Yale Event on Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining
Posted December 2, 2009 in Health and the Environment, Saving Wildlife and Wild Places, Solving Global Warming, The Media and the Environment
If you happen to be in New Haven, Connecticut tomorrow evening, please feel free to attend a screening of the amazing Yale-produced documentary on mountaintop removal: Leveling Appalachia.
During the last two decades, mountaintop removal mining in Appalachia has destroyed or severely damaged more than a million acres of forest and buried nearly 2,000 miles of streams. Leveling Appalachia: The Legacy of Mountaintop Removal Mining, a video report produced by Yale Environment 360 in collaboration with MediaStorm, focuses on the environmental and social impacts of this practice and examines the long-term effects on the region's forests and waterways. At a time when the Obama administration is reviewing mining permit applications throughout West Virginia and three other states, this video offers a first-hand look at what is at stake for Appalachia's environment and its people.
Following the screening, I'll be featured on a panel discussion alongside:
- Chad Stevens, filmmaker, MediaStorm
- Maria Gunnoe, Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition and 2009 Goldman Environmental Prize winner
- Dr. Ben Stout, Associate Professor of Biology, Wheeling Jesuit University
Event details:
Thursday, December 3, 2009
5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Kroon Hall, Burke Auditorium
195 Prospect Street
Free and open to the public
