weekly compilation 08.09.2011

Here's our weekly round up of what's been in the twittersphere:

Energy & Climate Change

RT @MikeChilds1: Enough to make you weep - the impact climate change can have on biodiversty http://tinyurl.com/3ww5gtm in @newscientist

RT @wwwfoecouk: Blog: What's really hiking up our energy bills?: Why it's wrong to say 'green taxes' drive them up:http://goo.gl/fb/Vy0nP

RT @birminghampost: RSPB says planned Walsall wind turbine is no danger to birds http://bit.ly/rbtd0I

Study exposes green failings of wood fuel power plans:http://bit.ly/pzlY58

If you haven't been to @zerocarbonhouse Balsall Heath for one of their open days yet, there's one on Saturday: http://bit.ly/ow2G3p

Planning

New article up on our website about the government's planning free-for-all and how to stop it: http://bit.ly/qVErxM

RT @pauldezylva: So called #NPPF 'myth-buster' reads just like the NPPF, but then it would. As vague, too. http://bit.ly/oZ0F94 #planning

Acocks Green Ward Meeting today - 7 pm Fox Hollies Forumhttp://bit.ly/rrtFJ3 Morrison's under 'Urgent Local Concern'

RT @RTPIPlanners: #planningmyths 1) The default response to a planning application is "no". http://www.rtpi.org.uk/item/4569

RT @RTPIPlanners: #planningmyths 2) Planning is slow. 3) Planning is costly. See the evidence that refutes these myths:http://bit.ly/osy9GH

RT @RTPIPlanners: #planningmyths 4) Planning is a drag on economic growth. 5) Planning forces house prices up - busted:http://bit.ly/osy9GH

The "battle" rhetoric sends out all the wrong signals in terms of a willingness to listen. Not all about countryside: http://bit.ly/ow888v

Birmingham Friends of the Earth back the Support Our Markets campaign: http://bit.ly/omsXcw

Transport

RT @Bham_carfree: @BirminghamMail has an article about bike trains in the Go Green section. Our thanks to @katbaldwyn:http://bit.ly/nFbXYF

RT @birminghammail: Police put brakes on boy racer menaces in Sutton Coldfield http://dlvr.it/kWSw9 - how about rest of Bham? Far too many!

Shared space design increases footfall: http://bit.ly/nY6UcV - which streets in Birmingham should have this?

RT @RichardHebditch: Excellent new website on evidence base for improving transport from @ptegSupportUnit: http://bit.ly/pGMjr3

RT @MikeChilds1: Report http://tinyurl.com/3qfskvo says electric cars pricier than conventional until 2030 but ignores social cost of carbon

Others
RT @foeeurope: Victory! European court protects honey from #GMcontamination.http://http://bit.ly/nVA7xZ #monsanto