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City looks into limited drive-thru bans
April 08, 2009
The Hamilton Spectator
(Apr 8, 2009)
Hamilton’s planning staff continue to oppose a city-wide ban on drive-thrus, but are investigating restrictions for select neighbourhoods.
A full ban would likely be appealed and lose at the Ontario Municipal Board, staff told councillors on the planning committee yesterday. However, as [...]
It’s time to clear the air
To cut carbon emissions, we must switch to renewable energy sources – and get polluting industries to foot the bill
Tina Davy
guardian.co.uk, Friday 20 March 2009 16.30 GMT
Article history
George Monbiot is correct in asserting that “If we [...]
BETHESDA, Maryland, March 23, 2009 (ENS) – Scientific evidence is mounting that connects an increase in particulate air pollution with an increase in heart attacks and deaths. Research from the relatively new field of environmental cardiology includes a 16-year-long Harvard University study of six U.S. cities that found fine particulate pollution, even at levels below [...]
Every breath you take — air quality in Europe
Courtesy of European Environment Agency (EEA)
Originally published Mar. 2009
The characters in this story are fictional. However the data are real. The story is set on 27 July 2008 when an air quality warning was issued in Brussels. Anna is 37 years old and [...]
February 25, 2009
Advice about recreational eating
Hey Mr. Green,
What is the global-warming impact of the omnipresent drive-through? Surely this has to be one of our biggest wastes of energy. –Robert in Biglerville, Pennsylvania
In drive-throughs or anyplace, idling is, to summon the old saying, the devil’s workshop. Every hour you [...]
Seeking to improve air quality, an Arlington citizens’ group will study ways to reduce emissions from cars idling in drive-through restaurants.
“We’re just trying to put our heads together and see if there’s any way we can improve the situation,” City Councilwoman Sheri Capehart said Wednesday. “And there may not be.”
She chairs a City Council committee that [...]
Pollution link to asthma in womb
One in ten children in the UK have asthma
Traffic pollution causes genetic changes in the womb which increase a child’s risk of developing asthma, research suggests.
Sunday, 15 February 2009
A study of umbilical cord blood from 56 children found “reprogramming” of a gene associated [...]
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 [...]
Janice Tibbetts, Canwest News Service
Published: Thursday, November 20, 2008
OTTAWA – Industrial polluters can be forced to pay damages if they excessively annoy nearby residents, even if companies comply with regulations governing emissions, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled Thursday in a decision that stresses environmental protection.
The unanimous judgment ends a [...]
California Loses $28 Billion Yearly Due to Health Effects of Pollution. By Louis Sahagun, LATimes, November 13, 2008. “The California economy loses about $28 billion annually due to premature deaths and illnesses linked to ozone and particulates spewed from hundreds of locations in the South Coast and San [...]
