Posted by: Kathie Brosemer (kathie) on September 13, 2004 at 15:48:46
from the choice-is-good dept.
Ontario must make the right choice for new power to get the greatest health and environmental benefits from a coal phase-out. The Ontario Clean Air Alliance has just released a new pamphlet outlining how Ontario can achieve the maximum public benefit from a coal phase-out by developing an integrated system of energy efficiency, renewable power and high-efficiency gas generation. The pamphlet also discusses the legacy of cost overruns, delays and underperformance that have plagued Ontario’s nuclear power plants and warns against any further investment in this failed technology.
You can help ensure that Ontario makes the right choice! Distribute our new pamphlet to your group or club or friends and family, take some to your local library or community centre or distribute them in your neighbourhood. You can order any number of pamphlets from the Clean Air Alliance website.
Posted by: Dan Brosemer (odin) on June 02, 2004 at 09:38:04
from the time-to-quit dept.
The very day we put our smoking ban in place here in the Sault, the whole country of Norway went for a similar ban. Aftenposten even has an article in English about the people that are giving up smoking because of it. Now that there's no smoking, I think it's time to hit the pub!
Posted by: Kathie Brosemer (kathie) on February 05, 2004 at 10:37:55
from the who's-breathing-who? dept.
The 2004 Upwind Downwind Air Quality Conference is the third biennial conference focusing on practical solutions to the air quality problems facing urban and rural regions. March 29th and 30th in Hamilton, Ontario. Click on www.cleanair.hamilton.ca for registration and details of the conference program.
Conference organizers write: "Join us for this important networking and information forum for the exchange of research findings and innovative ideas to measure and improve air quality as it relates to health, land use and community participation."
Posted by: Kathie Brosemer (kathie) on July 11, 2003 at 07:21:40
from the what-colour-is-today? dept.
A web page from Ontario that gives air quality reports for the Sault, for the year to date. It's colour coded so you can see at a glance how we're doing. Those smog alert days are yellow or orange, with the substance of concern being ozone. Enjoy!
Posted by: Kathie Brosemer (kathie) on January 27, 2003 at 12:51:17
from the goin'-to-Magpie-Falls,-anybody? dept.
The Ontario Clean Air Alliance is having a photo contest. They want some nice pics of clean energy and dirty coal plants, to use in their work this smog season (the season formerly known as summer). While we're a long way from the coal plants, we suffer coal effects from a coke oven battery nearby. But we are neighbours to some great "clean" energy sources - waterpower, the new wind development, etc. So take some pictures - you might win a new digital camera! Rules are here. And while you're at it, check out this link for a Globe & Mail story on the environmental impacts of the memory chip in that digital camera.
Posted by: Dan Brosemer (odin) on January 22, 2003 at 11:35:19
from the buy-tinfoil-now-avoid-the-rush dept.
According to an article in the San Fransisco Chronicle, the tropopause (the place where the troposphere and the stratosphere meet) has risen 650ft in the last 22 years. This is attributed to expansion of the troposphere due to global warming and contraction of the stratosphere due to ozone depletion.
Posted by: Kathie Brosemer (kathie) on January 14, 2003 at 14:06:34
from the who-didn't-know? dept.
The Ottawa Citizen, Monday 13 Jan 2003, Page: A13
Byline: Dr. Elliot Halparin, President, Ontario Medical Association
Medical experts agree: Smog does kill
TORONTO - The Ontario Medical Association is very concerned with the contention in your recent editorial ("Clearing the air," The Ottawa Citizen, Jan. 9) that "Canadians don't have much of an air pollution problem." Nothing could be further from the truth. (Full article below.)
Posted by: Kathie Brosemer (kathie) on December 18, 2002 at 16:14:56
from the explains-everything-don't-it? dept.
McMaster University biologists Jim Quinn and Chris Somers have demonstrated that male laboratory mice exposed to Hamilton steel-mill emissions transfer mutated genes to their young. And they warn the same thing could be happening in humans. For the full story, see the Hamilton Spectator
Posted by: Kathie Brosemer (kathie) on October 20, 2002 at 17:43:10
from the turn-off-the-engine dept.
Robert Rattle, a former CN member now working in Ottawa, just sent this message: "In my work on anti-idling, a colleague referred me to this wonderful site. NRCan no less! oee.nrcan.gc.ca/idling." I guess we can get to work...
Posted by: Kathie Brosemer (kathie) on September 23, 2002 at 14:46:00
from the promises-promises dept.
On September 18, 2002 Ontario's Minister of the Environment, Chris Stockwell, announced that Ontario's coal-fired power plants will be completely phased-out by 2015. Mr. Stockwell's promise is the most significant commitment ever made by a Government of Ontario to reduce air pollution. However, Ontario cannot endure 13 more years of smog alerts before the coal plants are phased out. In the absence of a coal phase-out, the Ontario Medical Association is forecasting that 29,440 Ontarians will die from air pollution between 2003 and 2015. Furthermore, our children will suffer needless asthma attacks. This is simply unacceptable. More, below, including how you can help speed this up...
