According to a study participated by the UN, an estimated 4.5 tons of tobacco filters are discarded annually, and many of them wind up in the water with fatal results.
The Monroe County Commission will vote on increasing tow truck rates, placing a sales tax extension on the ballot, banning cigarettes at county beach parks and implementing construction bonds for
unbelievable. the other big concern, the fires raging in many european countries, including italy where you are. what s the latest there? yeah, these fires are a big worry. and those firefighters, imagine working in that heavy protective equipment under this blazing sun, trying to keep communities safe. there have been so many evacuations. there have been so many buildings destroyed. more than a thousand people have died in the heat and being evacuated and fires and things like that. we ve had a fire burning outside of rome. there were fires in the north of the country here in italy over the last couple of days. and it s not getting any better because there is no rain in sight. and this country has been under a drought condition future a long time. and that s turned everything into this sort of tinderbox. people throwing a cigarette butt out of their car and barbecuing, all these sorts of things that are starting these fires. and it s making them very hard to contain, kim. yeah, al
The Monroe County Commission took up several environmental issues, including sea-level rise and flooding, and agreed to move forward on a smoking ban at county beaches at its meeting Wednesday,
The Monroe County Parks and Recreation Board and the Monroe County Commission will discuss next week how to implement a ban on cigarettes at local beach parks, after Gov. Ron