City and Coffee Giant May Head To Court

City and Coffee Giant May Head To Court
Tue, 10 Nov 2009 8:59:49 EST
Canadian Coffee giant Tim Hortons could be taking the city of Kingston to court over its official plan and anti-idling bylaw. Lawyers for the company argue that drive throughs are better for the environment when it comes to emissions than parking lots so [...]

Battle brewing over drive-thrus | Tim Hortons petitions the minister of municipal affairs to block Kingston’s official plan

Battle brewing over drive-thrus
Posted By PAUL SCHLIESMANN

November 11, 2009

Updated 23 hours ago

Tim Hortons has petitioned the minister of municipal affairs to block Kingston’s official plan while the company fights regulations on drive-thrus.
The lawyer representing the iconic coffee and doughnuts company says it all comes down to the "Google science" found in Kingston’s anti-idling bylaw.
"They [...]

Big Air Pollution Impacts On Local Communities: Traffic Corridors Major Contributors To Illness From Childhood Asthma

Science News
Big Air Pollution Impacts On Local Communities: Traffic Corridors Major Contributors To Illness From Childhood Asthma
ScienceDaily (Nov. 5, 2009) — Heavy traffic corridors in the cities of Long Beach and Riverside are responsible for a significant proportion of preventable childhood asthma, and the true impact of air pollution and ship emissions on the disease [...]

Air Pollution Increases Infants’ Risk Of Bronchiolitis

Science News
Air Pollution Increases Infants’ Risk Of Bronchiolitis
ScienceDaily (Nov. 7, 2009) — Infants who are exposed to higher levels of air pollution are at increased risk for bronchiolitis, according to a new study.

City Council Considers Resolution that Would designate Park City as the first “Idle Free City” in Utah

Idle-free Park City
It’s as simple as turning a car key
Tribune Editorial
Updated: 11/04/2009 05:56:41 PM MST
We idle at drive-through windows at banks and fast-food joints, too lazy to walk inside. Unable to master manual ice scrapers, we use our idling engines to clear our windows of ice and snow. At long red lights, we rev our [...]

An Understanding of Where We Are at Today With Climate Change

Is It Too Late to Prevent Catastrophic Climate Change? An Understanding of Where We Are at Today With Climate Change. For anyone who has not yet come across this – it is an excellent refresher / overview on current science and targets. – CACC
Lecture to a Meeting of the Royal Society of the Arts
21 [...]

Links Between City Walkability And Air Pollution Exposure Revealed

Links Between City Walkability And Air Pollution Exposure Revealed
ScienceDaily (Nov. 2, 2009) — A new study compares neighborhoods’ walkability (degree of ease for walking) with local levels of air pollution and finds that some neighborhoods might be good for walking, but have poor air quality. Researchers involved in the study include University of Minnesota faculty [...]

It Finally Happened | Drive-thru ban motors through in Canada

A Great Example of a Handful of Progressive Politicians with Courage – It Is Leaders Like These That Will Help With an Urgently Needed Sea Change in Government …
Drive-thru ban motors through
Comox Valley Record

Drive-thru debate hot in Comox

By Colleen Dane – Comox Valley Record
Published: October 22, 2009 6:00 PM
Accusations of bloc voting to force an [...]

UK Government ‘misleading’ public on air pollution | Innovative ideas like low-emission zones need to be backed up by more effective regulation

How about ZERO emission zones?
Innovative ideas like low-emission zones need to be backed up by more effective regulation, says the report
Highlights:
Eco-crime
The report calls for stronger regulation:
‘The penalties imposed for operators’ breaching permits are minor in comparison to corporate profits,’ it said.
It adds that the public should be made more aware of the problem by [...]

Cyclists and pedestrians: how to avoid traffic pollution

Cyclists and pedestrians: how to avoid traffic pollution
Ecologist
13th October, 2009
New research on the distribution of air pollution has found that existing government monitoring may be inadequate
We could avoid breathing in dangerous polluting toxins like carbon monoxide by choosing where we walk and cycle more carefully, say researchers.
Researchers from the Faculty of Engineering at the University [...]