Tim Hortons & the CRFA Bring out the Blue T-Shirts Again as Comox Tries to Ban Future Drive-thrus

May 29 2009: The Human Impact Report is the first consolidated volume specifically and exclusively focused on the adverse impacts of climate change on human society across the world. “The role of this report is to document the greatest ongoing silent crisis of human history.” – Kofi Annan
Meanwhile … here in Canada and now in [...]

Kumi calls for climate action… tcktcktck
While the president of Maldives begs the world to not let his people of the Maldives die – Canada ditches the talks for donuts.
This is irresponsible, disrespectful & disgusting behaviour on the International Stage on behalf of Canadians by a prime minster not fit to govern.
Please [...]

Mayor Susan Gorin | Ban All New Drive-thru Facilities

Policy on drive-through businesses will wait until spring
KENT PORTER/THE PRESS DEMOCRAT
Seth Duncan of Caffino Drive-Thru at Mendocino and Pacific Avenue takes an order, Thursday. Santa Rosa officials are considering regulating the number of drive-through businesses in the city to cut down on car emissions.
By MIKE McCOY
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT
Published: Thursday, September 24, 2009 at [...]

Drive-thrus lining up despite bylaw | The race to secure a drive-thru location in Comox is on.

Drive-thrus lining up despite bylaw
By Christiana Wiens, Comox Valley EchoSeptember 18, 2009
The race to secure a drive-thru location in Comox is on.
Comox council passed first and second reading of a bylaw to restrict future drive-thrus within its borders Wednesday, but it may already be too late to stop them from multiplying before council’s eyes.
The town [...]

Tim Hortons flew executives to BC for GREENWASHING & DAMAGE CONTROL OVER POSSIBLE DRIVE-THRU BAN

As Canadians, each of us is responsible for approx. 19 tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere every year (virtually matching our U.S. counterparts at about 20 tonnes/year), while individuals in China are responsible for approx. 4-5 tonnes of emissions per year. This makes Canada one of the top polluters on the planet, which certainly doesn’t [...]

CO2 CUBES
CO2 CUBES: Visualize a Tonne of Change is an international art exhibition produced by Millennium ART presented in partnership with the United Nations Department of Public Information for the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen (COP-15) taking place in December 2009. Video by Christophe Cornubert, PUSH.

We must prevent the US Chamber of Commerce from putting climate change ‘on trial’

We must prevent the US Chamber of Commerce from putting climate change ‘on trial’
The world’s largest not-for-profit business federation is trying every trick in the lobbyist’s handbook to scupper the legislative progress of the US cap and trade bill

Comments (51)
Buzz up!
Digg it

Burger King called global warming ‘baloney’ earlier this year. Now other US businesses, under [...]

Stephen Harper on Climate Change
You would really help us out by sending them our spoof of Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s attack ad on Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff.
We want to spread this far and wide before our Prime Minister visits the White House on Wednesday, September 16.

Will that be fumes with your burger?

Thursday, 27th August 2009
transportation
By KEVIN HARRISON – Kevin Harrison is a program officer with Clean Nova Scotia.
Thu. Aug 27 – 4:46 AM
The Chronicle Herald
Canadians rightly tend to be pretty patriotic about our culture and tradition. We are proud of all our achievements, from the invention of the telephone to the invention of hockey, both of [...]

AUDIO (9:55) | Feds revamp stance on idling after meeting with drive-thru group | Tim Hortons Greenwash

CBC AUDIO.
In case you missed it the first time.
We are sending this out as there are many new councillors across the country that have recently taken on this issue.
This strategy of “manufacturing scientific uncertainty” comes directly from the industry’s denialism playbook. The industry invests big money for public relations campaign to raise doubts about the [...]