This week:

• Ian McAllister, conservation photographer and author of the new book, The Last Wild Wolves, speaks with Jordan Poppenk about his work and wolves in coastal British Columbia.
• Stephen Hazell, spokesperson for the Sierra Club of Canada, talks about proposed oil and gas pipelines in Canada. Click here for more information about the project.
• Kevin Farmer and Jordan Poppenk speak about light penalties for the recent endangered queen conch bust and approaches to reducing eco-crime.

The headlines in brief:

• A report funded by concerned residents of Port Hope, Ontario, suggests its residents are awash in radioactive contamination;
• The Globe and Mail reports that returning salmon stocks have collapsed across British Columbia;
• British Columbia provincial New Democrat Gregor Robertson will introduce two private member’s bills which, if passed, would reduce exposure to hazardous substances;
• A man and woman from Florida pled guilty to illegally importing meat of the endangered queen conch and were each fined $20,000;
• An oil spill off San Francisco threatens its crab fishery, while an oil spill in the Black Sea has caused environmental devastation;
• A record amount of waste flowed into China’s Yangtze River last year;
• A study of the carbon emissions of the world’s power stations found that Australians are the worst polluters per capita.

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