The Current for March 15, 2022
Today on The Current:
Russia's war in Ukraine is in part funded by its oil, but weaning Europe off it isn't straightforward. What can Canada's energy industry do to help, and what are the implications in the process? Matt Galloway talks to Dieter Helm, a professor of economic policy at the University of Oxford; and Jackie Forrest, executive director of the ARC Energy Research Institute in Calgary.
Plus, the Pulitzer Prize-winning war photographer Lynsey Addario brings us the story behind her searing images of the conflict in Ukraine.
Then, the war in Ukraine has put international adoptions on hold, leaving Canadian families anxious to be reunited with children now stranded in a war zone. We talk to Alysha Buck, chair of the board of directors for UAS Eastern European Adoption Inc., a private, non-profit adoption agency based in Manitoba that focuses on Ukraine.
Also, a University of Toronto study found that nail technicians at discount salons are exposed to high levels of hazardous chemicals commonly used as flame retardants and plasticizers. The researchers say this points to the need for better federal government regulation of the products supplied to nail salons.
And sloths are under threat from deforestation in Costa Rica, but zoologist Rebecca Cliffe is building bridges to help them get between the treetops and avoid danger on the ground.
