This week:

• We feature a lecture by Rex Weyler, a journalist and ecologist most reputed for his work directing the original GreenPeace Foundation and for co-founding GreenPeace International in 1979. In a Toronto lecture, Mr. Weyler speaks about the principles and assumptions underlying - and undercutting - environmental life today.
• Host Jordan Poppenk and pundit Kevin Farmer welcome the new year by pronouncing their new year’s eco-resolutions.

The headlines in brief:

• A 14,000 square kilometer “Montreal Archipelago Ecological Park” that would protect Montreal-area forests and wetlands from developers has received support from across the political spectrum;
• A controvercial quarry proposed in Digby Neck, Nova Scotia, has been officially blocked;
• An Ontario government task force has concluded that the Ontario Power Authority is unnecessary and should be disbanded;
• The U.S. has announced it is reducing its nuclear arsenal to one-quarter that of end-of-Cold War levels;
• International researchers say global warming is outpacing the ability of humans, plants and animals to adapt.
• On New Year’s Eve, free public transit will be offered in Toronto, Halifax, Calgary, Hamilton, Sudbury, Regina, Mississauga, York, London, and other cities.

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