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Push Mower Use On The Rise
GreenThinkers – July 11, 2007 |
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Increasing Numbers of Canadians Switch to Electric and Reel Lawn Mowers
Sustainable is Good – July 9, 2007 |
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Canadians switch to push-reel lawn mowers for health and environment
CBC News Canada – July 1, 2007 |
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'Rumble-snick does the trick'
Toronto Star – June 2, 2007 |
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 National Mow Down Pollution Launch Event with the Honourable Minister John Baird, Federal Minister of the Environment
St. Henri, Quebec - April 23, 2007
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Fatima Dharsee, Clean Air Foundation
Honourable Minister John Baird
Jules Ratelle, Home Depot Store Manager, St. Henri, PQ
Harry Taylor, Vice-President, Operations, The Home Depot Canada |
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 Queen's Park Provincial Mow Down Pollution Launch Event with the Honourable Minister Lauren Broten, Ontario Minister of the Environment
Queen's Park, Toronto, Ontario - April 19, 2007
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Laurie Scott, MPP (Haliburton Victoria Brock)
Jennifer Mossop, MPP (Stoney Creek)
Bas Balkissoon, MPP (Scarborough-Rouge River)
Kevin Flynn, MPP (Oakville)
Khalil Ramal, MPP (London Fanshawe)
Stephanie Thorson, Associate Executive Director, Clean Air Foundation
The Honourable Minister Lauren Broten, Minister of the Environment
Ted McMeekin, MPP (Ancaster-Dundas-Flamborough-Aldershot)
Harry Taylor, Vice-President, Operations, The Home Depot Canada
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Mow Down Pollution - Press Release
Toronto, Ontario – April 19, 2007 |
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Civic Alert: Time to throw out the gas-guzzling mowers
Westmount Examiner – April 18, 2007 |
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It's time to prepare for outdoor living
Toronto, Ontario – April 14, 2007
Starting Thursday, the retailer will be participating in the Clean Air Foundation's annual Mow Down Pollution program. Consumers who bring in their old gas... |
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No mow: Gas lawn mower worse polluter than Hummer
Winnipeg Free Press – April 12, 2007 |
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Using your push mower stifles greenhouse gases; Home Depot offers $100 rebates
Metroland – April 12, 2007 |
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Yes, the grass is greener
Montreal, Quebec – August 5, 2006
The Old-Fashioned push mower may be better for you, your lawn and the environment – and as a result, it's cultivating a comeback. |
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Grass needs to be cut? It's easy to go green; Electric mowers a clean alternative to old gas guzzlers If lawn is small, manual machine can do the job
Toronto, Ontario – April 27, 2006
Every summer, lawn mowers consume about 151 million litres of gas - one mower alone produces 48 kilograms of greenhouse gases in one season and as much air pollution as a car driven 550 kilometres. |
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Ontario Government Mows Down Pollution
Toronto, Ontario – April 25, 2006
Ontarians Encouraged To Return Gas Lawn Mowers For Cleaner Alternatives |
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Canadian Environment Awards Announces Winners for 2005
Toronto, Canada – June 6, 2005 |
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5th Annual Launch of Mow Down Pollution!
Toronto, Canada – April 26, 2005
Retailer Will Donate $10,000 in Supplies in “Green” Community Challenge – Recycling Rebates up to 1/3 Off the Price of a New Mower! |
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Mow Down Pollution named finalist in 2005 Canadian Environmental Awards!
Ottawa, Canada – April 22, 2005
Mow Down Pollution named one of two finalists in the Community Awards Climate Change Category in the Canadian Environmental Awards! |
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 Ontario Government Mows Down Pollution
Queen's Park, Toronto, Canada – April 21, 2005
The Honourable Leona Dombrowsky, Minister of the Environment in Ontario, Encourages Return of Gas Lawn Mowers For Cleaner Alternatives.
Photo, L-R: Ersilia Serafini, Executive Director, Clean Air Foundation; Honourable Leona Dombrowsky, Ontario Minister of the Environment; John DeFranco, Lawn and Garden Merchant, The Home Depot Canada, show Canadians how to Mow Down Pollution at Queen's Park, Toronto, Canada, April 21, 2005.
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Clean Air Foundation Challenges Mayors Across Canada
Toronto, Canada – April 7, 2005
The Home Depot and The Clean Air Foundation have challenged Mayors across Canada to encourage their communities to turn in old gas mowers and trimmers for a $10,000 natural restoration of a community green space. |
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Clean Air Foundation Launches Second National Mow Down Pollution Campaign
Toronto, ON - April 19, 2004
Canadians urged to reduce smog formation and greenhouse gas emissions by retiring 4,000 old gasoline lawnmowers and trimmers |
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Clean Air Foundation Program Targets Old Mowers
Toronto, ON - April 10, 2004
Foundation partners with Home Depot to retire polluting old lawn mowers |
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Minister Anderson Gives Canadians the Grade
Toronto, Canada - May 02, 2003
The Federal Minister of the Environment, David Anderson, today told Canadians how well they’ve faired in the national Mow Down Pollution Campaign launched by the Clean Air Foundation, in partnership with Home Depot, two weeks ago to help reduce air pollution across the country. |
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Mow Down Pollution Challenge Heats Up
Toronto, ON - May 1, 2003
The challenge between Toronto Deputy Mayor Case Ootes and Hamilton Mayor Robert Wade to push their cities to lead the country in the Mow Down Pollution campaign is going neck and neck into the program’s final weekend. |
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Clean Air Foundation Launches National Mow Down Pollution Campaign – Challenges Canadians to Retire 5000 Lawnmowers and Ttrimmers!
Toronto, ON - April 24, 2003
The Clean Air Foundation in partnership with Home Depot Canada today announced the national launch of its Mow Down Pollution program to permanently retire 5000 old two-stroke lawnmowers and trimmers from the garden. |
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