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...causing climate change to justify taking steps to reduce greenhouse gases. That standard is too high when the world is facing what might be catastrophic consequences. Even the possibility that human behavior is changing our climate should compel action. Why are we not proactive when it comes to the planet? Our negligence could have a fatal impact not only on ourselves but also on billions of innocent people...
...atmosphere in recent decades could have dire consequences on the global environment, such as warmer weather, which would lead to more virulent hurricanes. Schrag’s research has shown that human survival could come into question as unstable and unpredictable weather conditions plague the planet. But Schrag’s findings are not without controversy. Some scientists, such as Willie Soon, an astronomer at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and a senior scientist at the Marshall Institute—which is funded by Exxon Mobile and other private interests—suggest that the current climatic change...
...Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” —Someone should have told Tim Burton a long time ago that his days were over. Probably after his “Planet of the Apes” remake, which was, astonishingly, worse than “Gigli.” But with Johnny Depp, a popular Roald Dahl property, and hordes of pseudo-hipster NYU students who love Burton’s “dark, brooding sensibility” and the “amazing production design of ‘Batman,’” it?...
...Star Wars: Episode III”—One only has to recall the climactic scene of “Revenge of the Sith” to appropriately sum up its awfulness. Set on a lava-filled planet that looks like the Bowser stage from “Super Mario Bros.,” Obi-Wan (Ewan McGregor) and Anakin (Hayden Christensen) exchange heated words on Anakin’s abrupt switch to the Dark Side. The only thing screenwriter George Lucas can think to give Padme (Natalie Portman ’03) to say at this important moment...
...people's lives, says director Patrice Legro. There are exhibits on global warming, forensics and DNA replication, and even an interactive display called "Lights at Night" that allows visitors to navigate the globe using a joystick, along the way viewing data on energy use and population changes around the planet...