Global gloom goes from bad to worse

0 Comments | Philadelphia Inquirer, The, April, 2006 | by Jonathan Storm

Ahh, the warm days of spring. Family-focused robins flit ceaselessly seeking straw for their nests. Daffodils burst bright into the sunlight. Television reminds us that we're all doomed.

Global warming is the topic for the week that culminates Saturday with Earth Day, when HBO will present a primer on the subject that tries to offer a hint of optimism. "This could be the biggest business opportunity of all time," one professor says.

Tonight, PBS' science show Nova suggests no silver lining. "Dimming the Sun" at 8 p.m. on WHYY TV12 and PBS 39 makes the case that global warming is much worse than we think.

"We," both programs discuss tangentially, does not include absolutely everybody. The Bush administration, for instance, in a protective bunker blocking the...