This week:

• Theological correspondent Simon Watson speaks to Christian Ethicist Christopher Lind about “ecojustice” and the need for environmentalists to address social justice if their work is to be effective.
• Environmental pundit Kevin Farmer and Jordan Poppenk release TGM’s 2007 picks for the environmental charities most worthy of your holiday contribution. We interview Dr. Elaine MacDonald, a senior policy scientist for EcoJustice, and Simone Hicken, a campaign director for The David Suzuki Foundation.

The headlines in brief:

• Several Canadian cities are considering bans or moratoriums on the construction of new drive-thru facilities;
• The Globe & Mail reports that Alberta Premier Ed Stalmach endorsed a high-speed train linking Calgary and Edmonton;
• Suncor Energy Inc, which runs Canada’s second-largest tar sands development, has been ordered by the Alberta government to cut emissions of hydrogen sulfide after several infractions this year;
• The federal government is considering new restrictions on phosphates in household cleaning products;
• The Federal Conservatives have become the second consecutive government to violate the Canada Water Act (no annual report, required by law, has been filed since 2002);
• A study by the B.C. Cancer Agency indicates that pesticides and other banned chemicals persist in the environment and are elevating cancer rates;
• Government forecasters say that a severe drought in the southern US will continue for at least the next three months.
• Thousands of Pacific walruses have been killed in stampedes, dues to crowding of beaches that some scientists link to climate change.

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