In this clip, filmmaker David Novack discusses the reclamation of mountaintops after being razed by coal-mining. The coal industry, he says, is legally-mandated to restore the mountains, but attempts at restoration often result in only superficial improvements.
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With the U.S. government’s energy policies leaning further toward the use of “clean coal”, the time has come to ask, exactly how clean is it? Filmmaker David Novack gives us a sneak peek of his film Burning the Future.