Screening of Burning the Future

Wednesday, May 28, 2008
8:00 p.m.-9:30 p.m.

Campus Progress, in association with the Drexel Sierra Student Coalition, present the powerful and compelling film Burning the Future: Coal in America.

In Burning the Future: Coal in America, writer/director David Novack examines the explosive forces that have set in motion a groundswell of conflict between the coal industry and residents of West Virginia. Confronted by an emerging coal-based US energy policy, local activists watch the nation praise coal without regard to the devastation caused by its extraction. Faced with toxic ground water, the obliteration of 1.4 million acres of mountains, and a government that appeases industry, our heroes demonstrate a strength of purpose and character in their improbable fight to arouse the nation’s help in protecting their mountains, saving their families, and preserving their way of life.

Refreshments will be served.

Sponsored by Campus Progress and the Drexel Sierra Student Coalition.

For more information, please email speakers@campusprogress.org.