This week:

• Letitia Henville speaks with Victoria McDonald, a biologist at Rouge Park, about bird counts in the new year. For more information or to get involved, visit Bird Canada, or call 905-713-7729.
• We introduce the plight of the Tiny Township aquifer, the cleanest source of water on the planet, which is currently slated to become a landfill site;
• Scott Hansen talks to Dr. Ingrid Stefanovich, Director of the Center for Environment at the University of Toronto.

The headlines in brief:

• Another violent windstorm swept through parts of British Columbia on Wednesday in a series of storms that have left 250,000 people without power;
• The federal government promised $20 million for a project to reclaim industrial land in Toronto;
• The federal government announced that it plans to mandate the use of renewable fuels, and will consider the purchase of international emissions credits under Kyoto mechanisms;
• Environment Minister Rona Ambrose wants the auditor general to review federal climate programs, but it’s not clear whether that audit will include the Conservatives’ own programs;
• The US government is considering opening an area off the Bering sea frequented by the world’s most endangered large whale;
• Over 300 American cities are competing for the title of Most Green and have pledged to meet or exceed Kyoto obligations;
• Across the entire northern hemisphere, there is less snow than normal, causing problems for ski resorts and a Christmas that is more green than white;
• The UN weather agency says the northern hemisphere is warming twice as fast as the Southern hemiphere in recent years;
• 2006 was the 6th warmest year on record worldwide, according to the World Metorlogical Organization.

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