This week:

• Jordan Poppenk speaks with Martin Middlestadt, environmental reporter with the Globe and Mail, about trends in environmental journalism and the role of the media in environmental change.
• Riyaad Ali, Operations Manager for the University of Toronto Sustainable Energy Fair, speaks about their event next week.
• Scott Hansen speaks to Kitchener geologist Melissa Battler, a member of the Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station, about parallels between Earth and Mars geology.

The headlines in brief:

• Ontario premier Dalton McGuinty said Wednesday that Ontario needs to build green SUVs rather than tiny hybrids if it wants to remain a leader in the auto industry;
• Health Canada suggests Canadians should now limit consumption of fresh and frozen tuna, shark, swordfish, escolar, marlin and orange due to mercury contamination;
• Canada and other supporters of seal-hunting urged the European Union not to ban the import of seal products;
• A new study shows that global warming may not just shift existing climates, but may also create some entirely new ones.
• Australia is seeking international backing for a new fund to combat deforestation and climate change, even as it refuses to sign the Kyoto protocol.
• Despite dolphin-friendly tuna fishing practices, dolphin numbers in the Eastern Pacific Ocean have yet to recover.
• The UN says that better architecture and energy savings in buildings could do more to fight global warming than all of the curbs on greenhouse gases agreed to under the Kyoto Protocol.

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