UK Schools to Air Al Gore's Movie

The British government has confirmed that they plan to send Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore's global warming documentary DVD's to 3,385 secondary schools in England as part of a campaign to raise awareness on the continuing problem of global climate change.

Environment Secretary David Miliband and Education Secretary Alan Johnson announced plans to distribute Gore's film, "An Inconvenient Truth," on the day the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report was published in Paris. The report by leading scientists, said global warming has started and is "very likely" caused by humans.

"The debate over the science of climate change is well and truly over, as demonstrated by the publication of today's report by the IPCC," Miliband said. "Our energies should now be channeled into how we respond in an innovative and positive way in moving to a low-carbon future." (AP)

In the film, Gore warns that unless action is taken to reduce carbon emissions soon, global warming will have disastrous implications for the environment.

"Children are the key to changing society's long-term attitudes to the environment," Johnson said. "Not only are they passionate about saving the planet, but children also have a big influence over their own families' lifestyles and behavior."

A similiar plan to distribute the DVD in the U.S. was scraped last month after some parent's demanded that a "counter-point" be presented, the plan was scraped when no reasonable counter-point to global warming could be produced.

(AP,BBC)