egg.gifThis week:

  • American author and journalist Ross Gelbspan speaks with host Jordan Poppenk about feedback cycles, how they relate to global warming, how close we are to tripping them, and ideas about how the environmental movement might respond.
  • Jordan hosts an in-house panel discussion with green pundit Kevin Farmer and student activist Joanna Dafoe about the meaning of mitigation and what such tipping points might mean for the environmental movement.
  • We welcome guest newsreader Dylan Jervis, who hopes to report for us on future science topics.

The headlines in brief:

  • A fourth bombing incident has struck EnCana’s pipeline in Northeastern B.C.;
  • Carbon tax could be a key issue in the upcoming B.C. provincial election, with a majority in opposition to the existing tax;
  • Changes to the Pacific Salmon Treaty between Canada and the U.S. are now in effect;
  • President Bush will protect vast areas of the Pacific Ocean islands, reefs, surface waters and sea floor;
  • Coral growth off the coast of Australia has fallen to its lowest ratein 400 years.

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