This week:

• We bring you the story of Donna Dillman, an activist with The Community Coalition Against Mining Uranium, who went 68 days without food to protest against a proposed mine uranium mine site on Shalbot Lake in Ontario prior to terminating her hunger strike yesterday. She has called for a stop to the proposal and is demanding an explanation from Dalton McGuinty about why the mine is necessary when most of the country’s uranium is exported.
• We also feature an arts special report from green life correspondent Peter Stock, who is struck by creative inspiration at The Tree Museum in Gravenhurst, Ontairo. The annual Tree Museum show runs from Mid-September until the end of October each year. For details on the works and artists discussed in this segment, visit the website for Persona Volare. Click on the images below or the following links to view/enlarge the images associated with this piece: [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12]

The headlines in brief:

• Quebec became the first Canadian province to adopt California’s stringent auto-emissions standards;
• Canadians across in major cities across the country rallied on Saturday to protest the Canadian government’s position in Bali;
• Negotiations in Bali over the successor to the Kyoto protocol remain stalled due to Canada, the U.S. and Japan refusing to sign a document with specific targets;
• Nova Scotia New Democrats introduced legislation to permanently ban uranium mining in that province;
• The compound bisphenol A has been found in baby formula at levels that may be dangerous for babies;
• Environment Minister John Baird has been implicated in allegations regarding an influence-peddling scandal involving the mayor of Ottawa;
• New research indicates that current fish farming practices will cause wild salmon to become extinct within four years in parts of British Columbia;
• The White House pressured the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to weaken requirements that companies annually disclose releases of toxic chemicals;
• A WWF study shows that penguin populations are facing steep declines;
• Arctic melting reached a record pace in 2007.

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