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Annual tons of CO2 per person
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Annual tons of CO2 per person:
Ethiopia: .01
India: 1.1
China: 3.2
Sweden: 5.6
France: 6.2
UK: 9.4
Japan: 9.7
Germany: 9.8
CANADA: 17.9
USA: 19.8
It’s us, the one billion affluent people of the world whose footprints are crushing the planet. [...]
Palm Desert, California Celebrates Passage of Energy Independence Act
Sponsors unprecedented state bill allowing cities to provide low-interest loans to residents making energy-saving improvements to homes or businesses; strengthens citywide commitment to solar energy
Last update: 12:00 p.m. EDT July 28, 2008
PALM DESERT, Calif., Jul 28, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Already an [...]
Study Links ‘Smog’ To Arctic Warming
ScienceDaily (Mar. 19, 2006) — NASA scientists have found that a major form of global air pollution involved in summertime “smog” has also played a significant role in warming the Arctic.
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Jan. 25, 2008
On our show about banning drive thrus, there was discussion about a study that suggests heading to the drive-thru window may cause fewer emissions than parking. Many of you wanted to know more about that study. And so did we. It turns out the study in [...]
The reports the city provided on their initiatives are attached (15 item-151- OVERVIEW OF CORPORATE AND COMMUNITY SUSTAINABLE ENERGY INITIATIVES SINCE 2006 AND 2007 ENERGY USE INVENTORY FOR LONDON) & (23 item-231 – STATUS OF ACTIVITIES AND INFORMATION DEALING WITH THE AIR QUALITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT OF VEHICLE IDLING).
We [...]
June 23rd, 2008
Several CanWest papers are reporting today about the various drive-thru and idling bylaws being considered by municipal governments across the country. You can read the article here: http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=1e61b866-ae7e-4f63-a412-38b349a45fb3. While this is not directly linked to the Council’s main campaigns, it is clearly an issue with momentum that chapters have [...]
Ladies and gentlemen:
There are times in the history of our nation when our very way of life depends upon dispelling illusions and awakening to the challenge of a present danger. In such moments, we are called upon to move quickly and boldly to shake off complacency, throw aside old [...]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Banning new drive-throughs small step for Londoners – July 7th, 2008 – London Freepress
Parking your car, or better yet, walking or biking to restaurants, is a small price to pay to reduce air pollution and carbon emissions, despite the strongly negative response from [...]
Dear Honourable Mayor DeCicco-Best:
I am a London homeowner and doctoral student at the University of Western Ontario (please see address below). This afternoon I attended the meeting regarding drive-through (a.k.a. “drive-thru”) regulation in London, though perhaps “circus” would be a better description given the behaviour of the Tim Horton’s corporate supporters [...]
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