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- Wed June 04, 2008
National Clean Air Day - June 4th - Thu May 22, 2008
Creating Gardens and Lawns for a Pesticide Free Future - Thu May 15, 2008
Report on the Halfmoon Bay Backyard Burning Forum - Wed April 30, 2008
Upcoming events regarding the new herbicide/pesticide bylaw - Fri February 22, 2008
District of Sechelt Council adopted the Bylaw to Ban the Cosmetic Use of Pesticides - Fri February 15, 2008
General meeting announced
Clean air news from around the world
- 7 counties fail on clean air standard (The Salt Lake Tribune)
- EPA notifies state of clean air violations (The Salt Lake Tribune)
- EPA: Columbia County not meeting clean air standards (Portage Daily Register)
- Seattle in violation of Clean Air Act (KOMO Seattle)
- Smog in Seattle runs afoul of Clean Air Act (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
- Bush violates Clean Air Act, court says (The News Journal)
- Iowa loses bid to extend deadline for Clean Air Act compliance in Muscatine, Scott counties (Muscatine Journal)
- Counties fall short on EPA clean air (Evansville Courier & Press)
- EPA: Brown County violates new clean air standards (Green Bay Press-Gazette)
- Court Rejects Agency Limits on States? Emissions Rules (New York Times)
Highligts from Greenhouse Gas Emmission Data 1990-2004 (pdf)
Posted: Mon February 11, 2008Check it out: Highlights from Greenhouse Gas Emmission Data 1990-2004 (pdf)
What a diesel filter can do to improve air quality
Posted: Thu February 22, 2007This photo was published in 2005 in the ADAC magazine, from the German automobil association.
To the left you can see the amount of carbon-particulate matter (grime) released into the air with a filter - to the right without a filter.
An (Un) Neighbourly Nuisance, by Michael Jessen
Posted: Sat April 22, 2006click here to read - pdf
A poem - by Rosemary Holmes-Smith, Sechelt BC
Posted: Wed February 22, 2006DESPERATION by Rosemary Holmes-Smith, Sechelt, B.C
We’re living in a world of faded dreams
Clinging to our lifestyle to avoid the screams
Of third world hunger, poverty and war,
But all our actions are within the law.
Now Kyoto’s down the drain
Our planet is indeed in pain.
The birds and beasts are going fast
Fishing surely will not last.
As glaciers melt, the penguins cry
“Remember us?” and wonder why.
We need clean water; we need clean air,
Our present grade is only fair.
As trees come down and end in smoke,
It’s really time we all awoke.
Turn back the clock and slow the pace
Of self destruction and the human race.
Let’s clean up the world; it’s not too late
To change our thinking and change our fate.
This poem has been accepted by the Poetry Institute of Canada for its 2006 publication.
District of Sechelt: Bylaw 446, 2005 to Prohibit Backyard Burning.
Posted: Wed February 22, 2006Now what is allowed, and what is prohibited!
Burning Bylaw 446 PDF
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