This week:

• We feature a lecture by NOW Magazine columnist Adria Vasil, who presents her views on the ins and outs of getting by in good health and good ecological conscience in this age of dodgy consumer products. A compilation of her weekly column is available in her recently published book, Ecoholic.
• Technical producer Alex Nursall joins host Jordan Poppenk to announce our new partner, CKLU 96.7 FM in Sudbury.

The headlines in brief:

• Alberta has rolled out a CO2 emissions reduction plan that places a weak but real cap on industry, requiring a stop to the rise of emissions in 12 years;
• A Statistics Canada report indicates that from 1992 to 2005, auto-dependency among Canadians rose from 68% to 74%;
• An independent government panel has sided with former federal Environment Commissioner Johanne Gelinas over keeping the EC report separate from that of the Auditor General;
• Federal Natural Resources Minister Gary Lunn has called for a change in the mandate of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission to include production, which some say is a conflict of interest;
• Alberta has signed an agreement to work with 11 aboriginal communities on issues affecting the environment The US Fish and Wildlife Service has announced that it will not develop a recovery plan for the endangered jaguar.
• The Brazilian government has announced an unprecedented loss in Amazon rainforest, only months after it celebrated a drop in deforestation.
• Thousands of protesters devastated by an oil spill have taken to the streets in central Seoul, South Korea.
• A study released by the University of Exeter highlights the problems of programs designed to reintroduce carvivorous animals to the wild.

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