Press Release

February 29, 2008

LINK TV PRESENTS BURNING THE FUTURE: COAL IN AMERICA

EXPLOSIVE DOCUMENTARY EXPOSES THE TRUTH ABOUT “CLEAN COAL,” EXAMINES CONFLICT BETWEEN BIG COAL AND THE POPULATION OF WEST VIRGINIA

TUNE IN: Sunday, March 2 at 9:30 p.m. PT, Monday, March 3 at 9:00 p.m. ET/6:00 p.m. PT, Saturday, March 8 at 5:00p.m. ET/2:00 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. PT, Sunday,

March 9 at 10:30 a.m. ET/7:30 a.m. PT and Friday, March 14 at 11:00 p.m. ET/8:00 p.m. PT

Link also presents groundbreaking four-part documentary series THE PLANET about mankind’s contribution to global environmental change

LINK TV presents a sneak preview of BURNING THE FUTURE: COAL IN AMERICA, a special television event exploring the explosive conflict between the coal industry and the residents of West Virginia. 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? What effects does coal extraction have on the communities that surround it, and do the benefits outweigh the costs? Confronted by an emerging coal-based U.S. energy policy, local West-Virginia activists watch the nation hail coal as a solution to the energy crisis 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, the film’s heroes demonstrate a strength of purpose and character in their fight to enlist the nation’s help in saving their families and their health, protecting their mountains, and preserving their way of life.  Filmmaker David Novack presents a sneak preview of his groundbreaking film in this Link TV special event.  Click here for more information and updated airtimes: Burning the Future.

Also playing during Link TV’s special month of environmental programming is THE PLANET, an outstanding documentary series about the challenges faced by humanity in the grip of global environmental change.  This four-part series investigates mankind’s own contribution to a life-threatening problem. Not limited to climate change, THE PLANET observes the global transformation brought about by overpopulation, the destruction of plants and animals, levels of consumption, growing economies and industrialized farming. Swedish filmmakers Michael Stenberg, Linus Torell, Johan Söderberg take this serious material to the highest level, using unconventional aerial photography, archived instructional films and a driving soundtrack to bring a this scientific subject into the realm of the artistic, contemporary documentary. Environmental experts interviewed for the series include Pulitzer Prize and National Medal of Science winner Jared Diamond (Guns, Germs and Steel), author and Stanford professor Gretchen Daily, Herman Daly, Will Steffen, George Monbiot, Norman Myers and Lester Brown.  And following the film, leaders of the environmental movement, Bill McKibben, Jr. (1sky.org) and Alex Steffan, founder of WorldChanging.com, join Link TV to explore the solutions.

            Tune in to LINK TV on DIRECTV channel 375, Dish Network channel 9410, and select cable stations.  Check LinkTV.org for all show times and full program information.

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