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This week:

• Peter Stock speaks to Zipcar CEO Scott Griffiths about car-sharing, and whether it’s a useful tool for reducing car dependence in urban spaces.
• Shamez Amlani and Kelsey Carriere, co-founders of Streets are for People in Toronto’s Kensngton Market, speak with Jordan Poppenk about their car-free Pedestrian Sundays, which have recently expanded to Mirvish Village Business Improvement Area as well as a third neighbourhood.

The headlines in brief:

• According to a report released by Environmental Defence, levels of toxic chemicals in Great Lakes fish are alarmingly high, and becoming more serious over time;
• Ontario environment commissioner Gord Miller says the province has to do more to investigate whether chemicals in the water supply from everyday pharmaceuticals and personal care products are dangerous;
• The provincially-owned utility Ontario Power Generation has spent nearly $1.2-million since 2004 on advertising the benefits of nuclear and other power sources;
• The proposal to store nuclear waste deep underground close to Lake Huron’s shore will be studied by a review panel;
• Toronto City Council’s parks and environment committee endorsed a proposal to spend a million dollars on tree planting this fall;
• Environment Minister Laurel Broten has bowed to neighbours objections and changed a planned two-storey garage to one level;
• Wal-Mart Canada recently hosted a sustainable packaging expo in partnership with the Packaging Association of Canada;
• Internationally acknowledged Canadian environmental activist Colleen McCrory passed away last Sunday;
• A chemical spill in China has halted water supply to two hundred thousand people;
• China’s top environmental official says that anger with worsening pollution is leading to more protesting;
• Farmers in Australia are chopping down protected trees in protest against strict land-cleaning laws;
• A new study shows that hurricanes may be helping to protect coral from the effects of global warming.

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