The Bottom Line – Idling Kills

There are now more refugees displaced by climate change environmental disasters than there are refugees displaced by war.  People with families – just like us.  It is sad to know that the people who did little to  contribute to climate change are the very ones suffering the most.  The poor choices we continue to make [...]

Stopping Idling

Utah Moms Fight Idling. By Elaine Jarvik, Salt Lake Deseret Morning News, January 5, 2008. “On a typical afternoon you’ll see Dana Clark knocking on the window of some car idling in front of the school across from her house. Politely, Clark will explain that turning off an idling engine is something that moms can [...]

CBC Video – The Environmenal Cost of Drive-thrus

VIDEO FEATUREDrive-thrus
The environmental cost (Runs 3:05)

Drivers, stop your engines

May 21, 2008

The City of Toronto is launching an anti-idling blitz, part of a campaign to educate the public about the impacts of vehicles left idling. “Not idling vehicles is a simple thing that all of us can do in order to reduce pollution in our city,” said Glenn De Baeremaeker, chair of the city’s [...]

Deconstructing the Tim Horton’s RWDI Study

The RWDI study has been publicized as proof that eliminating drive-throughs would provide no improvement for the environment. This conclusion can be found in the summary of conclusions on page 24. The real truth however can be found in Appendix D, which shows the emissions by store and by scenario.
The study looked at four Tim [...]

Live Counter: Fuel Consumed From Unneccessary Idling

Amount of Fuel Consumed From Unneccessary Idling
Check out the live counter on this page: http://www.epa.gov/smartway/idling.htm

Turn Off Your Engine! (studies & links within article)

Turn Off Your Engine! (studies & links within article)
December 19, 2007 | Posted by Mel Peffers in Automobiles & Fuels
This post is by Mel Peffers, Air Quality Project Manager at Environmental Defense.
Many people idle their car engine in winter because they think it needs time to warm up. Not true! Today’s fuel-injected engines don’t need [...]

Make A Leap: LEAP – Lowering Emissions and Particulates

The environment is everyone’s responsibility. We are all consumers. We are all drivers. One person can truly make a difference where their vehicle is concerned. By practicing better Idling etiquette, that is consideration for others when your vehicle is running but not moving, we can all make a significant impact on things around us. You [...]

Auto dealer clears up IDLING myths 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZED_OgIdR4&feature=related

Auto dealer clears up IDLING myths 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYffcSieCik