Solar-Powered Film Series -- DIRTY BUSINESS

Dirty Business

"Clean Coal" and the Battle for our Energy Future

Can coal ever really be made "clean"? If we were to try to wean ourselves off coal, how would we keep the lights on? Is renewable energy ready for prime time?  Dirty Business reveals the true social and environmental costs of coal power and explores the murky realities of "clean coal" technology.

With special guest Lyna Hinkel of 350.org.

350.org is an international organization working to unite the world around solutions to the climate crisis. With over 500 partners and tens of thousands of active volunteers in 192 countries, they have thus far successfully organized the two largest coordinated days of climate action in the planet's history. This year, our third mobilization is called Moving Planet: A Day to Move Beyond Fossil Fuels and will take place on September 24.

(2010, 90 mins)