all the roofs in the world would be the equivalent of getting rid of all the world’s cars for 20 years. (CBC) All new roofs would be white under a Montreal borough’s proposed bylaw aimed at taking advantage of a white roof’s cooling effects. Mayor
all the roofs in the world would be the equivalent of getting rid of all the world’s cars for 20 years. (CBC)The mayor of the Montreal borough of Rosemont-La Petite-Patrie wants his community to be the first in Canada to make use of the cooling effect of
past year, Ford has gained a bigger share of the American market, the equivalent of about 154,000 cars and trucks. Rivals Toyota, General Motors and Chrysler have all lost ground. Toyota stumbled this year because of safety-related recalls. GM and
that it was competitive would be the equivalent of deeming Stephen Hawking to be simply bright. And the cars brought by Kevin Watts, owner of Road Scholars, a Raleigh, N.C., based Porsche restorer were among the best-prepared. They also stood out in sea
000 tonnes of greenhouse-gas emissions from the environment each year. That’s the equivalent of taking 11,000 cars off the road and an important component of Manitoba’s climate-change strategy, Conservation Minister Bill Blaikie stated in a news release.
greenhouse gas emissions of some 47,000 tonnes a year. That’s the equivalent of taking 9,000 cars off the road,” he said. “So this represents real value for money, not just in terms of ensuring Stanwell has a long-term future, but for the environment as
had smart fridges, Britains annual emissions would fall by two million tonnes, the equivalent of taking 700,000 cars off the road or closing a large coal-fired power station. The technology, which is known as dynamic demand, works by monitoring
5,600 tonnes of carbon dioxide per year, the equivalent to taking between 1,700 to 2,000 cars off the road, according to the Scottish government. Elizabeth Leighton, WWF Scotland policy officer, said: “Home energy use accounts for nearly one-third of
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experiencing in getting an NCT (Motors, April 14th). From next year it will be even worse, when all cars 10 years old or more will be subject to an annual test. We would do well to copy the UK system where all garages do the equivalent MOT and one
year and lowered greenhouse gas emissions by 35,000 tons annually, the equivalent of taking 4,700 passenger cars off the road. When Mayor Gavin Newsom sponsored a green taxi law in 2008 requiring San Francisco cab companies to lower their greenhouse gas