Table 4 Characteristic content of the nine influential communities, selected on the basis of the largest number of unique tweets (in parenthesis are the most influential users)

Env 1

366,979

625,280

#gridpowerstorage (0.49) #caribbeantech (0.20) #solars (0.19) #ag4dev (0.14) #jamaica (0.12) #idb (0.11) #energyefficiency (0.11)

(ClimateReality)

retw (0.18) global wind jobs: (0.14) global solar jobs: (0.11) green jobs: (0.09) lexinerus: retw (0.09) daily stories via (0.08) filed under: solar (0.07)

Env 2

324,518

561,659

#uniteblue (0.37) #p2 (0.28) #copolitics (0.26) #wiunion (0.16) #ofaction (0.14) #stoprush (0.14) #ctl (0.13) #libcrib (0.12) #coleg (0.11)

(climateprogess)

without remorse please (0.12) dying plastic next. (0.11) next. watch share (0.11) companies poison water (0.09) stop now watch (0.09)

News 1

275,172

325,867

#olsx (0.34) #rhi (0.30) #bizitalk (0.26) #bartonmoss (0.24) #stopbrep (0.22) #udobiz (0.20) #besw14 (0.18) #gbhour (0.16) #ukair (0.15)

(guardianeco)

3 low (0.30) low 3 (0.21) average 2 low (0.16) pollution forecast tomorrow (0.14) moderate average (0.08) 40 % power 20 % (0.06)

News 2

254,159

44,587

#la_chefs (0.44) #bos (0.43) #scistuchat (0.24) #lax (0.22) #ntrs (0.20) #washington (0.17) #sfo (0.15) #stockaction (0.15) #koreans (0.15)

(nytimes)

power personal branding (0.14) branding b2b lead (0.14) green chemistry pls (0.14) strange preferential treatment (0.11) japan privilege foreigners (0.11)

Skeptic

160,257

236,618

#pjnet (0.84) #ccot (0.26) #tcot (0.19) #climatescam (0.15) #teaparty (0.15) #sgp (0.11) #tlot (0.11) #lnyhbt (0.10) #copolitics (0.09)

(JunkScience)

man-made global-warming (0.14) conducts dangerous human (0.13) la dr. mengele (0.12) human experiments:a la (0.12) ibd obama’s conducts (0.12)

India

96,158

32,981

#invisiblekiller (0.37) #namo (0.26) #telangana (0.26) #mufflerman (0.23) #insubcontinent (0.20) #aap (0.18) #upa (0.15)

(narendramodi)

web-app share ur (0.16) resources hands aam (0.16) plz join reduce (0.14) air pollution. web-app (0.14) shri (0.12) ganga (0.10) kejriwal (0.09)

Celebrity

92,434

13,480

#coalsucks (0.66) #isf (0.61) #beyondcoal (0.34) #nofrackla (0.19) #isfcommcrew (0.11) #yearsproject (0.08) #yearssolutions (0.03)

(iansomerhalder)

warm idea solar (0.23) help recycle (0.20) solar powered energy (0.13) coal get heated (0.12) fan wind power (0.10) coalsucks (0.10)

News 3

91,446

95,415

#cdnpoli (0.81) #nbpoli (0.23) #bcpoli (0.23) #hamont (0.13) #onpoli (0.12) #nspoli (0.12) #yeg (0.11) #yql (0.09) #nofrackns (0.08)

(CBCNews)

big top thought (0.16) maritime electric (0.16) alberta (0.13) share resources stories (0.08) energy efficiency job: (0.08) ceea (0.07) hydro one (0.07)

Env 3

83,259

180,210

#nswpol (0.48) #csg (0.47) #auspol (0.47) #springst (0.22) #qldpol (0.20) #ret (0.16) #qanda (0.15) #insiders (0.14) #vicvotes (0.12)

(Jackthelad1947)

business news (0.37) local banks (0.37) energy via full (0.19) can finance renewable (0.14) lnp (0.13) ret (0.05) agl (0.05) full story business (0.04)