SUCCESS!!! | Drive-thru ban bylaw given first approval

Drive-thru ban bylaw given first approval
By Marcel Tetrault, Comox Valley EchoJuly 17, 2009
If new fast food restaurants open in Comox, it looks like their customers will be going indoors for their Big Macs and double-doubles.
Comox council split down the middle over a motion to ban future drive-thrus in the seaside community, with the final vote [...]

Editorial | We’ll take ours without corporate interference | Drive-thrus | Whistler British Columbia

Editorial
We’ll take ours without corporate interference
Whistler – Do you like going through the drive-through to get your coffee or to do your banking? So do we. It’s a nice, convenient alternative, especially when you’ve got kids in the car, to parking and hauling everyone out, doing your thing, and then packing everyone in again.
Increasingly, [...]

Full Presentation from July 9th Webinar | Gasping for Breath – Implementing Strong Anti-Idling Bylaws in Your Community

Gasping for Breath – Implementing Strong Anti-Idling Bylaws in Your Community. Extended PowerPoint Presentation from Canadians for Action on Climate Change attached.
Link to full presentation below.
Podcast coming soon. Contact: animateur@chnet-works.ca
Download the full presentation: https://www.yousendit.com/download/cmcwYUp3cG9VVGtLSkE9PQ

Gordon A. McBean CM, PhD, FRSC | Professor and Director Policy Studies | Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction
Dr. Quentin Chiotti | [...]

NEWS VIDEO | RWDI greenwash study used by Utah food & restaurant association to dispute attempted drive-thru ordinance …

WATCH VIDEO: http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=7118959
Salt Lake City asks drivers to reduce vehicle idling
July 10th, 2009 @ 10:05pm
By Sarah Dallof
SALT LAKE CITY — The City of Salt Lake is asking people to reduce air pollution by reducing vehicle idling times at places like the airport and drive-through businesses.
The request comes a week after a group of Utah doctors [...]

Tim Hortons Letter to London Mayor & City Council

Tim Horton’s continues to use community involvement to green wash over their environmental degradation which is all externalized to our shared environment.
In the letter below – sent to city council June 24th, 2009, the group once again highlights their recent recycling efforts. They have been talking about this for years. They claim to have recycling [...]

Ludlow Says ‘No’ to Drive-Thru Window

Ludlow Says ‘No’ to Fast Food, Drive-Thru
Ludlow, Vermont – July 8, 2009
Voters in Ludlow said ‘No’ to a proposal that would have allowed a new fast food restaurant in town.
The vote was 421-360 against changing the town’s zoning bylaw to allow a building with two or more uses to operate a drive-thru window. Champlain [...]

Yes – Our Teenagers ARE being Poisoned at Drive-thru Windows …

It would be nice to see some of the studies showing the levels the teenagers are exposed to – if anyone finds them – please send them our way – thanks! – admins.

Beta Test Finds Air Curtain Reduces Drive-Thru Window Fumes
Jul 7, 2009 11:03 AM
A recent beta test of an air curtain specially designed [...]