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	<title>Vanessa Long &#187; oil and gas</title>
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	<description>Your Future Green MP in Newmarket-Aurora</description>
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		<title>The Circles of Responsibility from the BP Disaster</title>
		<link>http://vanessalong.ca/2010/05/12/the-circles-of-responsibility-from-the-bp-disaster/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 14:22:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vanessa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A democracy is not something that will sustain itself against the onslaught of private interests and vice. A democracy cannot just be a hobby, and certainly not something you only have to look at once every four years.]]></description>
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		<title>Is Alberta Opening the Way to Privatizing Water?</title>
		<link>http://vanessalong.ca/2010/03/29/is-alberta-opening-the-way-to-privatizing-water/</link>
		<comments>http://vanessalong.ca/2010/03/29/is-alberta-opening-the-way-to-privatizing-water/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 22:40:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vanessa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As soon as we allow one jurisdiction to commoditize water we open the door to MNCs under NAFTA and our various free trade agreements.]]></description>
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		<title>BWM: Bottled water is *good* for the environment</title>
		<link>http://vanessalong.ca/2010/03/24/bwm-bottled-water-is-good-for-the-environment/</link>
		<comments>http://vanessalong.ca/2010/03/24/bwm-bottled-water-is-good-for-the-environment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 21:33:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vanessa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whether it is the soft-ball questions and acquiescent head nodding served up in a style that, unfortunately, reminds me of the recent Google PM interview, or the assertions that plastic bottles can be recycled into medical equipment, beverage containers, or... plastic water bottles this video delivers beautiful nature scenes and enough sweetness to make one gag.]]></description>
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		<title>Annie Leonard&#8217;s New Water Video</title>
		<link>http://vanessalong.ca/2010/03/22/annie-leonards-new-water-video/</link>
		<comments>http://vanessalong.ca/2010/03/22/annie-leonards-new-water-video/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 20:18:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vanessa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[environment]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://vanessalong.ca/?p=198</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to Treehugger for posting the new Annie Leonard video in honour of World Water Day 2010 &#8211; The Story of Bottled Water. Well worth the watching, it lays out the product cycle for water bottles and the idea of Manufactured Demand. Of course, the site seems to be down right now (could it have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy World Water Day &#8211; Water Bottle-Free!</title>
		<link>http://vanessalong.ca/2010/03/22/happy-world-water-day-water-bottle-free/</link>
		<comments>http://vanessalong.ca/2010/03/22/happy-world-water-day-water-bottle-free/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 18:43:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vanessa</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://vanessalong.ca/?p=196</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[March 22nd is World Water Day and it seems like an excellent time to muse over the current state of our water resources. Canada is so truly blessed with abundant fresh water and some of the healthiest tap water in the world and perhaps that is why we have been able to keep our per [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Green Energy Sector? I don&#8217;t think so.</title>
		<link>http://vanessalong.ca/2010/03/11/green-energy-sector-i-dont-think-so/</link>
		<comments>http://vanessalong.ca/2010/03/11/green-energy-sector-i-dont-think-so/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:35:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vanessa</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://vanessalong.ca/?p=180</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have to thank Elizabeth May for pointing this out last Friday at the Green Party of Canada Economic Summit in Toronto. Please turn to page 102 of your copy of Budget 2010. You do have one, right? If by some oversight your copy hasn&#8217;t arrived yet, you can download it here. Read with me, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Just how uneven is the oil and gas playing field?</title>
		<link>http://vanessalong.ca/2010/03/11/just-how-uneven-is-the-oil-and-gas-playing-field/</link>
		<comments>http://vanessalong.ca/2010/03/11/just-how-uneven-is-the-oil-and-gas-playing-field/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:57:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vanessa</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://vanessalong.ca/?p=178</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After taking a more careful read through the new Budget I&#8217;ve been able to add a few more numbers to my prior post on oil and gas subsidies. I&#8217;m still not up to Mr. Duceppe&#8217;s $3.2 billion in subsidies but I&#8217;m getting closer. First off, we have the temporary 15-per-cent Mineral Exploration Tax Credit (METC), [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Now *that* is some quick spin</title>
		<link>http://vanessalong.ca/2010/03/11/now-that-is-some-quick-spin/</link>
		<comments>http://vanessalong.ca/2010/03/11/now-that-is-some-quick-spin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:36:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vanessa</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://vanessalong.ca/?p=177</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It was so fast I had to go back and read it again. On Tuesday during Question Period, Bloc leader Gilles Duceppe and PM Stephen Harper had a little exchange about oil and gas companies that caught my eye while reading the Hansard. (Yup, I&#8217;m totally poli-geeking out.) Here is the exchange under Oral Questions: [...]]]></description>
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