This week:

• TGM correspondent Danny Leskiw speaks with Canadian academic Thomas Homer Dixon about his research and the link between violence and environmental stress.
• Host Jordan Poppenk speaks with Greenpeace Canada Director Bruce Cox about what’s needed to put the environment back on the public agenda in light of global financial troubles.
• Green pundit Kevin Farmer speaks with Jordan about environmental assessments and the growth economy.

The headlines in brief:

• Enbridge Canada has shelved its plan to build a pipeline that would bring tar sands oil to Ontario.
• The federal government is planning to cut the requirement for environmental assessments on most building projects.
• Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff praised the necessity of the tar sands in a speech this week.
• Environment Minister Jim Prentice is may face a federal court after telling mining companies not to publish pollution reports.
• New laws are being passed in Delhi to outlaw the use of plastic bags.
• President Barack Obama has put a stop to many of George Bush’s last minute attempts to cut environmental regulations.

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