West Virginia Documentary Provides Alarming News About Coal Industry
Posted Oct 30 2008 11:14am
Did you know that West Virginia provides enough coal to burn energy for over half of the United States?
Did you also know that in order to provide this energy the process of mountaintop coal removal has destroyed ecological habitats and family-owned land, and has contaminated local drinking water?
I watched this documentary, Burning the Future: Coal in America, on the Sundance Channel, and it definitely gave me a new perspective on West Virginians and the use of coal.
Did you know that West Virginia provides enough coal to burn energy for over half of the United States?
Did you also know that in order to provide this energy the process of mountaintop coal removal has destroyed ecological habitats and family-owned land, and has contaminated local drinking water?
I watched this documentary, Burning the Future: Coal in America, on the Sundance Channel, and it definitely gave me a new perspective on West Virginians and the use of coal.
Here’s the trailer: