P.G. To Benefit From Study Funding

Thursday, June 08, 2006 03:59 AM

The Province marked Clean Air Day announcing funding for several projects across B.C. including a study that will involve Prince George. The funding for that study is $100 thousand and will focus on the sources of coarse and fine particulate in Prince George, Golden and Kelowna.

In all, the Province has set aside over half a million dollars ($563 thousand) to look at a variety of issues including:

-an air quality index

-review of the GVRD air quality monitoring

-development of a model to predict impact of smoke from prescribed and wild fires

-consultation and development of a provincial airshed planning framework and objectives for PM2.5

-woodsgove changeouts in Skeena

-crop burning alternatives for Creston

-funding for B.C. Transit to support clean air day events in 2007

In Prince George, residents are invited to help reduce emmissions again today by leaving the car or truck at home and taking a bus at a reduced fare. Those who are sporting the special Go Green button will be able to take the bus for just 25 cents.

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Posted on Thursday, June 08, 2006 03:59 AM in News by 250 News

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Comments

Posted by: trusted on June 8 2006 6:05 PM

I trust you will treat this in the manner it is entitled to.
Hogwash-pure unadulterated HOGWASH!!!!!

Posted by: Chester on June 8 2006 8:14 PM

More delays, more postponements, more head in the sand tactics to avoid dealing with the real, known, identified, recognized and acknowledged problems. Too many academics and not enough trades people. Chester

Posted by: owl on June 9 2006 9:22 AM

The clean air day "events" throughout the province dealt with transportation as if transportation was the key problem everywhere in the province. One size does not fit all in many cases, this is one of the cases when it does not fit all.