Look east right now. It is gorgeous! #
• RT @carbontalks: Canadian pipe dream? Stephen Harper to visit China to secure new market for #oilsands crude http://t.co/5MySXCF7 #tarsands #
• As always, to get more perspective on Russia and China's #Syria veto, go to an Indian newspaper @TheHindu http://t.co/8U0ruQpd #
• RT @susandelacourt: Citizenship ceremony kerfuffle may have violated privacy rights of new Canadians http://t.co/UEnFSDW0 #cdnpoli #
• RT @poliswater: Op ed in today's @VancouverSun on importance of collaborative governance of water http://t.co/Y2vEbKlU #
• Publishers put the squeeze on library ebook lending including @gvpl http://t.co/tzUlQamt #yyj #
• In the US, tea party activists oppose smart meters fearing a UN plot to track them http://t.co/hQ2EF608 #
• RT @danpollock: The G&M takes a look at literary speed dating. Coming to the @gvpl and @VPL next week: http://t.co/oMQge390 #books #yyj #yvr #
• When an academic journal corrects a paper, shouldn't the correction be freely available? We pay for your mistakes now? #openaccess #
• Business friendly #bcndp and @JennyKwan vs prohibition friendly #bclibs on the Rio Theatre http://t.co/CoRDvg8M #bcpoli #yvr #
• Energy Tax Breaks Wiki for US Launched. See how much subsidy money fossil fuels get http://t.co/DAvNIRRj via @cleantechnica #
• RT @a_mhb: Tmrw: "Finding Dawn" screening, discussion with Christine Welsh & Robina Thomas, Feb 8, 10:30AM Camosun College, Young 216 #yyj #
• RT @lisahelps: I support building a Johnson St Bridge that can incorporate rail in the future. So does @Ben_Isitt http://t.co/Mw7va84z #yyj #
• RT @cbc_victoria: #Saanich police: National long-gun registry was critical to the recent seizure of 159 guns from a home #yyj #cdnpoli #
• Here is the story on the 159 guns http://t.co/WqeHfkjJ #cdnpoli #
• MT @dgardner: Ask Vic Toews to give an example of necessary torture that does not involve Jack Bauer. http://t.co/mTJE94Wk #cdnpoli #
• RT @marcleeccpa: BCSEA on the massive fugitive emissions from shale gas and BC's coveted LNG plants: http://t.co/SoNQD9pI #fracking #bcpoli #
• RT @ghoberg: Op Ed: We'll eventually pay for the cost of #BCHydro rate deferral http://t.co/GAZkOC53 #bcpoli #
• Brits miffed that ungrateful Indians take food "aid" from England and buy French fighter jets. http://t.co/f6J0Of5l #
• The British government is on record saying that it hopes India will buy British arms because of "aid" money. http://t.co/f6J0Of5l #
• India proposed ending the "aid" last year. England reluctant to end because it provides "good publicity" http://t.co/f6J0Of5l #
• RT @drgrist: A federal appeals court just rule California's #Prop8 unconstitutional. California cannot ban gay marriage. So that's cool. #
• Interesting use of smart meters. Nearly Half of Electricity at UK Businesses Wasted During Off Hours http://t.co/yi3lR2TN #
• RT @victorianews: City to increase pedicab licences: Pedicab owner warns increased competition lowers standards http://t.co/chdpIG6g #yyj #
• So,the Australian #immigration miracle Canada's told to emulate? Attract more White Brits! http://t.co/MzFVqLhb #cdnpoli #
• Internet meme of the year 🙂 RT @kate_sheppard: Newt v. Schrute: It's harder than you think http://t.co/UUjjHZCs #
• Buildings haven’t gotten more efficient in 20 years because everyone involved is maximising profit and minimising risk http://t.co/kPzDkcZA #
• Climate is what you expect; weather is what you get: Weather Underground Meteorologist Jeff Masters http://t.co/DcP5GOKp #
• I really like Masters' analogy of climate change as adding an extra dot to dice. Doesn't shift average much, makes extremes more likely. #
• “@EvidenceNetwork: We need a meaningful federal role in #medicare says Allan Maslove: http://t.co/t9FHldAH #cdnpoli #cdnhealth” #
• The National Cancer Institute spends 80% of its budget on research http://t.co/9aa9Y7jS The #Komen institute – 19% http://t.co/8SOBzUB9 #
• RT @dougsaunders: Depressing. The Earth is 6,000km deep. The furthest humans have gone is 12km, and it took a cold-war dick-size contest. #
• Guilty as charged, me too, though not today 🙂 RT @drgrist: Just for the record, I'm one of those urban elitists who rides the bus. #
• Victoria is talking about "amalgamation" tonight, follow along at #yyjgov #yyj and try not to use #yyj too often 🙂 #
• So, #yyjgov is it "amalgamation" based on sharing services, or "amalgamation" based on sharing space? They are linked, but different. #
• I use a commons and watershed framework to look at "amalgamation", each "service" has a logical geographical and social boundary. #yyjGov #
• Doesn't this depend on what's being governed? Maybe not? RT @janniaragon: How many boards and levels of governance do we need? #yyjgov #
• An article in the Toronto Star from 2008 after a decade of amalgamation in the GTA http://t.co/bT9wpn53 #yyjGov Note, pre Rob Ford 🙂 #
• How will "streamlining" of services from amalgamation affect jobs in #yyj #yyjGov #
• We have a very diverse mix of urban to suburban to exurban to agricultural to First Nation community. A shared vision/goal for all? #yyjGov #
• Former B.C. neo-Nazi abandons racist views, now helps others quit. Good for him http://t.co/wT6vKae7 #bcpoli #
• .@kyleschem Heck, I travel through Victoria, Saanich, Central Saanich, North Saanich. Sidney,Tsartlip, Tsawout every day 🙂 #yyjGov #
• I think that a lot in #yyj 🙂 RT @lacouvee: I'm glad to see that I'm NOT the youngest person here. Great range of ages. #yyjgov #
• RT @janniaragon: #yyjgov Current speaker noting free rider problem. Ongoing issue. #bcpoli #
• RT @andrewshopland: Didn't hear much discussion about the role of our #firstnations in #yyj #yyjgov #
• .@janniaragon @andrewshopland First Nations-settler municipal relations are complicated, would be interested in what they think of #yyjGov #
• Can't understand govt. unwillingness to change RT @riotheatre: B.C.’s Antiquated Liquor Laws Bad for Business http://t.co/5fRdJulh #bcpoli #
• Yay, at work at 6:15 in the morning thanks to @sherwinarnott and @BeckyCory, the day just got a whole lot shorter 🙂 Se y'all soon 🙂 #
• RT @tomphilpott: More evidence that fore-foot striking is the way forward for running. http://t.co/ByOCPoz2 #yyjrun I should try this… #
• Why economic #inequality leads to collapse. http://t.co/1yQ9eG2U In the @guardian via @3QD #
• City urged to look again at rail option for Johnson Street Bridge, says Councillor @Ben_Isitt http://t.co/nOAdZC4L #yyj #
• Solar PV Cost Competitive in Middle East http://t.co/y8cyYu31 The Saudi Arabia of solar is now, Saudi Arabia 🙂 @cleantechnica #
• So, this whole #newtwitter interface, how does one get it? Just wait for the twitter gods to give it to you? #
• In France, cyclists can run red lights legally http://t.co/YpmvTOkF #
• Don't care where #KeystoneXL steel comes from, can't believe Transcanada would claim 75 %US/CA made http://t.co/glXxcHDP #tarsands #oilsands #
• Fugitive emissions from natural gas much higher than advertised, not clean http://t.co/BWCC4CNI In @nature #fracking #
• These Denver natural gas measurements line up with Howarth, et al estimates which have been rubbished by industry, experts. #fracking #
• RT @kady: @ElizabethMay will raise "the increased influence and control of foreign governments and corporations". 10am tomorrow. #cdnpoli #
• .@dgardner @kevinmilligan This #OAS BS is distressingly familiar to me, having lived in the US through the 2000s http://t.co/FDMMW0bc #
• Members of Hindu nationalist BJP resign after being caught watching p0&n on their phones in legislature! http://t.co/Q7RwhHD8 #nottheonion #
• Thx! "@lacouvee: Here's the curated tweet stream from last night's "Conversation on Amalgamation" Victoria BC. #yyjgov http://t.co/g4dqlovb #
• RT @cqwww: Remember #SOPA #PIPA from a few weeks ago? Canada about to drop its version, and limit debate http://t.co/i9pb4TbC #cdnpoli #
• RT @armineyalnizyan: Germany's "jobs miracle" explained. http://t.co/vRaYyVEm Something similar going on in Canada, post crisis? #cdnpoli #
• RT @gvpl: Feminist content + well-written books for youth = Amelia Bloomer Booklist. Here's the 2012 picks: http://t.co/omre4sTs #
• Seriously? RT @hummingbird604: "I'm a native-Canadian because I am Norwegian" — guy on the bus stop to me. Me – "O RLY?" #
• Oh SNAP! RT @expatina: Weird so many Christians are homophobic–when they seem to think sex is just for men. via @janniaragon #
• RT @masalacanada: Canada: No financial reason to change old-age pension system: budget watchdog http://t.co/VexNH39k #cdnpoli #OAS #
• RT @triadonaldson: Going to Edward Milne School for a Screening of Peace Out tonight at 7:00. Learn about impacts of #fracking Site C. #yyj #
• Finally! Victoria Sewage funding approvals expected by the spring http://t.co/O5uloJca #yyj @timescolonist #
• RT @journo_dale: Chow's motion to repeal regulation affecting #trans Canadians is defeated 6 to 5. #TRAN #cdnpoli #canqueer #
• Not allowed RT @ghoberg: Canadian energy policy – pick your demon: China or US foundations? Are we capable of a more sophisticated debate? #
• Ah, fossil fuels, we love you. RT @alexwitze: Coal from 1891 shipwreck off BC coast is still polluting the environment http://t.co/sQtXeevg #
• B.C. govt. changes rules to allow liquor licensed venues to screen movies http://t.co/N6A0aexw Thank the #bcndp #bcpoli #
• RT @308dotcom: @adriandix and @BCNDP widens lead in BC. #bcpoli #bcndp http://t.co/Yp8pDd9A #
• Economic forecasts: Useful, but almost always wrong http://t.co/TCgIHq7y via @ezraklein #
• RT @mikesoron: NYPD kills 18 yr old flushing pot. RT @dgardner: Another glorious victory in the war on marijuana. http://t.co/S2bcxxO5 #
• Can Canada’s version of SOPA be stopped? #C11 #SOPA http://t.co/SG3l7RIb #cdnpoli We don't have a checks and balances system #
• RT @drgrist: State Department Inspector General Finds Flaws in #KeystoneXL Pipeline Review http://t.co/c3fZcwDg #tarsands #oilsands #
• RT @adam_stirling: This Clark Radio Throne Speech has to be a joke or a misunderstanding or something… Doesn't it? #bcpoli #
• Rio Theatre owner says liquor licensing change is not a real fix http://t.co/CvgdptLh #bcpoli Our liquor laws need retiring #
• LeadNow @leadnowca Says "Cooperate for Canada"! http://t.co/GDib1n0O #cdnpoli Okay, will do 🙂 #
• Wall Streeters Juicing up on Testosterone To Load Up On Risk http://t.co/EU4xVlEl #nottheonion via @mattyglesias #
• A Personal Carbon Allowance? Wow, this would require unprecedented surveillance http://t.co/sXLKSyEv #
• Cooperation as class privilege? RT @rabbleca: @NathanCullen and @PeggyNashNDP in NDP family drama http://t.co/CcgdwT2T #cdnpoli #
• Councillor @MarianneAlto would like Victoria to sell naming rights for city facilities http://t.co/I7D0XRWn #yyj #
• Ontario crash sheds light on plight of "temporary" "foreign" migrant workers http://t.co/oL1UuY8O #imigration #cdnpoli #
• Charles Dickens, like many of his English and British contemporaries, was a genocidal racist http://t.co/Q80cyuNN #
• In the US, Racial Education Gap Narrowing, Income Education Gap Growing http://t.co/zM6ozMQe #inequality #
• Republicans retreat on domestic Violence, oppose reauthorization of Violence against Women Act http://t.co/5iKivixX #
• Ignoring Western Sanctions, India Explores Opportunities in Iran http://t.co/sWDTPFsj #
• #Tarsands magnate Murray Edwards and Bill Gates stump for geoengineering http://t.co/ReJ6EUU4 #cdnpoli #
• Hate reports like this which purport to tell you risk factors without providing a single comparison for context http://t.co/EEjmVOkq #
• News Flash: Press releases on scientific studies are PR, designed to oversell significance, do ask for context http://t.co/EEjmVOkq #
• Just getting started RT @ghoberg: This is getting nutso, no? MP would ban foreign environmental funding http://t.co/PZMdAG7U #NGP #cdnpoli #
• "@GernotWagner Don't suspend EU aviation directive for "progress" on an international cap, suspend it after global cap http://t.co/RpQzgv8Y #
• RT @denisesavoie: Passed my Green Commuter Bill on to MP Jamie Nicolls http://t.co/1BE2n2Ee #cdnpoli #yyj #
• Should Canadian environmental groups be barred from taking foreign money? – CBC Poll http://t.co/fbstSWlg #Ipayforthis #cdnpoli #
• Hmm… RT @AnnieLowrey: Wow. RT @BBCLiveNews: Confirmed breaking news. North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un assassinated. Updates to follow. #
• RT @benwest: "Canada PM vows to ensure key oil pipeline is built" @Reuters http://t.co/51HeJUA5 #NGP #climate #CDNpoli #Enbridge #
• Great article! The Righteous Small House: Challenging House Size and the Irresponsible American Dream http://t.co/fMgJ72wU via @drgrist #
• That last article about the Righteous Small House was in @yesmagazine, fine folks 🙂 http://t.co/fMgJ72wU #
• RT @ericmjohnson: Santorum is “one of the finest minds of the thirteenth century.” On the #GOP upstart's theosophy: http://t.co/tRSn4xK4 #
• Would like headline like this in #yyj Authorities seize 3 tons of banned plastic bags in Kashmir http://t.co/poRd2Jqr #pluckfastic #
• Little green lies: PM Harper and Canada’s environment – David Boyd (who knows his stuff) http://t.co/hME0M1a4 #cdnpoli #
• Ottawa’s new anti-terrorism strategy lists environmentalism as threat http://t.co/PfSXINt1 #cdnpoli #
• And here's Enbridge acting as China's spokesperson on the Northern Gateway http://t.co/RkktPZbF #NGP #oilsands #tarsands #
• Want to please a one per center? Blame the Boomers for 'generational theft.' @TheTyee http://t.co/jzLXH7dQ #cdnpoli #
• B.C. Liberals concerned about third party vote splitting? They should have taken the advice of their commission http://t.co/ShFmTeQf #bcpoli #

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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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• Sweet 🙂 RT @sfbuzzalino: Even kids! ##pride #canqueer #lgtb #yyjpinkpages http://t.co/XsWXPU3K #
• The @yyjpinkpages truck looks awesome. Can't wait to drive it! #yyjpinkpages http://t.co/sd5n0FGv #
• More than look RT @la_cornish: Elections Canada cuts look bad in light of robocall scandal http://t.co/U5K2WJJy via @VancouverSun #cdnpoli #
• The everyday denial of climate change | Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists http://t.co/BkHLk748 Via @3QD #
• Wow, #Water Use by Tourists Outstrips Water Use By Locals in Developing Nations, eg. Goa in India http://t.co/8gbdTLOg #
• ‘Unprecedented’ ozone hole opens over Canadian Arctic as Cdn govt cuts monitoring funding. http://t.co/jpX3JHWN #cdnpoli #
• Also, the Environment Canada Scientist who gets his ozone findings into Nature!! doesn't get to talk to media http://t.co/jpX3JHWN #cdnpoli #
• RT @dgardner: "We have a bunch of people running science in the country who don't even know what science is." http://t.co/PGMnzjsc #cdnpoli #
• RT @ProPublica: New study finds fluids from the Marcellus Shale are likely seeping into PA drinking water: http://t.co/WblkMq3B #fracking #
• Herons return to heart of Victoria at Beacon Hill Park – Time to get out those fancy new binocs! http://t.co/WVDNzxJv #yyj #
• Dear #telus please, Billy Joel music on hold, we can do better. #
• Florida responds to biggest TB epidemic in years by, you guessed it, hiding it and closing the facility. http://t.co/5LjJfcdT #FAIL #
• Florida is run by Republican and ex-health insurance exec Rick Scott, who presided over felonious billing fraud http://t.co/GQnkjE8b #
• Minute amounts of copper from mining and brake linings making #salmon prone to predators http://t.co/ndiLFMfk #
• "@kate_sheppard: To combat dengue fever, biotech firm unleashes genetically engineered mosquitoes. What could go wrong? http://t.co/tCNaU5dp #
• RT @mikehudema: #Enbridge knew about Michigan #pipeline defect before spill. Nothing done for 5 yrs http://t.co/mXANm2gA #tarsands #oilsands #
• #Esquimalt Nation seeks recognition of Douglas Treaties claim for Uplands, Cadboro Bay Village, … #yyj http://t.co/gMu8byzg #
• 25% of Wall Street Executives believe wrongdoing is key to success http://t.co/xNjH6Guo #nottheonion #
• RT @mikehudema: #Enbridge #oilspill in Michigan cost $800M; handled like "Keystone Cops,"- US regulator http://t.co/MJ5ZvnTa #oilsands #
• RT @insideclimate: #Enbridge saw crack in pipeline 5 yrs before Kalamazoo #tarsands #dilbit spill, NTSB chief http://t.co/ZkEoPucm #oilsands #
• RT @poneilinottawa: 15,000 defects, #Enbridge "treading water" trying to deal with defects since '05. Accident waiting to happen" #oilsands #
• RT @ntsb: Chairman Hersman: Delegating too much authority to regulated is tantamount to the fox guarding the henhouse. #enbridge #oilsands #
• Should they be trusted? RT @althiaraj: Can Enbridge be trusted to handle potential Northern Gateway spills differently? http://t.co/N9UZGS77 #
• Glad my netbook randomly decided to die 30 minutes before I was selling it instead of after. #lucky #
• I Bragged about Vancouver Cycling and Global Experts Laughed http://t.co/iC6F94kt #yvr via @thetyee #
• The Spreading Scourge of Corporate Corruption and Declining Public Trust – @NYTimes http://t.co/jDcniJCU #
• The Spreading Scourge of Corporate Corruption and Declining Public Trust- @NYTimes http://t.co/dEC8NqpI #
• #Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline project should be stopped, Mulcair http://t.co/Eu5VHMBx #tarsands #oilsands #NDP #
• #Enbridge pipeline doomed to be non-starter – @VaughnPalmer (no less) @VancouverSun http://t.co/A4RRuPdQ #tarsands #oilsands #cdnpoli #
• RT @ericmjohnson @TomLevenson: Banksters LIBOR manipulation starved cities/states at the height of the financial crisis http://t.co/WmUCjCI9 #
• A gentle reminder, never, ever, ever fly to/through Heathrow http://t.co/l9Dpz02f via @GlobeandMail #
• #Climatechange driving #salmon evolution, selecting for earlier migrating fish http://t.co/qFp73spK #
• B.C. premier critical of #Enbridge 2010 spill response, joins the rest of BC http://t.co/hec47sAS #tarsands #oilsands #bcpoli #cdnpoli #
• Why that study by Tomtom ranking #yvr as "most congested" in Canada was bogus #yvr http://t.co/HnTE2wmY #
• If you are an #enbridge exec and preside over a bad spill, you get a 35% top up on your mega bucks salary #oilsands http://t.co/Zp9Y0WoP #
• RT @aaronwherry: Quiet cuts: Canadian Parks & Wilderness Society: Parks are under threat. Federal budget cuts http://t.co/JXP1ZKYn #cdnpoli #
• Wow, Texas judge rules that air, like water, is part of "public trust" #BFD http://t.co/J6HCuTzL via @marcleeccpa #
• Yes! RT @sherwinarnott: This seems like an important result for #fairdealing and #copyright http://t.co/oDkVsQ62 via @mgeist #cdnpoli #
• The Market Has Spoken – And It Is Rigged | Simon Johnson – Ex-IMF chief economist http://t.co/nI58tuBj Read this. #
• RT @drgrist: Study: The rich are likely to be less compassionate, more calculating http://t.co/n5zparoK Let's eat them. #
• RT @guydauncey: Canada scores 11th out of 12 in #energyefficiency – almost bottom of the class, next to Russia. http://t.co/tDYizrcJ #
• RT @gvcc Sign our petition! #Esquimalt Mayor and Council: Support Cycling Facilities, Traffic Calming on Admirals. http://t.co/gV0i8YdF #yyj #
• RT @hundalraj: #BCndp says BC's move to privatize liquor distribution "Highly Tainted" http://t.co/Ga1EFjaB #BCpoli #
• RT @wildernews: #Kalamazoo pipeline report sparks opposition to Kinder Morgan expansion http://t.co/Uap3TKRb – @ChilliwackTimes #KMP #bcpoli #
• HSBC "apologizes" for doing little to stop money laundering. Good god, are any of these guys honest? http://t.co/qDXRNC7B #
• MT @ghoberg: Big crowd at @Wildernews Oil Tanker Traffic and threat to Vancouver's Stanley Park #yvr #kmp #tarsands #oilsands #
• B.C. Liberals deny claim lobbyists behind booze plan http://t.co/l3zDHjCS #bcpoli The paper trail is unequivocal. #
• Lightning?? Thunder?? Warm summer rain?? Who are you and where is Victoria?? #yyj #
• Survey: Indians worry more about their (smaller) environmental impact than Canadians or US. http://t.co/SFvpMPEM #
• RT @envirodefence: U.S. report sounds death knell for proposed #NorthernGateway pipeline http://t.co/3IKCufEz #cdnpoli #tarsands #oilsands #
• Barbara Yaffe of @VancouverSun thinks #Enbridge pipeline is "dead", epic.Next up. Kinder Morgan #KMP #bcpoli #tarsands #oilsands #
• 13 reasons why this is the worst US Congress ever http://t.co/4svjcflc Wow, makes Canada's one man show seem functional. #
• RT @la_cornish: @ikealiving If you really love wood, you'll stop clear-cutting Russia's old-growth forests http://t.co/gNMPzZv8 #
• 🙂 RT @robynspilker: Researchers noticed that many Baltimore youth are using a #gender neutral third person #pronoun http://t.co/vSX4yG0k #
• RT @alexhimelfarb: Oy: Canada Studying Private Firms for Prisons as Budgets Fall http://t.co/NL1PxKsz #cdnpoli #
• Guaranteed to lose time, money, cause anguish. Federal government appealing assisted-suicide ruling http://t.co/VbTldr4z #cdnpoli #
• RT @wicary: #Enbridge might want to commence action on Plan B, if there is one: @garymasonglobe on N. Gateway. http://t.co/J5P00tW8 #cdnpoli #
• For some reason, @garymasonglobe seems to think that the #enbridge pipeline would create jobs in BC? http://t.co/2rYbUp78 #wrong #

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