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Robert Redford – Fighting Goliath

Posted in Coal, Global Warming, tagged Coal, fighting goliath, robert redford on April 12, 2011 | 3 Comments »

Robert Redford, who has been a major figure in film in this country since the 60s (as an actor, director, and producer), is once again in the limelight for the release of his new film The Conspirator. But as much of note in Mr. Redford’s life is his lifelong commitment to positive social and environmental [...]

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See “Fighting Goliath: Texas Coal Wars” Online at Hulu

Posted in Coal, Energy, tagged coal block, coal plant, coal rush, fighting goliath, hulu, robert redford, smitty, sundance preserve, texas coal wars, Tom "Smitty" Smith, TXU on January 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

The full documentary Fighting Goliath: Texas Coal Wars about the fight against the TXU coal rush in Texas is now online and Hulu. Watch it here. Or, if you’re not sold yet, check out this preview: Fighting Goliath was produced by the Sundance Preserve and narrated by Robert Redford. It features our very own Director [...]

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Too Much Fun this Week

Posted in Coal, Global Warming, Toxics, Uncategorized, tagged americana, Austin, Austin Energy, Brewster McCracken, camp ben mcculloch, city forum, climate change, coal block, coal wars, earth day weekend, environmental justice, fighting goliath, focus the nation, green apple festival, hundred acre3s, Lloyd Doggett, old settler's music festival, PODER, Public Citizen, robert redford, Roger Duncan, ryan rittenhouse, salt lick pavilion, St. Edward's University, susana almanza, texas union, town hall, urban planning, will wynn on April 15, 2009 | 1 Comment »

There is too much fun going on in the next few days… I can’t handle it. I wish I could be multiple places at once… and influence climate change legislation by sheer will power.. and attach documents to e-mails telepathically. Ah well, if wishes were horses, I’d have gotten that pony when I was six. [...]

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Houston Area Environmental Film Screening

Posted in Coal, Uncategorized, tagged fighting goliath: texas coal wars, flow: for love of water, houston community college, Public Citizen, robert redford, ryan rittenhosue, ryan rittenhouse, sam houston parkway, the reel series, town and country center on April 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Live in the Houston area? This Wednesday, April 8, at 11:00 am, Houston Community College will be showing both FIGHTING GOLIATH: TEXAS COAL WARS and FLOW: FOR LOVE OF WATER as a part “The Reel” Series, a culture film/speaker series of learning enrichments. Public Citizen’s own Ryan Rittenhouse will be on hand after the screening [...]

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