It was among the fastest, most efficient production cars ever built. It ran on electricity, produced no emissions and catapulted American technology to the forefront of the automotive industry. The lucky few who drove it never wanted to give it up. So why did General Motors crush its fleet of EV1 electric vehicles in the Arizona desert?

A murder mystery, a call to arms and an effective inducement to rage, Who Killed the Electric Car? is the latest and one of the more successful additions to the growing ranks of issue-oriented documentaries.

- The New York Times

A potent hybrid of passion and politics fuel this energetic and highly compelling documentary.
- Michael Rachtshaffen,Hollywood Reporter

If $3-a-gallon gasoline doesn’t make you hate the big oil companies, the shocking revelations in Chris Paine’s thought-provoking documentaryWho Killed the Electric Car? will.
- V. A. Musetto, New York Post

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Upwards of 40,000 people took to the streets in Melbourne on Dec 12th as part of the 2009 Walk Against Warming.
More than 100,000 people participating nationally.
The massive crowd moved from the State Library through Swanston Street and into Federation Square demanding real action on climate change. Later constructing a human sign ‘Safe Climate Do It!’ on Princess Bridge.

This clip includes speeches by :
Victoria McKenzie-McHarg – Safe Climate Campaigner, Environment Victoria
Mark Wakeham – Campaigns Director, Environment Victoria
Jenneke and Wytze Kylstra, Father and Daughter, CFA volunteers sent to Marysville on Black Saturday
Leah Avene, mother and Tuvaluan woman, representing Make Poverty History
Dr David Karoly, Climate Scientist and lead author of the IPCC report

Walk Against Warming 2009
Melbourne Australia

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By the makers of ‘The Story of Stuff’.

The Story of Cap & Trade is a fast-paced, fact-filled look at the leading climate solution being discussed around the world. Host Annie Leonard introduces the energy traders and Wall Street financiers at the heart of this scheme and reveals the “devils in the details” in current cap and trade proposals: free permits to big polluters, fake offsets and distraction from whats really required to tackle the climate crisis. If youve heard about Cap & Trade, but arent sure how it works (or who benefits), this is the film is for you.

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Annie Leonard, creator of ‘The Story of Stuff talks at the 2009 Bioneers – “What really makes people happy is the quality of our social relationships. We’re working longer hours … spending so much time shopping and alone watching tv screens that we are undermining those things that cause real happiness”.

The Story of Stuff has now reached 7.3 million people around the world.

www.storyofstuff.com

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From its extraction through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in our lives affect communities at home and abroad, yet most of it is hidden from our view. The Story of Stuff is a fast-paced, fact filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns. It exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to create a more sustainable and just world. It’ll teach you something, it’ll make you laugh, and it just may change the way you look at all the stuff in your life forever.

The Story of Stuff has now reached 7.3 million people around the world.

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