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Index of Subjects ATVs and Snowmobile owners are fighting to be included as authorised users in the rails to trails projects across the Maritimes. While this news item below freports on how polluting they are to the air, they are even more damaging to habitat in the damage they do by thier passage. They also transport hunters and trappers to areas that game might have previously been able to retreat to for safety. Others that damage the environment use these monsterous machines. And each car and truck travels far more miles per vehicle than do ATVs and snowmobiles I urge you to keep and spread the attached article and use it at every possible opportunity to oppose ATV and snowmobile use. They should simply be banned outright, along with jet skis, IMHO. Only emergency rescue should have these, I believe. In the far north the situation is more complex, but I tend to think that aborigional rights should include a comittment to use traditional tools, such as dog sleds instead of snowmobiles. David Wimberly _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ WORLD BRIEFS _________________________________________________________________ Friday, February 19, 1999 Snowmobiles polluters WASHINGTON (AP) - Smoke-belching snowmobiles and all-terrain vehicles are in for an overhaul. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is ready to write the first emission standards for the machines after finding they are the source of significant air pollution in some cities. The machines emit 25 per cent as many hydrocarbons as all the cars and trucks in the United States put together even though there are more than 66 times as many cars and trucks in use, according to an EPA study. _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ References 0. http://www.hfxnews.southam.ca/IBriefs.html 1. http://www.hfxnews.southam.ca/Letters/ -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- You received this because you are subscribed to "sust-mar", the Sustainable Maritimes mailing list. To unsubscribe, send email to <majordomo@chebucto.ns.ca> with "unsubscribe sust-mar" (without quotes) as the body of your message. To post a message to sust-mar subscribers, send it to <sust-mar@chebucto.ns.ca> Posts that are off-topic or excessive length (10K) will be rejected. For help contact <sust-mar-owner@chebucto.ns.ca>
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