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Air quality standards recommended by the American Thoracic Society (ATS) have the potential to prevent more illness and death than standards adopted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), according to research presented at the ATS 2021 International Conference.
May 12, 2021 - 7:00 PM The idea of a ban on idling vehicles has been around for a long time and such bans are in place in 30 B.C. communities, including Kamloops. It's been talked about in the Central Okanagan for at least three years but it may finally see the light of day in Kelowna this year. But, even if such a bylaw is passed, it will be more for educational purposes than punishment, Jerry Dombowsky, the City of Kelowna’s transit and programs manager told iNFOnews.ca today, May 12. “It would kind of be like our non-smoking bylaw for parks and open spaces,” Dombo...
Toggle open close On March 31, the Biden Administration released details on its “American Jobs Plan.” Containing $2.25 trillion in new spending, $400 billion in tax credits, and $2.75 trillion in tax increases, if passed as proposed, the plan would be among the largest pieces of legislation in American history.REF The sprawling nature of the proposal, which includes taxes, transportation infrastructure, schools, health benefits, economic incentives, and more, makes the package difficult to analyze and summarize for public debate. This has become standard practice in Washington: Leading Me...
ValleyBike will remain open all winter; rental service cites bus cutbacks during COVID-19 Updated Dec 10, 2020; ValleyBike, the Pioneer Valley’s short-term bicycle rental program, will remain open all winter instead of closing as it usually does until spring. The reason, said spokeswoman Shannon Bliven, is that ValleyBike users are riding the bikes to commute to work because bus service in many areas is cut back due to COVID-19. Bliven said there is also evidence of lots of round-trip bicycle rentals. “That’s people just taking the bike out for an afternoon as recreation,” she said....
Prosper spective, chris. chris: but don't you think the fact that we have these coal power plants belching carbon emissions into the area, you don't think that plays a role? >> i think we've done it better than anybody in the world at oning coal in a clean fashion. the technological advances that we've seen along with natural gas production and generating electricity which all contributed to -- have all contributeed to a co2 footprint that's pre-1994. we've been a good steward of our environment. we have nothing to be apologetic about. we're going to operate within the framework of the clean a...