This week:

• Simon Watson interviews Professor Heather Eaton, Professor of Theology at Saint Paul University in Ottawa, past president of the Canadian Theological Association, and founder and co-chair of the Canadian Forum on Religion and Ecology (CFORE). They discuss the need for scientific and evolutionary knowledge for religion to effectively address the environmental crisis.
• “In case you missed it”: Jordan Poppenk speaks with Professor Miriam Diamond from UofT’s Environmental Chemistry Research Group about what polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are, why they’re showing up in the news, and why they’re showing up in your bloodstream (originally aired March 2, 2007).

The headlines in brief:

• Toronto’s top health official wants Toronto businesses to report their emissions;
• Toronto has launched an 18-month trial run of its new Air Quality Health Index (AQHI), which estimates the risk to health of polluted air;
• The sudden death of thousands of carp in Lake Scugog appears to be the work of warm-water bacteria;
• Authorities in Florida are staging a major cleanup of tires that were dumped in the ocean in an ill-fated attempt to create artificial reefs;
• A new study asserts that the sun’s changing energy levels are not to blame for recent climate change;
• Athens, Greece is experiencing an unprecedented environmental protest after a forest fire damaged a national park;
• Scientists from the US and France released a study that suggests that radiation from the Chernobyl disaster affected some bird species much more than others;

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