Program Title: TGM environmental newscast: week of August 29, 2008
Description: * 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.

Host(s): Jordan Poppenk Chris Berube
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