Six Threats to our environmental health, and some modest proposals to fight them.
- Downtown Recycling Woes - Support local wide-scale recycling programs. Support local manufactures like Alcoa and Smurfit which uses locally recycled materials, and encourage business to incorporate those materials.
- Urban Sprawl - Invest in public transportation that can reduce traffic congestion and air pollution, try not to support government subsidies for new subdivisions and bigger high ways - it only feeds the oil addiction.
- Water Pollution - Cincinnati’s Metropolitan Sewer District (MSD) is working on a $2-3 billion dollar plan to reduce the amount of untreated sewage. Around the house don’t fertilize your own lawn before rainfall, and avoid dumping grease and oil and household solvents in your sink.
- Air Pollution - Make an effort to drive less, conserve electricity and oppose any measures to weaken the “Clean Air Act”
- Expanding Landfills - If you are a homeowner that is not recycling, call (513) 242 - 4401 and get yourself a recycling bin.
- Automobile Dependency - The answer surely is not more highways, which will not only increase taxes but also automobile dependency. But until then, use our METRO and TANK bus system and find alternatives to driving. Biking and support for community infrastructure plans that dont involve automobiles.
