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This video examines the explosive conflict between the coal industry and residents of West Virginia. Confronted by emerging "clean coal" energy policies, local activists watch a world blind to the devastation caused by coal's extraction. Faced with toxic ground water, the obliteration...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Novack, David (Producer, Director, writer,), Zoullas, Alexis (Producer), Hankin, Richard (writer.)
Format: Video
Language:English
Published: San Francisco, CA : The Video Project, [2007]
Subjects:
Coal mines and mining > Environmental aspects > West Virginia.
Coal trade > Environmental aspects > West Virginia.
Water > Pollution > West Virginia.
Environmental degradation > West Virginia.
Mountaintop removal mining > Environmental aspects > West Virginia.
Habitat conservation > West Virginia.
Stream conservation > West Virginia.
West Virginia > Social life and customs.
Charbon > Mines et extraction > Aspect de l'environnement > Virginie-Occidentale.
Charbon > Industrie > Aspect de l'environnement > Virginie-Occidentale.
Environnement > Dégradation > Virginie-Occidentale.
Déplacement de sommet (Mines) > Aspect de l'environnement > Virginie-Occidentale.
Habitat (Écologie) > Conservation > Virginie-Occidentale.
Cours d'eau > Conservation > Virginie-Occidentale.
Virginie-Occidentale > Mœurs et coutumes.
Coal mines and mining > Environmental aspects.
Coal trade > Environmental aspects.
Environmental degradation.
Habitat conservation.
Manners and customs.
Stream conservation.
Water > Pollution.
West Virginia.
Documentaries and Factual Films
Documentary films.
Feature films.
Documentaires.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
Description
Summary:This video examines the explosive conflict between the coal industry and residents of West Virginia. Confronted by emerging "clean coal" energy policies, local activists watch a world blind to the devastation caused by coal's extraction. Faced with toxic ground water, the obliteration of 1.4 million acres of mountains, and a government that appeases industry, courageous residents demonstrate a strength of purpose and character in their improbable fight to arouse the nation's help in protecting their mountains, saving their families, and preserving their way of life.
Item Description:Title from title frame (viewed June 11, 2014).
The film was originally produced in 2007. An updated, shorter version of 54 minutes was created in 2012 for the Public Broadcasting Service.
Physical Description:1 streaming video file (90 min.) : digital, sound, color
Format:Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Production Credits:Writers, David Novack, Richard Hankin; original music, Raz Mesinai; cinematography, Sam Henriques, Scott Shelly, edited by Richard Hankin, A.C.E.