[Now Prime Minister Dick Cheney has taken the anti-global warming crusade one giant step further. Appearing on MSNBC's] Hardball ... If you're really serious about greenhouse gases, one of the solutions to that problem is to go back and let's take another look at nuclear power, use that to generate electricity without having any adverse consequences.

Whether the process proves to be Kyoto or something else, let's acknowledge the urgency of global warming.

[In a recent issue of National Geographic entitled] Global Warming ... After a decade as Editor in Chief, I have a pretty good idea which articles will provoke a lot of angry letters. Well, we're about to do it again. Why would I publish articles that make people angry enough to stop subscribing? That's easy. These three stories cover subjects that are too important to ignore. This isn't science fiction or a Hollywood movie. But we are going to take you all over the world to show you the hard truth as scientists see it.

Now, when we face a problem like global warming, and you understand that the biggest impacts on global warming come from business and industry, I think business needs to take a leading role.

Mutual funds investors and their their funds are completely at odds today on the topic of global warming. Our new survey shows that seven out of ten American mutual fund investors want their mutual funds to screen companies linked to global warming and also to take action on shareholder resolutions calling on corporations to address climate change issues.

This is perhaps the most compelling evidence yet that global warming is happening right now.