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 [...]

It’s still not okay to idle | Published August 25, 2008 in the NB Telegraph Journal

It’s still not okay to idle
By Carl Duivenvoorden
Published August 25, 2008 in the NB Telegraph Journal
Natural Resources Canada’s Office of Energy Efficiency (OEE) is our federal government’s official body for helping Canadians save energy and money. Its website, www.oee.nrcan.gc.ca, has a wealth of information about everything from buying better home [...]

Tim Hortons Continues to Lead in Denialism & Greenwash Tactics in Canada

Group raises doubts over drive-thru study

December 15, 2008
Terry Pender
RECORD STAFF
KITCHENER
Tim Hortons stands by its study of pollution from idling vehicles in drive-thrus, despite a withering critique by the city’s environment committee.
A meeting of the city’s environmental advisory committee on Thursday included a harsh analysis of the [...]

Opinion | Drive-thru study isn’t convincing | The Record | Kitchener

Drive-thru study isn’t convincing

December 16, 2008
Tim Hortons has become as much of an esteemed Canadian institution as any corporate entity, but the company’s environmental policy doesn’t have the same top-notch reputation.
The coffee shop chain is going to have to do better than present the type of report it [...]

A New RWDI Report as Commissioned by the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario

This was discovered while reading a new report on Ontario’s Undervalued Water: 2007/08 Annual Report – Getting to K(No)w
Here is a report (full report is attached) presented to Gord Miller, Ontario Environmental Commissioner:
“Predicting Air Quality at Street Level – A State-of-Science Review Study – 08 April 2008 Project [...]

The infamous Tim Hortons as featured in the RWDI report | A picture is most definetly worth a thousand words

Here we have it:  Indisputable proof that the Tim Horton’s on Bank Street in Ottawa that does not have a drive-thru will emit less GHG emissions per vehicle visit than a restaurant with an active drive-thru. What better proof that we don’t need drive thrus (more seriously, the photos just demonstrate [...]

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 [...]

The Spin Doctors – RWDI Audio

RWDI Audio:
Jan. 25, 2008
On our show about banning drive thrus, there was discussion about a study that suggests heading to the drive-thru window may cause fewer emissions than parking. Many of you wanted to know more about that study. And so did we. It turns out the study in [...]

American Society for Mechanical Engineers – the 10 second rule has become the 5 second rule based on their research

Virtual Mythbusters by American Society of Mechanical Engineers Florida Section

Contact ASME Florida Section at email address: floridasection@asme.org

The myth we are trying to investigate is the one that says it is better to let your engine idle

because shutting it down and restarting it wastes more gas.

We asked [...]

Toronto Environmental Alliance – Statement on Drive-thrus

Feb 15, 2008 04:30 AM
Vanessa Lu
Dana Flavelle
Staff Reporters

Going through the drive-through for that morning cup of coffee could become a banned ritual for City of Toronto employees.
“Idling a vehicle when you’re not driving wastes fuel. It wastes money. It’s unnecessary carbon emissions,” said Sarah Gingrich, a business analyst with fleet services. “We want [...]