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Big Coal: One Book, One Community 2009/10
UNT's One Book, One Community project has announced it's 2009/10 book selection- Jeff Goodell's Big Coal: The Dirty Secret Behind America's Energy Future . The Media Library will be screening films in support of this project during the fall and spring semesters. More information on films and screening dates are forthcoming.
About One Book, One Community
UNT’s One Book, One Community project focuses each year on a theme of general interest to students, their families, faculty, staff, administration and the community at large.
About Big CoalOur book for 2009-10 is Jeff Goodell's Big Coal (2006). Goodell spent three full years researching this fascinating look at the economic, environmental, and cultural forces behind the coal industry in America and around the world.In addition to Goodell’s public lecture to take place on October 6th (details forthcoming), we will host lectures and workshops that represent the widest possible range of political, economic, and cultural points of view in relation to both the larger theme of America’s Energy Future, and the arguments and assumptions behind Big Coal as well.
For more information on the project and the book, visit http://vpaa.unt.edu/OneBook/
Fighting Goliath: Texas Coal Wars
FIGHTING GOLIATH: TEXAS COAL WARS follows the story of Texans fighting a high-stakes battle for clean air. The film introduces the unlikely partners — mayors, ranchers, CEOs, community groups, legislators, lawyers, faith groups, and citizens — that have come together to oppose the construction of 19 conventional coal-fired power plants that were slated to be built in Eastern and Central Texas and that were being fast-tracked by the Governor.
