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Discusses the outlook for emissions credit-trading under the proposed Kyoto climate control treaty in Canada. Requirement for Canada to reduce its carbon dioxide output under the treaty; Concern of Canadian petroleum producers that they will be put out of business by European competition due to European emission credits; Proposal of a power transmission grid in Manitoba which would link its hydro development sites to other provinces.

Focuses on the environmental and ecological efforts of Canadians. How the federal government in Ottawa, Ontario is responsible for habitat management, even though inland fish as a natural resource is taken care of by the provinces; Description of the Species At Risk Act that may be passed in Parliament; Importance of caribou in Alberta; How humans are affected by legislation protecting rare fish.

Reports on the anti-greenhouse gas plan in British Columbia (BC) that would impose a super-tax on sport utility vehicles. Suggestion that the tax is linked to the Conference of the Parties meeting at The Hague concerning the 1997 Kyoto global-warming accord; Details of the proposal of a 'feebate' program for purchases of new automobiles; View of BC Automobile Dealers Association president Paul Taylor on the adverse effect of new car sales.

Discusses the ways that Alberta and British Columbia are preparing to protect their economies from federal climate controls. Claims of John Manley that Canada's potential failure to meet emissions targets would not matter; Idea that Manley has contradicted the wording of the Kyoto convention on climate change; Non-compliance of nations within the agreement which would cause them to lose the right to trade emissions credits internationally; Admission of the World Wildlife Fund that there is less enforcement with an environmental agreement than with a trade agreement.

Reports on the purchase of 60 gas-electric hybrid cars, by the government of British Columbia Environment Minister Ian Waddell. Statement of Waddell, of the New Democratic Party, that the purchase of the cars was part of a so-called greening government plan; Waddell's description of his conversation with a deer, encountered while Waddel was driving one of the cars, a Toyota Prius; Admission of Waddell that the Prius had been purchased for him by the government.