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Burning the Future: Coal in America dramatically documents the devastating environmental, health and social impact our addiction to coal has on West Virgina, where mountaintop removal mining has obliterated 1.4 million acres of mountains and polluted the groundwater. The film profiles the courageous West Virginians who challenged the powerful coal industry, and launched a valiant fight to ...
Feb 29, 2008 · Feb 29, 2008. In Theaters At Home TV Shows. Advertise With Us. Residents of West Virginia battle the coal industry after their ground water becomes toxic and 1.4 million acres of mountains disappear.
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Burning the Future: Coal in America challenges the concept of “clean coal”, documenting the devastating ecological, social and health impact of coal mining and mountain-top removal. The film follows the explosive forces that have set in motion a groundswell of conflict between the coal industry and residents of West Virginia, where over 1.4 ...
Apr 27, 2017 · Burning the Future: Coal in America dramatically documents the devastating environmental, health and social impact our addiction to coal has on West Virgina, where… Watch Burning The Future: Coal In America Online | Vimeo On Demand on Vimeo
Burning the Future: Coal in America does a wonderful job of illustrating the effects of the coal industry on the lives of ordinary people in West Virginia. Among the people featured in the documentary are Maria Gunnoe, Donetta Blankenship, and Larry Gibson – uncomplicated people whose families have lived in West Virginia for generations.
Feb 28, 2008 · Impassioned docu "Burning the Future: Coal in America" reps a strong indictment of mountaintop removal mining and its disastrous effects on the environment -- a case made all the more convincing ...
May 25, 2012 · Burning the Future: Coal in America dramatically documents the devastating environmental, health and social impact our addiction to coal has on West Virgina, where mountaintop removal mining has obliterated 1.4 million acres of mountains and polluted the groundwater. The film profiles the courageous West Virginians who challenged the powerful coal industry, and launched a valiant fight to ...
