An Inconvenient Truth (2006), both a book written by Al Gore and a movie with the same title which discuss the necessity of dealing with global warming in order to avert a major catastrophe.
State of Fear (2004) by Michael Crichton is a scientific fiction thriller based upon the authors three years of scientific research on global warming. Though he paints the issue as one that is exaggerated and isn’t nearly as big of a problem as some scientists claim, other’s believe he has manipulated the facts for his own benefit. Read the novel and make your own opinion.
Who Killed the Electric Car? (2006), raises the issues surrounding the disappearance of this once up and coming invention. In an entertaining way it addresses the car and larger matters like global warming, our reliance on foreign oil, and the power of big companies.