Two area mayors are asking residents in Quinte West and Belleville to make a change for the environment.
With an estimated $8 million in coins lying around our homes in Quinte West and Belleville, a new organization called Change for the Environment™ is hoping all residents will dig out some of those quarters, loonies and toonies and donate them toward improving the air we all breathe. (more…)
BNL’S ED ROBERTSON, MAYOR ELLIS AND MAYOR WILLIAMS ENCOURAGE ALL IN BELLEVILLE AND QUINTE WEST TO MAKE A CHANGE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT
With an estimated $8 million in coins lying around our homes in Belleville and Quinte West, a new organization called Change for the Environment™ is hoping all residents will dig out some of their quarters, loonies and toonies and donate them toward improving the air we all breathe. The first annual Change for the Environment™ campaign runs April 30 to May 3 in Belleville and Quinte West with funds raised benefitting Quinte Conservation and Lower Trent Conservation, and The Lung Association. (more…)
Originally printed in the Kingston Whig-Standard
Local News Section page 4
by W. Brice McVicar
Canada’s foremost environmentalist has given Belleville’s mayor a pat on the back.
David Suzuki has sent an e-mail to Mayor Neil Ellis congratulating him on his recent environmental initiatives, including the restaurant drive-thru carbon tax and the Change For The Environment challenge.
Originally printed in the Belleville Intelligencer
Front Section page 1
by W. Brice McVicar
Canada’s foremost environmentalist has given Belleville’s mayor a pat on the back.
David Suzuki sent an e-mail to Mayor Neil Ellis congratulating him on his recent environmental initiatives including the restaurant drive-thru carbon tax and the Change For The Environment challenge.
In the brief letter, Suzuki notes human beings need air to breathe yet “we allow air to be used as a dump” for toxic substances and emissions. He adds urbanites are willing to pay $90 or more to place a tonne of garbage in landfills, but “scream bloody murder” when the idea of a new tax is brought forward.
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