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Perth: Idling fines to start next year
YourOttawaRegion.com / Laura Mueller / 18 August 2010
Perth drivers should get ready to be dinged for idling their vehicles, as the town plans to enact an anti-idling bylaw next summer.
While the bylaw will not apply to vehicles stopped in traffic or at railways crossings, it will be enforced for vehicles in parking spaces, parking lots and driveways. Drivers caught idling will be slapped with an $8 fine starting June 30, 2011.
Reducing Environmental Footprint of Food Transportation and Storage
Sys-Con Media / Press Release / 10 September 2009
A clean technology project that could potentially reduce the environmental impacts of the transportation and storage of perishable goods received significant funding today.
Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) has awarded Woodbridge, Ontario's Sunwell Technologies Inc. up to $2.86M in funding for the development and demonstration of its Thermo Battery system for transportation applications, which will be tested by Loblaw Companies Limited (Loblaw).
Be Tire Smart National Education Campaign
The Rubber Association of Canada / Press Release / 24 August 2009
Toronto, August 24, 2009- Tire inflation impacts climate change and the environment. Every litre of fuel consumed by a vehicle results in 2.4 kg of carbon dioxide being released into the environment. Carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas that contributes to climate change. Proper tire inflation helps increase fuel efficiency thereby reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
City Gleanings: WDO Used Tire Program Plan
In a memo dated August 12, 2009 from Valerie Harvey, Acting Director Parks and Recreation, to the Mayor and Members of Council, Ms. Harvey states:
The WDO Used Tire Program Plan comes into effect on September 1, 2009. The full cost and physical responsibility of the program will belong to the tire industry and will be administered by the Ontario Tire Stewards (OTS).
Ontario: Government Making It Easier To Buy Electric Vehicles
Government of Ontario / Press Release / 15 July 2009
Ontario's target is to become a world leader in building and driving electric cars.
The McGuinty government aims to have one out of every 20 vehicles driven in Ontario to be electrically powered by 2020. This would put Ontarians into cleaner, more efficient vehicles, and expand the electric vehicle market for manufacturers.
Ottawa: Regular motorists get taste of cellulosic ethanol
Eastern Ontario AgriNews / Nelson Zandbergen / July 2009
The world's first gas station to sell standard ethanol-blended gas made from cellulose instead of grain was set to wrap up a successful four-week trial run this month.
Starting June 10, the Esso station at 1548 Merivale Rd. was the only place on the planet where consumers with normal gasoline vehicles could fuel up with 10-per-cent ethanol produced from straw, not the usual corn.
