This week:

Michael Louis Johnson from Streets are for People.
Dr. Frank Hartman on the federal conservative announcement about the Clean Air Bill.

The headlines in brief:

- The federal government announced its Clean Air Bill this week, which has come under criticism for setting intensity-based, rather than absolute limits;
- Environmental Defense has released a report on reported greenhouse gas emissions across Canada;
- The government of Ontario has signed a letter of intent with the Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management to reduce transboundary emissions;
- Environment Minister Rona Ambrose is under fire for making several apparently inaccurate statements to a parliamentary committee last week;
- The insurance industry has indicated that they will be raising insurance costs in areas susceptible to hurricanes because of the impact of global climate change;
- Representatives from 20 of the world’s most polluting nations met behind closed doors in northern Mexico to discuss ways to combat global warming;
- A new facility for wind energy development, the Wind Energy Institute of Canada, was officially opened this week in North Cape;
- Today is the final day for voting on the proposed bikechain levy for University of Toronto undergraduate students (click here for ballot locations).

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