Air Task Force Report Goes Under Microscope

Monday, January 28, 2008 03:56 AM

An air quality advisory day last winter, 2007 (Opinion250 file photo)

Prince George, B.C. - The final report of the Mayor’s Task Force on Air Quality Improvement will be discussed in detail tonight...

Prince George City Councillors received the report at last Monday night’s regular council meeting, but will gather for a less formal Committee of the Whole meeting this evening to examine the recommendations at-length.

Task Force Chair, Dr. Peter Jackson, will begin tonight with an ’Air Quality 101’ powerpoint presentation - giving a background primer on air quality and going over current air quality information.

The 45-minute presentation will include a question-and-answer session for the councillors, then, they’ll move on to discussion of the task force’s final report.

Full details of that report are available on the City’s website, click here.

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Posted on Monday, January 28, 2008 03:56 AM in News by 250 News

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Comments

Posted by: giterdun on January 28 2008 7:54 AM

BAN ALL OUTDOOR FIRES..(WIENER ROASTS),THEN BUILD A THERMAL GENERATOR IN THE DOWNTOWN. THAT SHOULD HELP. YA RIGHT!

Posted by: charles on January 28 2008 8:33 AM

In my opinion, if the Mayor's Task Force on Air Quality Improvement wants to maintain any semblance of credibility at all, they will speak out against this proposed "Community Energy System" that will use hot water to heat a number of downtown city buildings.

There is an old saying that if you find yourself in a hole, the first thing you must do is stop digging.

Posted by: diplomat on January 28 2008 1:22 PM

It really is a question of credibility. In my opinion the Mayor can not be in favour of improved air quality and at the same time promote the addition of a new source of pollution (FPM fine particulate matter) to the middle of downtown.

It is said that it would only add one more tonne per year of FPM, but FPM is the substance which is most harmful when penetrating into the human lung.

Even if an effort is made to compensate elsewhere for this added pollution (I believe that is the plan) it will still not change the fact that another 6 pounds per day (when all the electrostatic scrubbers are working at 100% efficiency) of this extremely fine harmful dust would be spewed into the air we all try to breathe in the downtown area.

Credibility or spin...time will tell.