Panel says link between smog and premature death is clear
By H. JOSEF HEBERT, Associated Press Writer Tue Apr 22, 11:57 AM ET
WASHINGTON – Short-term exposure to smog, or ozone, is clearly linked to premature deaths that should be taken into account when measuring the health benefits of reducing air pollution, a National Academy [...]

 O’SHAUGHNESSY: Would it kill you to walk inside?
 
It’s 8:12 a.m. at my local Dunkin’ Donuts and nine vehicles are idling in the drive-thru lane. Nearly two-thirds are SUVs, elephantine beasts belching malodorous effluent into suburbia. I have my eyes on one car, a Mini-Cooper as it happens, sandwiched in between a Toyota Highlander and [...]

Giant Antarctic ice shelf collapses
 
To see this story with its related links on the guardian.co.uk site, go to http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/video/2008/mar/26/antarctica.ice.shelf.wilkins
 

 

Mayor proposes drive-thru tax
Posted By W. Brice McVicar
The City of Belleville could be motoring its way toward a new form of taxation.
Mayor Neil Ellis told The Intelligencer he hopes to introduce a resolution at the April 14 council meeting to create a tax aimed at motorists who use drive-thrus. Under the proposed tax, every [...]