Burning the Future: Coal In America
Closed CaptioningDavid Novack
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Plot Summary
Coal provides half of America's electricity, but at what cost? Though rhetoric about 'clean coal' abounds, 36% of US global warming emissions comes from our coal-burning plants. Every 11-1/2 days, the explosive equivalent of the Hiroshima atomic bomb is unleashed upon the mountains of southern West Virginia and eastern Kentucky for coal. In BURNING THE FUTURE: COAL IN AMERICA, writer/director David Novack examines the explosive forces that have set in motion a groundswell of conflict between the coal industry and residents of West Virginia. Faced with toxic ground water, the obliteration of 1.4 million acres of mountains, and a government that appeases industry, ordinary citizens launch a valiant fight to arouse the nation's help in protecting their mountains, saving their families and preserving their way of life. BURNING THE FUTURE exposes the truth behind mountaintop coal extraction and offers tools for everyone to carve out a cleaner future.
Customer Reviews
Spectacular
A very insightful and motivating look at the coal controversy in West Virginia and the country as a whole. We need to rethink where our energy comes from or face the dire consequences.
Highly recommended for anybody, young and old, conservative or liberal. Well worth it, trust me.
shocking that this happens in our country
This documentary is extremely well done. It starts out a bit slow, but then becomes gripping and tragic as you learn about the plight of our fellow Americans in coal country.
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