Brockville Climate Action Group

CNW Group / Press Release / 30 October 2008

The province is helping Ontario businesses do their part to fight climate change with an enhanced program to green commercial fleets.

Under the four-year, $15-million Green Commercial Vehicle Program, companies can apply for grants to:

- Purchase hybrid and alternative-fuel vehicles
- Retrofit heavy-duty vehicles with anti-idling technologies.

The fuel savings data collected by the program will help encourage more businesses to go green.

National Post / Rene Bruemmer / 23 August 2008

[...] In the face of diminishing profit margins, trucking firms are making their fleets more aerodynamic, putting in generators to cut down on idling costs and installing speed limiters.

Quebec City-based Transport Guilbeault, one of the province's biggest trucking companies, recently reduced the speed of its vehicles, capping maximum speeds at 95 km/h, down from 98 last year, said Marc Cadieux, president of the Association de camionnage du Quebec, the largest trucking association in the province.

Hosted by Natural Resources Canada’s ecoENERGY for Fleets (FleetSmart) and the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) SmartWay Transport Partnership.

Purpose

Same Roads – New Challenges - This two day Conference will provide an opportunity for transportation industry professionals to explore and discover practical solutions to today’s challenge managing energy efficiency on-road commercial and institutional fleets.

Ottawa Citizen / Jake Rupert / 04 August 2008

The city has only one hybrid vehicle in its fleet and no explicit policy to require the purchase of fuel-efficient cars and trucks, a situation some councillors say is costing Ottawans cash and clean air.

Two councillors are working on a green fleet and fuel policy for all municipal operations that aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and save money.

Montreal Gazette / Brett Bundale / 23 July 2008

The streets of Montreal are patrolled by police on 10 horses, 42 motorcycles, 130 bicycles and 1,268 cars.

And, since the beginning of the month, the fleet has been bolstered by four T3 Motions, three-wheeled electric vehicles similar to a Segway Personal Transporter.

The motorized tricycle looks like a compact, upright scooter with a standing platform, and has been described as a rolling lollipop, a pogo stick with wheels and a high-tech witch's broom.

Renewable Energy World / Charles Cresson Wood / 07 July 2008

It is human nature to resist change when such a change involves anything else but known and desired results. We see evidence of this all around us, even in the U.S. Congress. When it comes to getting off of petroleum-based fuels, Congress has dragged its feet for decades. While special interest money no doubt also encouraged this foot dragging, we have now reached a point where the world is in an undeniable oil crisis.

According to statistics from the Wall Street Journal, the price of crude oil has increased 95% in the last year alone. No matter where you stand on the environmental issues related to oil, the peak oil theory, dependence on foreign sources for oil, military conflicts to secure the supply of oil, etc., it is clear that the supply of oil cannot any longer keep up with the demand. The rapidly escalating price of oil is a straightforward indicator of this fact.