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Show Wednesday, June 13, 2001 jiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiuiiiii ; : PBS documentary shows why Earth is in trouble By Jacqueline Cutler OTVData Features Syndicate Listen carefully to what scientists scien-tists from around the world in various disciplines tell Bill Movers in his latest gem of a documentary and you come to one conclusion: We'd better clean up the planet, now. As the controversy swirls over President George W. Bush's energy en-ergy proposals, the timing of Movers' latest special - Bill Movers Reports: Earth on Edge, premiering Tuesday, June 19. on PBS (check local listings) -could not be better. Movers, who spent two years working on the program, says he got lucky with the timing because be-cause people are thinking about conservation. 'This administration administra-tion is totally out of step with the majority of the American people," peo-ple," Moyers says from his Manhattan Man-hattan office. "Every poll shows people want to repair the fraying web of life, and this administration administra-tion is acting on behalf of their corporate contributions and allegiance alle-giance to corporate mentality." Moyers and his producers traveled trav-eled to Mongolia, South Africa, Brazil, western Canada and the Midwestern United States. They deftly demonstrate what happens hap-pens when greed and ignorance run rampant over land and water. The numerical results are numbing. Forty percent of the world's population endures water wa-ter shortages. Nearly 60 percent of the coral reefs are at risk because be-cause of dangerous fishing practices prac-tices and development on adjacent adja-cent beaches. Since the U.S. prairies were first plowed, they have lost one-third of their top-soil top-soil and half of their nutrients. Numbers alone, however, can't convey the urgency of the situation. situa-tion. "We are seeing a system where Earth has changed," says Michael Novacek, a paleontologist paleontolo-gist with the American Museum of Natural History. "We have no time to check it. We have to do that now." Adds Habiba Gitay, ecology professor at the Australian Na- Bill Moyers (left) and Charles Melander tional University, "I think we are running out of solutions." What makes this documentarv compelling instead of just depressing de-pressing is the potential for turnaround turn-around and the exquisite vistas. As always, Moyers tells some of the stories behind the statistics. Charles Melander is the third generation of his family to farm in Kansas. By planting only in narrow strips of tilled soil, he has reintroduced native grasses and ecosystems to his land. "We could change our environment environ-ment almost overnight if we suddenly said we will reward less herbicide usage and less fertilizer fer-tilizer usage," he says. "It's not only that I'm doing it for the environment. en-vironment. I'm saving dollars." In South Africa, some 40.000 peopie are trying to return water to their country by cutting down foreign trees. When the Europeans Euro-peans invaded centuries ago, they planted trees that reminded them of home. Though beautiful, those trees put a stranglehold on the country's watershed. Since their removal, streams are flowing. Much of the documentary is far grimmer. In Brazil, mangroves man-groves are rapidly disappearing. They will be replaced with luxury luxu-ry hotels. "It isn't enough to just change our personal behavior." Moyers says. "We have to achieve public policies to turn this around." THURSDAY EVENING JUNE 14, 2001 (2) KUTV CBS New Ent Tonight JAG 'Touch arxlGo'' X ICSI: Crime Scene nvtgtn, 46 Hours "Medcal Mystenes" .News X Lite Show (N) (In Stereo) X LateUrt 1.4 ' KTVX New 5 Fortune Whose Line? WhoeLe? 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