And to think we’ve had a commercial wood burning restaurant move into neighbourhood 5yrs ago without consult or warning, permitted by @cityofnorthvan.bsky.social. And @metrovancouverorg.bsky.social lets them fill the air we breathe with smoke unabated. Even enters our home! @globalnews.ca
This is heartbreaking 💔
Completely agree on the heat pumps!
I also strongly believe banning wood burning is a fast, easy “win” for both humans and #climate/environment. It’s a natural stepping stone to banning worse climate offenders and providing a line to catch bigger fish and build momentum. Who doesn’t want clean air?
While fossil fuels may be the main character energy in climate change, wood burning contributes significantly to black carbon, which worsens near-term warming and is devastating to public health, especially in urban cities where it is not necessary in residences nor businesses. It’s a fast win!
📢Our Amplifying Voices strand partners with the communities who are most affected by air pollution to advocate for change.
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The range of blue and green jays has begun overlapping in Texas because of global warming, and they are now forming hybrids (middle pic below) despite being separated by an estimated 7 million years of evolution 🧪
Forgot to add @fedupwithbadair.bsky.social
Appreciate your take. And amplification 🙏 @dsawsp.org and folks like @kaosdog.bsky.social and @woodsmokestinks.bsky.social strive to raise awareness to this equally important climate issue
I reckon that’s due to the large public face of the oil industry and their proponents, their political cheerleaders. The wood burning industry and their lobbyists are alive and well, and pushing the fallacy of wood burning as “clean,” and a great alternative fuel less harmful to earth and humans ☠️
Thanks Ellen 🙏 Wood burning in Canada is a tradition that needs a second look. A hard stare, really. No longer can we deny the serious harm it causes the environment, the public, the toxicity of particulate matter on shared outdoor air AND indoor air. The science behind the facts is clear and solid
And while @kaosdog.bsky.social points out the vast and real harms due to residential wood burning, the restaurant industry is just as bad and, so it seems, flies under the radar! Generally situated in urban areas, they go unregulated, under reported and agencies admit the harm health but do nothing
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Ummm…you see this @metrovancouverorg.bsky.social
Smoke with nasty odors being emitted by Grab & Go restaurant on Lonsdale in North Vancouver. A street the local City council is spending millions and millions on to make into a “High Street” despite all the air pollution created by restaurants unabated. The smoke and odor reaches sidewalks, homes and other businesses. Even Metro Vancouver states it is unhealthy and harmful to humans
Screen shot of report indicating the high public health and serious environmental harms caused by restaurant emissions. These restaurants are found in high density, urban areas where they are most at risk of harming the public
Hi @metrovancouverorg.bsky.social @cityofnorthvan.bsky.social when might you do something to stop the #toxic, chemical by-product air #pollution spewed into homes/lungs daily by restaurants? #Smoke/odor is all over neighbourhood. Be green. Stop virtue signaling.
#NorthVan #BC #bcpoli #climatecrisis
Take note @metrovancouverorg.bsky.social and @cityofnorthvan.bsky.social… what is all that restaurant smoke doing to locals here in #NorthVancouver?!?
Cutout image of a man using an inhaler against a smoky dark background. The text reads 'Everyday, around 1 000 people lose their lives to asthma.' Highlighted text reads 'Take Asthma Seriously.'
Did you know that #airpollution, smoke, dust, and pollen can trigger dangerous #asthma attacks?
With the right inhaled treatment and clean air policies, we can fight back.
#WorldAsthmaDay
An image of a fireplace that isn't used for burning. There are plants, ornaments and a poster in the hearth that says "The riot act has been read".
"When I first found out about #WoodBurning & the #AirPollution it causes, I wanted to ignore it. I love a fire! But it's very hard to do something that you know is killing your family, so after a few more fires I stopped, & realised they were actually a huge pain. Now we just rely on the radiator."
Hi @impurbanhealth.bsky.social do you have any suggestions for how to get fast action on a vicious #polluter in our mixed-use neighbourhood in #NorthVancouver? @metrovancouverorg.bsky.social and @cityofnorthvan.bsky.social haven’t been much help! We are bombarded here and it’s bad. Real bad. #help
Sadly this is the same guy who’s touting our mayor, @mayorlindabuchanan.bsky.social and her “healthiest small city in the world” tagline when the reality is there are no regulations or bylaws for commercial wood and charcoal burning on the City’s main “Great Street” #NorthVan
#greenwashing #toxicair
This is unnerving
As a kid we had to "scratch then sniff" things.
So I know hardship.
President dances to YMCA at Justice Department after threatening judges democratic norms reduced to surrealist theater. Nothing reveals constitutional collapse quite like witnessing revenge fantasies delivered with disco soundtrack. Even dictatorships maintained better ceremonial dignity. I'm numb.
This is depressing 😔
Seems someone disagrees with you and your methods. Looks like a lot of air pollution in #NorthVan 🤯🤮
