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Burning the Future: Coal in America
Release Date:April 22, 2008
Running Time:89 min
Genres:Documentary
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Synopsis
Burning the Future: Coal in America examines the explosive forces that have set in motion a groundswell of conflict between the Coal Industry and residents of West Virginia. Confronted by an emerging coal-based US energy policy, local activists watch the nation praise coal without regard to the devastation caused by its extraction.
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