This week:

• Jordan Poppenk speaks with Richard Ubbens, Toronto’s Director of Forestry, about the problems caused by an invasive species known as the gypsy moth in forests and North American urban areas;
• Letitia Henville speaks with Christine Bouchard, Toronto’s Bike Week Events Organizer, about events and developments in the city’s cycling community.
• Kevin Farmer presents an editorial about objective greenhouse gas emissions standards.
  

The headlines in brief:

• Canada’s 2005 emission levels were unchanged from the previous year and only 0.3 per cent higher than in 2003;
• California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed new greenhouse gas legislation with Ontario premier Dalton McGuinty;
• Environment Minister John Baird failed to sell the federal government’s climate change policies to Canada’s provincial environment ministers;
• An analysis by The Pembina Institute says the Conservative environment plan favours the oil sands, leaves taxpayers to foot the bill for industry, and doesn’t explain how a drop in greenhouse gas emissions will be achieved;
• The Canadian government is facing legal action over its failure to meet its Kyoto targets;
• The MacKenzie Valley pipeline project is on ice as Exxon Mobil feels it is no longer economically viable;
• The Conservative government has announced it will side with the European countries against the Bush administration on greenhouse gas legislation;
• The International Whaling Commission has released a report condemning military exercises planned by Australia and the US that may be harmful to whales;
• A new study suggests that pesticide exposure may lead to an increased risk of contracting Parkinson’s disease;
• The biofuel boom is having an unexpected effect and may be endangering our tequila and beer supply.

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