getting env variables into perl scripts

[Net Llama!]

I've got this perl script that I inherited.  This perl script gets
called from inside a bash script which has set an environment variable
globally.  My problem is that the perl script isn't seemingly aware of
the environment variable even though its definitely set globally
inside the bash script.  Is there some way to force use of this
environment variable inside the perl script?  I should note that the
value of this variable changes over time, so I can't just hardcode it
inside the perl script.

thanks

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