TOO HOT NOT TO HANDLE, A GLOBAL WARMING PRIMER FEATURING
CONTRIBUTIONS FROM TOP SCIENTISTS, TO DEBUT ON EARTH DAY, APRIL 22, EXCLUSIVELY ON HBO

LAURIE DAVID EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

NEW YORK, Feb. 6, 2006 - Heat waves. Melting glaciers. Rising sea levels. Catastrophic storms. Migrating viruses. Population displacement.

Over the past 100 years, the mass consumption of fossil fuels, especially in America, has contributed to a dangerous warming of the earth that has adversely impacted the way we live. The cautionary documentary

TOO HOT NOT TO HANDLE offers a guide to the effects of global warming in the United States when it debuts on Earth Day, SATURDAY, APRIL 22 (7:00-8:00 p.m. ET/PT), exclusively on HBO.

A primer on global warming, TOO HOT NOT TO HANDLE features
contributions from leading scientists in the field. In addition to in-depth
discussions of such subjects as the greenhouse effect, hurricanes,
snowpack, hybrid vehicles and alternative power, the film shows how
businesses, local governments and citizens are taking positive actions
to reduce global warming emissions.

 "My personal hope is that every viewer will be inspired to become part
of the solution to reducing our carbon emissions," says executive
producer Laurie David. "As the film shows, everything we need to
address this pressing problem already exists, but the time to act is
now."

"Scientists are sure that we are changing the climate for the
foreseeable future. What we're not sure about is whether or not we'll
be able to live with those changes," comments William Collins, Ph.D.,
climate scientist, National Center for Atmospheric Research.

Says Michael Oppenheimer, Ph.D., professor, Geosciences and
International Affairs, Princeton University, "The people who left New
Orleans are certainly weather refugees. Environmental pressures like
global warming in some places make people move. If there was one lesson from Hurricane Katrina, it is that even in a modern and highly
industrialized society, our ability to deal with nasty climate events is
extremely limited. The thing that really worries me about this problem
is not what we know, but what we don't know."

Among the scientists featured in TOO HOT NOT TO HANDLE are:

  • William Collins, Ph.D., climate scientist, National Center for Atmospheric Research
  • Kerry Emanuel, Ph.D., professor, Earth, Atmospheric &
    Planetary Science, MIT
  • Paul R. Epstein, M.D., M.P.H., associate director, Center for Health and the Global Environment, Harvard Medical School
  • Jonathan Foley, Ph.D., director, Center for Sustainability and
    the Global Environment, University of Wisconsin - Madison
  • Martin Hoffert, Ph.D., professor emeritus of physics, New York University
  • Laurence S. Kalkstein, Ph.D., senior research fellow, Center for
    Climatic Research, University of Delaware
  • Donald Kennedy, Ph.D., editor-in-chief, Science
  • Michael Oppenheimer, Ph.D., professor, Geosciences and International Affairs, Princeton University
  • Jonathan Patz, M.D., M.P.H., director, Global Environmental Health Initiative, University of Wisconsin - Madison
  • Terry L. Root, Ph.D., senior fellow, Center for Environmental Science and Policy, Stanford University
  • Stephen Schneider, Ph.D., co-director, Center for Environmental Science and Policy, Stanford University
  • Daniel Schrag, Ph.D., professor, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University
  • Richard Somerville, Ph.D., distinguished professor, Climate Research
    Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD
  • James Gustave Speth, J.D., dean, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University
  • Kevin Trenberth, Sc.D., head, Climate Analysis Section,
    National Center for Atmospheric Research
  • Warren Washington, Ph.D., head, Climate Change Research Section, National Center for Atmospheric Research
  • Tom Wigley, Ph.D., senior scientist, National Center for
    Atmospheric Research

TOO HOT NOT TO HANDLE is executive produced by Laurie David;
produced by Susan Lester and Joseph Lovett; edited by Tom Haneke; written by Susan Joy Hassol; segment directors, Maryann De Leo and Ellen Goosenberg Kent; segment producers, Vibha Bakshi and Rosemary Sykes; original music by Joel Goodman. For Lovett Productions: executive producer, Joseph Lovett. For HBO: supervising producer, Jacqueline Glover; executive producer, Sheila Nevins.

Contact:
New York: Lana Iny or Jessica Manzi (212) 512-1462 or 1322

Los Angeles: Nancy Lesser or Leslie Martinelli (310) 382-3274 or 3329

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