People & Power travels to the heart of coal country in West Virginia to a battle over Coal River Mountain between coal companies blowing up mountain tops against environmental activists and local community members who want to establish a cleaner green industry based on wind power. This segment asks a bigger question of how much sway president Obama actually have over entrenched power company practices in the U.S. enabled and encourage by Bush/Cheney in the last administration. Part 1 (11:55 min)

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