The Declaration of Cumaná, Venezuela | This is a Brilliant Read Based on How We are Currently Functioning as a Society

The Declaration of Cumaná
April 23rd 2009, by ALBA Member Countries
ALBA
Cumaná, Venezuela
We, the Heads of State and Government of Bolivia, Cuba, Dominica, Honduras, Nicaragua and Venezuela, member countries of ALBA, consider that the Draft Declaration of the 5th Summit of the Americas is insufficient and unacceptable for [...]

Drive-thru debate divides council

Drive-thru debate divides council
By Elaine Mitropoulos, Comox Valley EchoApril 17, 2009

As the debate drags on, drive-thrus continue to divide the Comox council.
This week’s council meeting saw Coun. Ken Grant, who is staunchly in favour of the fast-food fixtures, question Coun. Patti Fletcher’s motives in wanting to rid Comox of future drive-thrus.
Fletcher owns a bike [...]

Tim Hortons Continues to Block Environmental Initiatives Behind Closed Door Meetings

Mind numbing statistics, just coffee cups and lids.

WASTE DEBATE
City may delay day of reckoning for coffee-cup recycling

JEFF GRAY
April 7, 2009

The city is considering pushing back a deadline it had already extended to June for Tim Hortons, the fast-food industry and its own officials to solve the caffeine headaches [...]

Comox councillor unhappy with ‘drive-thru’ approval

By Elaine Mitropoulos, Comox Valley Echo March 10, 2009

If Comox councillor Russ Arnott had his way, he wouldn’t let businesses pave paradise to put up a drive-thru.
Arnott, who sits on the community’s Business in Action committee, said businesses should be attracted to Comox for its “beauty.” Any corporations that demanded drive-thru accessibility, he said, [...]

Lung Association Supporting Drive Thru Moratorium

Lung Association Supporting Drive Thru Moratorium
January 9, 2009

The province’s lung association has thrown its support behind the city’s moratorium on new drive thru’s. Spokesperson Greg Noel says they have been encouraging the public to limit vehicle use for some time, because of environmental and health concerns. Noel says while they may be pursuing change for different reasons, the association is [...]

Former Ottawa City Director Applauds St. John’s Tim Horton’s Drive-through Ban

From the Wires
Former Ottawa City Director Applauds St. John’s Tim Horton’s Drive-through Ban
By: Marketwire .
Jan. 8, 2009 09:20 AM
OTTAWA, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 01/08/09 — Back in 2003, the City of Ottawa established an aggressive policy to restrict the proliferation of drive-through restaurants because of their direct impact [...]

Drive-thrus are bad for you, city argues

Vaughan

November 06, 2008 08:26 PM
Bank drive-thru approved, but sparks debate about merits
By: Caroline Grech

If you like to get your coffee or do your banking at a drive-thru, you might have to change your ways if some Vaughan councillors get their way.
An application by York Major Holdings [...]

Tim Hortons | Lobbying against Environment | Conundrum

INFLUENCING CITY HALL
City watchdog set to probe coffee giant over lobbying
Firm’s spokesman argues he’s on city registry

JEFF GRAY
November 11, 2008

Toronto’s lobbyist watchdog is investigating whether doughnut chain Tim Hortons – battling the city over a proposed environmental ban on its coffee cups – is following city hall’s [...]

Greenwash makes its way to green Guelph …

http://greenguelph.wordpress.com/2008/06/11/to-idle-or-not-to-idle-that-it-the-question/
A few months ago I blogged about drive through’s here in Guelph. It was one of the most looked at blogs on my site for some time. Our mayor has also started to discuss this. It’s an interesting topic for debate.
As I said in my previuos blog, I use them only if I feel I [...]

Progressive Environmental Policy & Drive-Through Ban

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 [...]