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The Roy Green Show

 Doug Ford has announced that he will be running for mayor of Toronto.

-A waitress at an East Side Mario's in Timmins says it was sexist that she was told she should wear a bra at work.

-Mexico's 8.1 earthquake has ramifications for Canada. 

 The quake was in a subduction zone very similar to that of British Columbia, and didn't act as would usually be expected.

 Guest:  Dr. John Cassidy, research scientist and international earthquake expert with the Geological Survey of Canada in British Columbia

-What's the latest from Florida as Hurricane Irma approaches?

  Guest: Anthony Farnell, Global News chief meteorologist from Florida

-A climate scientist says global warming means there will be a reduction in the number of hurricanes, but they will be much more powerful.

 Guest: Dr. Anand Gnanadesikan, professor of earth and planetary sciences at Johns Hopkins University-

Dr. Bjorn Lomborg weighs in on how governments can spend their money smarter and increase their return on investments in health, air pollution, infrastructure and more.   

He says Stephen Hawking’s claim that the U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Climate Treaty "could push the earth over the brink to become like Venus with a temp of 250 degrees Celsius" is absurd. 

Guest: Dr. Bjorn Lomborg, environmentalist, TIME magazine list of "100 Most Influential People in the World”, head of the Copenhagen Consensus Center Think Tank, and author of “How Much Have Global Problems Cost The World, Cool It and How to Spend $75 billion to make the World a Better Place”See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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