This week:

• Chris Tindal, Green Party candidate for Toronto Centre, discusses the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) negotiations – publicized in Québec last week – and their relevance to environmental policy in Canada, the U.S., and Mexico. A conservative candidate from the same riding was unavailable to join the discussion. See the Green Party FAQ on the SPP, as well as a YouTube video from CUPE depicting alleged “police provocateurs” at the event.
• Simon Watson speaks with Tim Leduc from York University’s Enviornmental Studies program about Inuit communities and knowledge about the issues surrounding global warming (first aired on April 20, 2007).

The headlines in brief:

• The Ontario Power Authority tabled a regulatory submission this week that spells out the government’s plan for eliminating coal over 20 years and at a cost $60-billion;
• Lake Superior is headed for a record low water level for August, with more record lows likely in September and October;
• Construction has begun on preliminary work for a landfill site in Tiny Township;
• Premier Dalton McGuinty is planning a ban on pesticides as part of the Ontario Liberal election platform;
• Two separate incidents in the oil and gas sector have led to the release of noxious gasses in urban areas of Alberta;
• The Weather Network is predicting near normal temperatures and precipitation this fall;
• Conservation groups in Quebec called for stop a major real-estate project from going up at the entrance to a provincial park just off Montreal Island;
• Iceland has said it will not issue any new whale-hunting quotas until market demand increases;
• A study suggests that current predictions for global warming underestimate the risk of floods and overestimate the impact of droughts by ignoring the role of plants in the system;
• Britain’s endangered species list has almost doubled over the past decade and now includes sparrows and starlings that are considered pests in North America.

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