This week:

• Peter Stock speaks with Jack Graves, Chief Cultural Officer of the US-based quick-service restaurant Burgerville, about sustainability initiatives in business domains that are not traditionally considered green, in this case, drive-thru take-out restaurants.
• Environmental pundit Kevin Farmer joins host Jordan Poppenk in conversation about recent proclamations from the Vatican that belie a changing spiritual ethic of environmental stewardship.

The headlines in brief:

• The federal Conservative government released an update to its much-touted “Made in Canada” plan that included:
• several additional details on an announced national carbon trading scheme
• a ban on the construction of certain types of coal plants by 2012
• a requirement for tarsands operations initiated after 2012 to utilize carbon sequestration
• The federal Competition Bureau is preparing to launch a crackdown on companies that make false or misleading environmental claims about their products.
• The Canadian Food Inspection Agency and Loblaws Inc. warned that certain pear juices may be contaminated with arsenic.
• Bruce Power has bought out Energy Alberta Corporation and has doubled the number of reactors at its proposed Peace River nuclear energy station;
• Royal Bank of Canada and Toronto-Dominion Bank ranked at the top of an enviromental survey of Canadian banks, while the Bank of Montreal ranked at the bottom;
• The nonprofit group Conservation International says that Madagascar has achieved a severe reduction in forest destruction.
• The Vatican is warning of several new forms of sin, some of which have environmental implications.

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