Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-09-16
- 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