This week:

• Chris Carlsson, one of the founders of the critical mass movement, speaks and with host Jordan Poppenk about the movement’s origins, growth and current directions. He also introduces his new book, Nowtopia.
• Danny Leskiw hosts a debate between Tony Clarke, Director of the Polaris Institute, and John Challinor, Director of Corporate Affairs for Nestle Waters Canada, about the ban on bottled water being implemented in London and proposed in other municipalities.

The headlines in brief:

• The Green Party officially obtained its first Member of Parliament after independant Blair Wilson announced he would be taking out a green membership;
• Liberal leader Stephane Dion announced changes to his Green Plan that create more exemptions for farmers and forestry workers;
• New Brunswick quietly removed an environmental impact assessment requirement that a $7-billion proposed Irving Oil refinery would have to be carbon neutral;
• Syncrude Canada Ltd. is suing Greenpeace Canada for $120,000 over a trespassing incident in its Alberta tar sands operations;
• Environment Minister John Baird is under fire for ‘playing politics’ and seeking revenge against NGOs after rescinding a $100,000 grant given to the Sierra Club of BC.
• The federal Conservative government reversed its position of accommodating British Columbia’s new carbon tax and attacked it for the first time;
• Pierson Airport in Toronto broke its all-time record for summer rainfall by nearly 20 percent;
• A new report from the BBC notes that a 50 square km Canadian ice shelf has broken off, and that the Canadian Arctic ice is melting quicker than ever before.
• New research confirms the infamous “hockey stick” graph showing warmer temperatures over the last decade than any period over the previous 1300 years.

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