This week:

• Political correspondent Danny Leskiw speaks with Gerry Sklavounos, parliamentary assistant to Québec Environment Minister Line Beauchamp, as well as John Bennett, Executive Director of ClimateForChange.ca. They discuss the stringent auto emissions standards proposed by Quebec and the challenges that stand in the way of their implementation.
• Andrew Nisker, director of Garbage! The revolution starts at home, speaks with Host Jordan Poppenk about his film, family consumption habits and a new eco-friendly and community-friendly film distribution model.

The headlines in brief:

• During a US energy summit, Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach implored business leaders not to buy into the “myth” that tarsands production takes too much of a toll on the environment;
• The Harper government has committed to consultations with environmental groups regarding national auto emission standards;
• Native groups have stated they will ignore a court order restricting protest over a uranium mine North of Kingston;
• A new national warning system is in the works to alert Canadians to natural disasters;
• The Waterkeeper Alliance is taking US commercial power generator DTE to court in Canada over its mercury emissions;
• US President George W Bush overrode a federal court order that required the US Navy to minimize harm to marine mammals during sonar training exercises;
• Outbreaks of a species of starfish are wreaking havoc on coral reefs in Indonesia, and pollution is to blame;
• India’s Tata Motors unveiled the world’s cheapest car, much to the dismay of environmentalists.

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