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The Last Mountain

Ordinary Citizens Fight Big Coal in The Last Mountain

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 02.11.2012 | Green
Marcia G. Yerman

Featuring citizen activists fighting for clean air and water against entrenched interests and corporate dollars, the documentary combines backstory, statistics, and human interest to explain more fully the narrative of where our electricity comes from.

Coal River Mountain Showdown: What Would Judy Bonds Do?

Jeff Biggers | Posted 10.05.2011 | Green
Jeff Biggers

As the anti-mountaintop removal movement continues on several different fronts, residents are simply asking: What would Judy Bonds do?

Making Mountaintop Removal Real: The Last Mountain

Paul Loeb | Posted 09.16.2011 | Green
Paul Loeb

It's easy for mountaintop removal to seem abstract to those who don't live in coal country. The powerful documentary The Last Mountain brings the issue home.

The best films of 2011 - so far

Marshall Fine | Posted 09.10.2011 | Entertainment
Marshall Fine

So - if the movie year had ended June 30 and we had to choose the best films of 2011 from the releases that hit American screens since Jan. 1, which o...

Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining: The National Research Council Should Investigate

Allen Hershkowitz | Posted 08.23.2011 | Green
Allen Hershkowitz

Science is not just another opinion. Resolving the most serious ecological problems requires adherence to sound scientific facts that are not limited by politically-driven scientific compromises.

Heroes

Bill Haney | Posted 08.15.2011 | Green
Bill Haney

The folks of the Coal River Valley are taking their place at the forefront of other heroic movements in the annals of American consciousness raising. Stories of heroes like these are the stories of The Last Mountain.

The Last Mountain -- New Documentary Chronicles Coal Mining's Collateral Damage

Michael Rose | Posted 08.14.2011 | Los Angeles
Michael Rose

Maria Gunnoe's fight to stop MTR and transform the Appalachian Mountains into a wind energy powerhouse attracted filmmaker Bill Haney and his partners, who feature her in their documentary, The Last Mountain.

Robert Kennedy, Jr. Climbs The Last Mountain

Alex Simon | Posted 08.06.2011 | Green
Alex Simon

Robert Kennedy, Jr. has carved out a legacy of his own as one of the nation's, and the world's, leading environmental activists and advocates.

HuffPost Review: The Last Mountain

Marshall Fine | Posted 08.03.2011 | Entertainment
Marshall Fine

Bill Haney's film, a documentary that looks at the impending flattening of the final mountain in a West Virginia area of Appalachia, is stark in its facts and unapologetic about its viewpoint: Coal is killing the planet.

Sundance Explores The Last Mountain

Jennifer Schwab | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Jennifer Schwab

I came to Park City specifically to view environmental documentaries, as Sundance is well known for its role in premiering important films about social issues. And one of this year's most important movies is The Last Mountain.

Sundance: Lessons From Entourage

Larry Beinhart | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Larry Beinhart

It turns out they're playing movies at this film festival! First up is the documentary Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel.

Big Coal's Rally of Denial: Coalfield Citizens Bring Message of Growing Health Care Crisis to State Capitol

Jeff Biggers | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Jeff Biggers

Besieged citizens from the central Appalachian coalfields faced down Acting West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin and a large crowd of Big Coal lobbyist...