http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/story/2008/10/heat.html Beyond the financial crisis and the Iraq war, one issue continues to loom as the dominant global challenge of our time. The issue is climate change, and the threat it poses to the planet is greater now than ever. For the past 18 months, veteran FRONTLINE correspondent Martin Smith and his production team have tracked this complex story around the world. Now, in a wide-ranging, two-hour special edition, they report on what they've seen, and it isn't pretty. From the First World to the Third, the demand for energy continues to grow, driven by the needs of emerging giants like India and China, where environmental concerns take a way backseat in the headlong rush to development. Smith and his colleagues spent weeks in these two countries: as a sneak preview, here's a section of the film on what they encountered. IPTV broadcast schedule: Tue, October 21, 2008 8:00 PM (IPTV HD) Tue, October 21, 2008 8:00 PM (IPTV) Tue, October 21, 2008 11:00 PM (IPTV HD) Wed, October 22, 2008 6:00 PM (IPTV Create/World) Wed, October 22, 2008 11:00 PM (IPTV Create/World) "We have to be smarter. If we continue doing what we're doing, we're going to end up in a colossal global wreck." Jeffrey Sachs, Columbia University - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To unsubscribe from the IOWA-TOPICS list, send any message to: [log in to unmask] Check out our Listserv Lists support site for more information: http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/faq.asp