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  • Dr. Quentin Chiotti of Pollution Probe speaks with Political correspondent Danny Leskiw about new Ontario legislation that’s slowing down trucks on Ontario highways in the name of fuel conservation.
  • Environmental pundit Kevin farmer and host Jordan Poppenk discuss whether there is a link between peak oil and recent panic regarding a world food crisis.
  • Jordan Poppenk speaks with Liz Benneian, President of Oakville Green, a very successful community organization who speaks about tactics that have allowed her group to work effectively towards conservation of urban green space (first aired July 20, 2007).

The headlines in brief:

  • Experts are telling Canadians to brace for higher food prices as the cost of basic staples begins to go up, possibly due to the use of biofuel;
  • CIBC economists are predicting a coming “age of scarcity”, in which short supply will lead to gasoline prices of $2.25 a litre and crude oil prices of $225 a barrel by 2012;
  • Biofuel proposals are under attack in the Canadian legislature;
  • Five hundred ducks were killed in an Alberta tailing pond disaster, raising new questions about the impact of the tar sands;
  • Alberta is bypassing environmental impact assessments for proposed transmission line projects;
  • British Columbia has implemented a ban on exploration for radioactive minerals;
  • Animal-welfare activists demonstrated across Europe, demanding a ban on the import of Canadian seal products;
  • International oil company Royal Dutch Shell has backed out of its 33% stake in the UK wind farm, London Array;
  • Central American countries are discussing soaring food prices and a $630 million plan to increase food output;
  • Warming in the world’s largest lake, Lake Baikal in Siberia, is threatening the lake’s unique ecosystem.

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