This Week on GR
by C. L. Cook
 This week: B.C. Hydro's big plan, the (estimated) billion dollar
installation of so-called Smart Meters is underway, but not everyone
thinks it's so smart. The devices will eliminate the need for meter
readers, and purportedly make your energy use more efficient. What could
be wrong with that?
Well, despite the many meter readers who must pound
the pavement for new work, people with electro-magnetic sensitivities, and
those concerned about the proliferation of WiFi signals in our
environment, say these machines pose a real health threat. There is also
the little matter of privacy and security.
A few weeks ago, activists gathered at the B.C. Legislature buildings to voice their concerns about the Smart Meter plan.
Smart and less so schemes for B.C.'s electricity consumers in both segments today.
And; Victoria Street Newz publisher and CFUV broadcaster, Janine
Bandcroft will join us at the bottom of the hour to bring us news from
the city's streets and beyond.
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Some past guests include: M. Junaid Alam, M. Shahid Alam, Joel Bakan,
Maude Barlow, David Barsamian, Mark and Rhoda Berenson, Diana
Beresford-Kroeger, William Blum, Luciana Bohne, William Bowles, Mordecai
Briemberg, James J. Brittain, Vincent Bugliosi, Helen Caldicott, Noam
Chomsky, Michel Chossudovsky, Diane Christian, Juan Cole, David
Cromwell, Ezili Danto, Murray Dobbin, Jon Elmer, Yves Engler, Reese
Erlich, Anthony Fenton, Jim Fetzer, Laura Flanders, Chris Floyd, Connie
Fogal, Glen Ford, Susan George, Stan Goff, Amy Goodman, Robert
Greenwald, Denis Halliday, Chris Hedges, Sander Hicks, Julia Butterfly
Hill, Scott Horton, Robert Jensen, Dahr Jamail, Chalmers Johnson, Diana
Johnstone, Malalai Joya, Kathy Kelly, Naomi Klein, Brewster Kneen, Betty
Krawczyk, Anthony Lappe, Frances Moore Lappe, Jason Leopold, Jeff Leys,
Dave Lindorff, Jim Lobe, Jennifer Loewenstein, Stephen Marshall, Linda
McQuaig, George Monbiot, Loretta Napoleoni, John Nichols, Kurt Nimmo,
Ken O'Keefe, David Orchard, Riki Ott, Greg Palast, Mike Palecek, Michael
Parenti, Robert Parry, John Perkins, John Pilger, Kevin Pina, William
Rivers Pitt, Justin Podur, Lila Rajiva, Jack Random, Sheldon Rampton,
Paul Craig Roberts, David Robb, Paul de Rooij, John Ross, David Rovics,
Danny Schechter, David Schindler, Vandana Shiva, Tim Shorrock, Norman
Solomon, Jean Saint-Vil, Starhawk, Grant Wakefield, Harvey Wasserman,
Paul Watson, Bernard Weiner, Andy Worthington, Mickey Z., Howard Zinn
and many others.
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