Burning the Future: Coal in America (2008)

Directors

David Novack

The story

thumb|600x600px|The mountaintop removal site at Kayford Mountain, West Virginia.This documentary concerns the coal industry's use of mountaintop removal coal mining in West Virginia and the direct impact of this practice on West Virginia residents. The film particularly focuses on South West Virginia resident, Maria Gunnoe, an activist for the protection of her home state and its residents. In 2003, Gunnoe's property, bridges, and five acres of land were destroyed within two hours of rainfall by a large flood, caused by the coal industry's elimination of about 1.4 million acres of mountains.

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