This week:

• In part one of a two-part series on local food, Green Life reporter Peter Stock speaks with Local Food Plus founder and CEO Lori Stahlbrand about why LFP got started and how local food gets certified.
• Theological correspondant Simon Watson speaks with Nawal Ammar, who addresses Islam and the environmental crisis from a social justice feminist perspective.
• Kevin Farmer speaks with Streets are for People about World Car Free Day, taking place this Saturday, Sept. 22 in Kensington Market.

The headlines in brief:

• The Federal Government has again slashed the budget of Environment Canada, reducing the budget of some programs to zero to pay for previously announced climate change initiatives;
• Legal action was launched against the Federal Government by Ecojustice Canada and Friends of the Earth Canada to force the government to fulfill its legally-binding Kyoto obligations;
• Environment Minister John Baird was greeted by a crowd of anti-nuclear protesters on a visit to a town-sponsored BBQ event in Hinton, Alberta;
• Amnesty International has released a report stating that the Grassy Narrows First Nation in northern Ontario has suffered repeated human-rights violations due to logging activities;
• Environment Canada meteorologists have confirmed that the Elie, Manitoba tornado of this summer reached F5 intensity, making it the strongest documented tornado in Canadian history;
• The National Energy Board has approved EnCana Corp.’s proposed Deep Panuke natural gas project off of Nova Scotia;
• Thousands of rig workers are being laid off in Western Canada as the drilling industry deals with a big slump in natural gas exploration;
• This Thursday marked international Car Free Day, with 1500 cities around the world participating;
• One of the scientists who discovered the Antarctic ozone hole says that more progress is needed to repair the hole;
• A doctor’s report indicates the widespread use of pesticides in banana plantations in French Caribbean islands has caused a health disaster;
• Ukrainian authorities have approved a giant steel covering for the Chernobyl nuclear disaster site;
• A Hungarian professor has asserted that biofuel production and use contributed to Hungary’s severe drought this year.

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