| Description |
1 DVD (approximately 120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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stereo |
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NTSC |
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video file |
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DVD video |
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region 1 |
| System Details |
DVD, region 1, NTSC. |
| Performer |
Reporter, Martin Smith. |
| Note |
Originally broadcast as an episode of the television program Frontline on Oct. 21, 2008. |
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Stereo.; anamorphic widescreen format. |
| Summary |
Under pressure from governments, green groups, and investors, big businesses, such as the oil and coal companies, electric utilities, and automobile manufacturers, are promising to reshape their approach to the environment, climate change, and carbon emissions. Shows how some corporations around the world are fighting to fend off new regulations while others are repositioning themselves to meet these challenges. Visits the melting glaciers of the Himalayas, Chinese coal companies, Indian SUV makers, and American oil giants, among other locations. |
| Contents |
Watching the world change -- Fossil fuels : the engine of our lives -- Ten years to reverse course -- America's addiction to coal -- Cars : 2nd largest source of carbon emissions -- Big Oil -- Two instructive lessons from the past -- Carbon-free power -- Will America summon the political will? |
| Language |
Closed-captioned. |
| Subject |
Energy development -- Environmental aspects.
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Energy development -- Environmental aspects. |
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Global warming -- Economic aspects.
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Global warming -- Economic aspects. |
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Industrial management -- Environmental aspects.
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Industrial management -- Environmental aspects. |
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Fossil fuels.
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Fossil fuels. |
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Power resources.
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Power resources. |
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Energy policy.
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Energy policy. |
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Electric power production.
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Electric power production. |
| Genre/Form |
Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Documentary television programs.
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Documentary television programs.
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Nonfiction television programs.
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Nonfiction television programs.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Documentary -- Television.
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| Added Author |
Smith, Martin (Martin E.), producer, reporter, screenwriter.
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Rain Media, Inc.
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WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
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PBS Home Video.
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| Note |
Title on container and disc label: Heat : a global investigation |
| Added Title |
Frontline (Television program)
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| ISBN |
079369499X |
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9780793694990 |
| Standard No. |
841887010009 |
| Music No. |
FRL62613 PBS Home Video |
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