This week:

• Take 5 reporter and first-time correspondent for TGM Danny Leskiw speaks with Dr. Monica Campbell, Manager of the Environmental Protection Office of Toronto Public Health, about the health risks associated with smog.
• Jordan Poppenk speaks with Wayne Grady, popular science writer and author of The Great Lakes: The Natural History of a Changing Region, about trends in the great lakes.

The headlines in brief:

• Prime Minister Stephen Harper was accused of scuttling Commonwealth negotiations over emissions targets, which resulted in no firm agreement;
• Ontario Natural Resources Minister Donna Cansfield has postponed a decision on whether to protect more of Algonquin Park from logging;
• A 53-year-old woman and grandmother is on the 54th day of a hunger strike at the Ontario Legislature to protest a uranium mine near Sharbot Lake;
• Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s climate change policies were criticized in a U.N. report and report from a UK-based organization;
• A new assessment by conservation groups reveals that one in every four bird species in the United States is imperiled and needs conservation help to survive;
• Iceland has opened its hydrogen filling station for use by private cars;
• Australians elected a new prime minister, Kevin Rudd, who says he will ratify the Kyoto Protocol.

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