Estelle Hjertaas (@ehjertaas) 's Twitter Profile
Estelle Hjertaas

@ehjertaas

Lawyer. Saskatchewanian. Dancer. Environmentalist. Outdoor enthusiast. Bio mom & foster mom. She/Her.

ID: 121183263

linkhttp://www.estellehjertaas.ca calendar_today08-03-2010 17:54:20

16,16K Tweet

988 Followers

1,1K Following

Estelle Hjertaas (@ehjertaas) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Children who lived closer to natural gas wells in heavily drilled Pennsylvania were more likely to develop a relatively rare form of cancer, and nearby residents of all ages had an increased chance of severe asthma reactions, researchers said. nationalobserver.com/2023/08/15/new…

UN Special Procedures (@un_spexperts) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Universities must respect peaceful activism & revise repressive policies targeting pro-Palestine solidarity movement. UN expert calls for the protection of peaceful assemblies & an end to stigmatisation, repression & retaliation of the academic community. ohchr.org/en/statements/…

Universities must respect peaceful activism & revise repressive policies targeting pro-Palestine solidarity movement.
UN expert calls for the protection of peaceful assemblies & an end to stigmatisation, repression & retaliation of the academic community.

ohchr.org/en/statements/…
Estelle Hjertaas (@ehjertaas) 's Twitter Profile Photo

“Rail has been getting more efficient, greener every year, as has been evidenced in the data,” said @railcanada's @jonathanthib, referring to efforts to reduce emissions and air pollution via a deal with Transport Canada nationalobserver.com/2024/10/02/ana…

Craig Mokhiber (@craigmokhiber) 's Twitter Profile Photo

For one year, we have witnessed an epic ideological battle between the forces of human rights on the one side, and the forces of political Zionism on the other. These two ideologies are diametrically opposed, and one cannot prevail without the demise of the other. In a time of

Samira Mohyeddin سمیرا (@smohyeddin) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This is Canada’s media landscape. You can win national & international journalism awards, work at the CBC for nearly a decade, both as host & producer, write opinion pieces The Globe and Mail, yet some blowhard from The Post will call you a “self proclaimed journalist.” John Ivison ✍️

This is Canada’s media landscape. You can win national &amp; international journalism awards, work at the CBC for nearly a decade, both as host &amp; producer, write opinion pieces <a href="/globeandmail/">The Globe and Mail</a>, yet some blowhard from The Post will call you a “self proclaimed journalist.” 

<a href="/IvisonJ/">John Ivison</a> ✍️
Andrew Coyne 🇺🇦🇮🇱🇬🇪🇲🇩 (@acoyne) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Jesus H Christ: - 36% of young (18-34) Canadian men would vote for Trump over Harris. - 44% of Conservatives would. - 48% of Conservative men (vs 31% who would vote for Harris). Today. Not in 2016, when they might not have understood fully what he was about. But now, after all

Estelle Hjertaas (@ehjertaas) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Canada's #pesticides regulator is broken. Health Canada's regulatory agency is too cozy with industry and the only way to break those ties is to blow it up and start over. @adriennetanner writes for @natobserver #cdnpoli #neonics nationalobserver.com/2024/10/18/opi…

Estelle Hjertaas (@ehjertaas) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Tzeporah Berman is part of the steering committee of the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty campaign, which has garnered support from 132,737 individuals and over 800 organizations. The group calls for a worldwide treaty to phase out #FossilFuels. nationalobserver.com/2021/10/14/new…

Alastair McAlpine, MD (@alastairmca30) 's Twitter Profile Photo

99% of pediatricians vaccinate their children fully and on-schedule. If we were part of a shady cabal simply trying to push vaccines on the unsuspecting to make money… … why would we do that? #vaccineswork

Jared Walczak (@jaredwalczak) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I hear this a lot, that property taxes mean you're always "renting" your land from the government, but it relies on a flawed framework. Property taxes aren't a payment for the right to possess land. They are a payment for the services provided to that land: roads, police and the

Dr. Mark Bourrie (@markbourrie) 's Twitter Profile Photo

In 2014, I wrote that the hard right wants to replace Canada’s centrist media with a universe of partisan outlets mimicking professional journalism. This has already happened on AM radio and the Internet. T knowing this, “defund the CBC” is more frightening. #cdnmedia