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:
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Fighting Goliath was produced by the Sundance Preserve and narrated by Robert Redford. It features our very own Director Tom “Smitty” Smith and covers a years-long battle against coal that is still ongoing today. As Redford has said about the film,
The heart of this film is really about issues of health, future generations and the value of our own land and resources. The film was made to support the story of the Texas coalition and their struggle against a giant power company. It is our way of giving other states and communities a model for what can happen when people take personal responsibility and get results. We want to let people know that they don’t have to give up hope.
Though 8 of the 11 TXU plants were canceled, the remaining 3 have been built and have begun operations – and they are dirtier than the 8 canceled plants combined. What’s more, there are 12 more coal plants either in the permitting process or being built in Texas – more new plant proposals than any other state in the country. Visit CoalBlock.org and StopTheCoalPlant.org for more information.
The film will also be shown on PBS during the months of January and February throughout Texas. Not all locations and times are solidified yet, but so far we have:
January 8, in College Station, Dallas, El Paso, Harlingen
January 9, in Houston
January 10, in Killeen
January 11, in Lubbock
January 21 at 8:30pm in Austin, Amarillo, Corpus Christi
Thursday, January 21 at 9:30pm and repeats Sunday January 24th at 1:30 pm for Waco
*Sometime* in January or February Midland/Odessa:
February 18 at 9pm in San Antonio
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By promoting cleaner energy, cleaner government, and cleaner air for all Texans, we hope to provide for a healthy place to live and prosper. We are Public Citizen Texas.
