full: http://louisproyect.wordpress.com/2008/02/29/burning-the-future/
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While watching "<http://www.burningthefuture.org/>Burning the
Future", the powerful new documentary on the environmental impact of
strip mining (more accurately referred to as "mountaintop removal"),
I could not help but think of rape. As you watch the profit-mad coal
companies turn a prone and helpless West Virginia into a victim, your
soul cries out for justice. Unfortunately, unlike sex crimes, turning
coal into electricity–no matter the environmental and human
costs–becomes a civic duty during an era of growing energy
insecurity. When Bill Raney, a sleazy coal industry spokesman with
dyed hair and mustache, appears throughout the film to defend
mountaintop removal, you cannot help but notice the little placard on
his bookshelf that says: "Bush Loves Coal".
