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A number of scientific institutions including the NASA-Goddard Institute for Space Studies, the World Meteorological Organization, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have concluded that 2009 was one of the warmest years on record and that the decade 2000-2009 was warmer than the decade before it, which was warmer than the decade before it. Yet, conservative naysayers continue to ignore the overwhelming evidence of global warming. Fox News’ Sean Hannity falsely claimed on his radio show that “global temperatures continue to plummet year after year.” Even conservative members of Congress are pointing to the severe snow storms on the East Coast to mock advocates of curbing greenhouse gases. Republican Senator Jim Inhofe built an igloo in Washington and marked it with a sign that read “Al Gore’s new home.” In fact, the extremely cold weather is further evidence of global warming, with scientists warning for many years that the planet’s heating creates more moisture in the atmosphere, thus leading to more severe winters – snow on the East Coast, and rain on the West. Today, as we prepare for more rain this weekend, we spend the hour focusing on the Earth’s environment, how humans are destroying it and our own bodies, and what the alternatives are.

A brand new documentary called The Great Squeeze: Surviving the Human Project, explores the science of climate change and resource depletion in the context of interdependent global food and energy markets, and its consequences on life on the planet.

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The Great Squeeze – DVD – $100

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Includes The Great Squeeze (DVD), Dirt! (DVD), Homo Toxicus (DVD), and Crude Awakening (DVD), plus a bonus metal water bottle donated by Food and Water Watch.

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