Burning the Future: Coal in America

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Audience Member Very eye-opening movie about what's really going on in the coal industry. Before this movie, I didn't know much about West Virginia. Now I do, but it's sad that the beauty and value of the Appalachians have been so defiled and reduced in the name of greed. You sure ain't gonna see this stuff on the evening news. It's documentaries like this that sadly is the only way the voices of the brave heroes in this movie get heard. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/03/23 Full Review Audience Member A look at the effects of coal mining in southern West Virgina, U.S.A. This documentary showcases the residents and a few coal company men as they defend their perspectives on the negative effects on the land and people's health as well as the campaign by the company to create "clean coal." First thing I learned was that "clean coal" is only clean when it burns. It causes just a much negative effects as it is mined. The mining in this documentary is not the men who go underground to dig out the coal. This shows lots of "mountaintop mining" which makes the land look as ugly as clear cutting trees. It turns the beautiful carbon cleaning trees as well as the entire mountain into rubble. It makes the forest look like a quarry or a desert. The local residents not only suffer from the destruction and feeling the explosions of the mountain top mining, they have to deal with polluted drinking water which has caused kidney and gall blander failure. This all was so sad. These folks realize that coal is needed to create power for the U.S. but they also know that mountain top mining is not necessary to achieve this. These same folks take the long journey from the Appalachians to New York City to take part in the United Nations' Conference of the Commission of Sustainable Development. The very people who are suppose to be helping folks all around the world give them nothing but lame beuracratic answers. All of this documentary is moving but it was a scene towards the end of the film that really got me. This woman whose land had been lived on by her elders for over a century was with her fellow U.N. visitors. She was overwhelmed with the amount of energy wasted in New York's Times Square with all the glitz and lights flashing. She screams while asking if anybody knows what destruction is happening so that this scene could happen. Turn off your lights and save some lives. Go to burningthefuture.com for more information. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/15/23 Full Review Audience Member http://burningthefuture.com/ Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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