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An Inconvenient Truth is a 2006 documentary film directed by Davis Guggenheim about former United States Vice President Al Gore's campaign to educate citizens about global warming via a comprehensive slide show that, by his own estimate made in the film, he has given more than a thousand times.
Read More at Wikipedia ›A new documentary says the wars of the future will be fought over the world's dwindling water supply.
But skeptics point out that water in the environment is a constant, and that the film company behind the documentary has a sketchy track record when it comes to predicting impending global catastrophe."Last Call at the Oasis" argues that water is becoming more sought after than oil. Directed by Jessica Yu and hosted by Erin Brokovich, "Last Call at the Oasis" shows communities struggling with water crises, and theorizes that farmers may soon be forced to sell their livestock because there isn't enough water to raise cattle. It goes on to explore the environmental, social and political factors it says threatens the water supply."Growing up in Kansas, my Republican father taught me that the greatest gift we have is water and that we might not be taking enough care of our water supply. We've taken water for granted and used our planet as a dumping ground; we are now seeing a lot of diseas...We've all heard of the ravaged rain forests and the plight of the polar bear. But as far as reasons for saving the planet go, the one offered by scientists Thursday ...
A leading climate scientist whose report in 2006 of drowning polar bears in Arctic waters galvanized the global warming movement -- and was highlighted in Al Gore's ...
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One of the world's top film showcases is starting on a musical note as a documentary portrait of the rock band U2 opens the Toronto International Film Festival.Organ...
The troubles of the U.S. education system are getting a big screen close-up.There are no fewer than four education documentaries slated for release by the end of thi...
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A man who railed against the Discovery Channel's environmental programming for years burst into the company's headquarters with at least one explosive device strappe...
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If you believe the useful idiots, Republican Pete King is a grave threat to the sweet harmony of America. His congressional hearings tomorrow on homegrown Islamic ra...
The crisis in Libya continues this week. As the White House watches events continue to unfold in the Middle East, it may still be smarting from an incident last week...
Al Gore won a Nobel Prize and an Oscar for his film, An Inconvenient Truth. But in the last three months, as global warming has gone from a scientific near-certitude...
After three years of discussion among 21 scientists, an economic-political coalition of advanced western nation-states recently handed down a ruling which prohibits ...
Someone must stand up for self-absorbed stars
Glenn Close boiled a bunny. Al Gore has the Internet and he, too, will not be ignored – even if he has to launch a 24-hour Internet propaganda program Thursday to do...
A federal wildlife biologist whose observation in 2004 of presumably drowned polar bears in the Arctic helped to galvanize the global warming movement has been place...
The Senate on Tuesday rejected a proposal that would have eliminated ethanol tax credits worth $5 billion a year -- a stunning setback for conservatives who were ral...
Green guru Al Gore is seeing red -- and might just talk himself blue.The former vice president and outspoken climate-change defender plans a 24-hour worldwide presen...