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Burning the Future: Coal in America is a american film of genre Documentary released in USA on 22 april 2008

Burning the Future: Coal in America (2008)

Burning the Future: Coal in America
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Released in USA 22 april 2008
Length 1h29
OriginUSA
Rating73% 3.697163.697163.697163.697163.69716

Burning the Future: Coal in America is a 2008 documentary film produced and directed by David Novack. The film focuses on the impacts of mountaintop mining in the Appalachians, where mountain ridges are scraped away by heavy machinery to access coal seams below, a process that is cheaper and faster than traditional mining methods but is damaging to the environment. Some environmental problems discussed in the film include disfigured mountain ranges, extinct plant and animal species, toxic groundwater, and increased flooding. The film's run time is 89 minutes.

The Executive Producer of the film is CJ Follini, Founder and CEO of the former Gun For Hire Production Studios.
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