 Burning the
Future: Coal in AmericaThursday, August 16, in Cambridge [please download & distribute flyer]Coal provides half of America’s electricity, but at what cost? Though rhetoric about “clean coal” abounds, 36% of US global warming emissions comes from our coal-burning plants. Every 11-1/2 days, the explosive equivalent of the Hiroshima atomic bomb is unleashed on the mountains of southern West Virginia and eastern Kentucky—for coal.Burning the Future: Coal in America examines the explosive conflict between the coal industry and residents of West Virginia. Confronted by a global reliance on coal-generated electricity, local activists watch the world praise coal without regard to the devastation caused by its extraction. |
Documenting the journey leading up to my walk from Boston, MA to Washington, DC. Activism, News(ish), Discussion, and Search Engine Optimization. This blog is a notebook of ideas, politics, praxis, and life choices that I've run into as I'm exploring this zany world of activism. Think of each post as a page in a greater "book" or a road sign on a journey. -KC Hoye
Showing posts with label burning coal. Show all posts
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Burning the Future: Coal in America; AUG 16, 2012
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