VIDEO | Physicians call for red day drive-through ban

Physicians call for red day drive-through ban
June 29th, 2009 @ 6:00pm
By John Hollenhorst
VIDEO: http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=6987736
SALT LAKE CITY — A battle is shaping up over drive-through windows. A proposed ordinance would require you to get out of your car and go inside the business on bad air days.
"It’s just a matter of: Are people willing to [...]

Proposed Drive-Thru Ban in Comox, BC: Cognitive Dissonance and the LEED-certified A&W

Vanessa June 29, 2009 Land Use, Transportation
Tags: cars, Climate Change, Comox, cycling, pedestrian, public health, sustainability, Transportation
Have you ever wished that your least favourite form of development could be simply banished? In the Vancouver Island town of Comox (pop. 12,000), the town council is considering just that.

Drive-thru A&W in the City of Coutenay, in the [...]

“Drive-Thru Truths” | More on the Greenwash Drive-thru Campaign Now in Comox

“Drive-Thru Truths”

Did you know that…

Critics of drive-thrus don’t have “any proof”; in fact, they don’t “make sense”
Fast foods — and drive-thru access to those fast foods — are “vital” “for the disabled, seniors, and parents with small children”; access to these fast foods is not just a matter of convenience; “many people need drive-thrus”
All of [...]

Comox drive-thru ban no idle threat

Comox Valley Record
Comox drive-thru ban no idle threat

Drive-thru ban opposed
No conflict for Comox
Too much idling here

By Colleen Dane – Comox Valley Record
Published: June 25, 2009 6:00 PM
Comox councillors will have a few weeks to consider information about a proposed ban on future drive-thrus in the town.
A staff report on the proposal was received by councillors [...]

Comox Drive-thru Issue | Industry’s Denialism Tactics Win Again

Exactly one year after the industry launched a glossy campaign in London, Ontario – industry has now duplicated the exact campaign in Comox, British Columbia in an attempt to ‘put out fires’ on an issue that garners more and more support as climate change continues to accelerate out of control. This strategy of “manufacturing scientific [...]

CANADIAN WEBINAR | Gasping for Breath – Implementing Strong Anti-Idling Bylaws in Your Community

CHNET-Works! The Council of Canadians, and Canadians for Action on Climate Change announce a Fireside Chat:
(free-pan-Canadian discussion via telephone/internet for professionals from community health and issue-related sectors)
Gasping for Breath – Implementing Strong Anti-Idling Bylaws in Your Community
Thursday July 9 1:00 – 2:30 PM Eastern Time
For more information/registration: www.chnet-works.ca
This Fireside Chat will review and discuss the [...]

Tim Hortons Drive-thru Threat Heats Up | Greenwashing at it’s Best in Comox Canada …

Greenwashing Campaign to save drive-thrus

Campaign to save drive-thrus
Elaine Mitropoulos, Comox Valley Echo
Published: Friday, June 19, 2009
Fast-food restaurant owners in the Comox Valley have banded together to form the Comox Drive-Thru Restaurant Coalition.
This week, Valley fast-food chain employers and employees were passing out flyers to alert their customers of the Town of Comox’s potential ban on future drive-thrus.
"We would really [...]

ACT 2 | Greenwashing | Restaurateurs help drive-thru ban protest

The greenwash campaign in London ONT. (2008) worked so good – it is being repeated in exact duplication in BC… I wonder if they have the – t-shirts for employees yet???

Restaurateurs help drive-thru ban protest
News ServicesJune 20, 2009
Fast-food restaurant owners in the Comox Valley on Vancouver Island are trying to prevent local politicians from [...]

ACTION ALERT | Support Progressive Action on Pollution and Climate Change | Drive-thrus

What can you do?
Comox Council is currently considering a ban on all future drive-thru developments which has resulted in a re-launch of the industry’s drive-thru ‘truths’ greenwash campaign from 2008.
The poster (attached) brought to you by the Comox Drive-Thru Restaurant Coalition (Canadian Restaurant and Foodservices Association & the TDL Group)asks citizens to call the councillors [...]