This PBS special looks like it might be worth watching:
http://www.pbs.org/earthonedge/program/index.html
A blurb from the web page:
"Bill Moyers and his team of award-winning producers ...take a look at what is
happening to our planet and what we can do about it. Bill Moyers Reports:
Earth on Edge probes two of the most critical questions of the new century:
Will Earth continue to have the capacity to support the human species and
civilization? Moreover, what can we do to protect our life-support system-the
natural environment?"
It's on Tuesday the 19th at 8 PM in most places. A day or two later on
satellite.
Doug