• Jordan Poppenk and Alexander Wilhelm report from Hamilton for a special feature on the Green Fleet Expo, a municipal event co-organized by Toronto and Hamilton to showcase eco-friendly versions of specialty vehicles for the next generation of government and private fleets.
• Alexander Wilhelm test-drives and reviews the major hybrid consumer vehicles on the North American market;
• Nancy Ruscica, Festival Coordinator, describes the upcoming Green Toronto Festival. The festival will be held from 10 to 3pm on Tuesday, July 12th in Nathan Phillips Square, and The Green Majority cast will be there to promote the program - come visit us.

The headlines in brief:

• Prime Minister Stephen Harper was said to have tested the patience of major allies at the G8 summit this week by arguing Canada’s approach to cutting greenhouse gasses could help to forge a new global climate change deal;
• A coalition of Quebec politicians and environmentalists is demanding the resignation of Environment Minister John Baird over the federal government’s approach to Kyoto;
• Ontario is making schools, daycares and municipalities regularly test their drinking water after almost half of 36 communities tested for lead revealed elevated levels;
• A new study shows that conservation measures by Ontario farmers have contributed to greenhouse-gas reduction efforts;
• Terrace, Smithers and Vancouver, B.C. are suffering from major flooding from the Skeena River;
• Toronto-Dominion Bank has become the first Canadian bank to publish a framework on how it plans to manage the environmental impact of its operations;
• Toyota said Thursday that global sales of its hybrid vehicles, first introduced 10 years ago, have topped 1 million;
• Symptoms of climate change are threatening the world’s cultural landmarks, according to the World Monuments Fund;
• Coastal waters off China’s southern port of Shenzhen have been hit by the biggest ever marine algal bloom.

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