Wired Magazine tackled 10 Inconvenient Truths about the planet earth in a recent article titled, “Get Ready to Rethink What it Means to Be Green,” and argues that combating greenhouse gases outweighs all other environmental issues and must be the top environmental priority. See how PBS has addressed the 10 tenets of their “new environmental apostasy.”

1. Live in Cities
Wired: Urban Living is Kinder to the Planet Than the Suburban Lifestyle
NOW on PBS: Journalist William Greider, who appears in “The Unforeseen,” talks to NOW about alternatives to urban sprawl.

2: A/C Is OK
Wired: Air-Conditioning Actually Emits Less C02 Than Heating
NOVA: The Solar House

3: Organics Are Not The Answer
Wired: Surprise! Conventional Agriculture Can Be Easier on the Planet
NOW on PBS: Growing Local, Eating Local
NewsHour: Organic Food Fight

4: Farm the Forests
Wired: Old-Growth Forests Can Actually Contribute to Global Warming
Washington Week: U. Cincinnati students offset carbon emissions
Frontline World: Mexico; The Business of Saving Trees; How one woman has created a biosphere

5: China Is the Solution
Wired: The People’s Republic Leads the Way in Alternative-Energy Hardware
NewHour: China’s Economic Progress Comes with Environmental Costs
NOVA: World in the Balance: China Revs Up

6: Accept Genetic Engineering
Wired: Superefficient Frankencrops Could Put a Real Dent in Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Frontline and Nova: Harvest of Fear

7: Carbon Trading Doesn’t Work
Wired: Carbon Credits Were a Great Idea, But the Benefits Are Illusory
NewsHour: Emissions Trading Ins and

8: Embrace Nuclear Power
Wired: Face It. Nukes Are the Most Climate-Friendly Industrial-Scale Form of Energy
Frontline: Nuclear Reaction: Why Do Americans Fear Nuclear Power?

9: Used Cars — Not Hybrids
Wired: Don’t Buy That New Prius! Test-Drive a Used Car Instead
NOVA: Car of the Future
P.O.V. Hybrid Cars Are Hot!

10: Prepare for the Worst
Wired: Climate Change Is Inevitable. Get Used to It
NOW on PBS: Lesson Plan: Global Warming