This week:

To celebrate our 100th episode, we present a retrospective on the most interesting moments of The Green Majority featuring many of our regular contributors, including:

  • Incoming News Director Chris Berube
  • Former Science Correspondent Sapna Sharma
  • Theological Correspondent Simon Watson
  • Green Life Correspondent Peter Stock
  • Arts Correspondent Letitia Henville
  • Political Correspondent Danny Leskiw
  • Environmental Pundit Kevin Farmer

The headlines in brief:

  • Canada unilaterally extended its nautical authority over environmental and other laws extends to 200 from 100 miles offshore in the Arctic;
  • Environment Canada predicts Arctic Sea Ice will be at its second lowest level on record by the end of 2008;
  • A 26-year deal was met to protect 4,500 square kilometers of Baffin Island and surrounding waters, although most likely as part of a sovereignty agenda;
  • $100-million in mineral exploration grants was made available for Arctic exploration;
  • Federal records show tar sands companies lobbied federal government ministers heavily this summer, whereas only a few meetings were made between environmental groups and government bureaucrats;
  • The Toronto Transit Commission is considering an end to its use of biofuels;
  • BC has begun clearing protected wetlands in Whistler to create a hybrid bus terminal;
  • A group of Christian activists talked to the UN about the moral aspects of environmentalism at talks in Ghana.

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