350 parts per million of atmospheric carbon is the safe upper limit. Today we’re at 390. We have to make every effort to get back to 350 for our species to survive. Every little bit counts! Please don’t idle. Click any of these images to learn more.
March 28, 2012
Don’t just turn off your lights for #earthhour from 8:30 to 9:30… turn off your engine, too!
February 24, 2012
Gas prices just jumped to over $4 per gallon again. Meanwhile, Exxon reported profits of $9.3 billion last year (yes, billion with a ‘b”) — “the highest profits in the history of money,” to quote Bill McKibben. McKibben founded 350.org, and is the voice of a grass-roots fight against the Keystone XL Pipeline project which, according… [Read more…]
January 19, 2012
This is why all schools should be anti-idling zones! WHO Dr. Megan Sandel WHAT Sandel, an associate professor of pediatrics and public health at Boston Medical Center, is an expert on asthma and air pollution. Q. What is the connection between air pollution and health? A. There’s a lot of evidence around how pollution affects… [Read more…]
December 9, 2011
Scientists Increasingly Link Vehicle Exhaust With Brain-Cell Damage, Higher Rates of Autism. New public-health studies and laboratory experiments suggest that, at every stage of life, traffic fumes exact a measurable toll on mental capacity, intelligence and emotional stability. “There are more and more scientists trying to find whether and why exposure to traffic exhaust can… [Read more…]
September 15, 2011
Ways to improve your gas mileage from high-country Aspen: * Accelerate gradually. * Avoid idling. The best way to warm up vehicles is to turn them on and drive. Idling for more than 10 seconds wastes more gas than turning your vehicle off and then back on again. * Remove unnecessary cargo. * Check your… [Read more…]
September 1, 2011
Order car magnets from the idling tool kit here.
July 29, 2011
In today’s news, Oakland police officers will get new laptops for their vehicles thanks to a grant from Clorox. This is great news for our air quality, since old, power-hungry computers drained car batteries and required officers to keep their engines running at all times. Here’s an article from a city in England that explains… [Read more…]
April 4, 2012
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