Coal Ties - new doc on over-building of coal plants
Carl Reeverts finally mailed me a DVD of his new film, “Coal Ties: Yellow Springs to Meigs County.” Meigs County, Ohio, is located just across the border from Parkersburg. I have to admit that it was a relief to watch a film about coal NOT mined in West Virginia, but very sad to see the effects that all of the coal-fired electricity plants were having on the immediate environment around those plants. I really enjoyed the “balance” that included local people who did want the plants. I also enjoyed the honest expression of people, both in Yellow Springs, which is 100 + miles away from Meigs County, about what it was like to live in the state that caused some of the worst CO2 pollution in the country.
As far as I know, the film has not been shown much other than a showing at The Corner Store in Washington, DC on Sept. 19th of this year. Since it’s available online, hopefully more people will be able to watch it. I found it quite an enjoyable film for covering such an unpleasant subject.
Right after I saw it I watched the new Fox TV show, “Fringe.” It was about some scientists turning seriously ill patients into radioactive walking bombs without their knowledge until their heads literally exploded. I thought, ” Who knows what all of the proposed coal plants, and McCain’s nuclear plants, will do to us - make us ALL radioactive walking bombs?” How much care has ANY American corporation EVER done to look at the effects their products have on human beings, and everything else, in the environment? Are all corporations toxic? ( See the great recent Canadian film, “The Corporation.”)
Here is my description of the film which I will use in various ways including my list of films on coal….
COAL TIES: YELLOW SPRINGS TO MEIGS COUNTY
2008 23 mins. Carl Reeverts
Independent filmmaker Carl Reeverts documents the struggle in Yellow Springs, Ohio and neighboring Meigs County to stop the construction of more coal-fired power plants. He interviews the mayor and city council members about the plan to add even more power generation plants to an area that already has several. The plants are known to have major negative effects on people and the environment in the immediate area. One local property owner discusses the effects of constant explosions used to dig local coal. People in support of the mining and power plants are also shown presenting their viewpoint at public meetings. This film is a powerful look at the human cost of coal in our energy hungry world. Access – Carl Reeverts at carl.reeverts@gmail.com. The film can be watched online at - http://blip.tv/file/876774
