FROM THE ASHES
National Geographic, 9:00 p.m. ET
DOCUMENTARY PREMIERE: Some environmental activists argue that moving away from coal production is key to meeting our long-range goals for reducing what are called greenhouse emissions. Some government figures, including the one at the top in the U.S., basically say that coal-plant production will be reduced only when you take the plants from their coal dead hands. Tonight’s documentary explains the rise, and the possible but by no means inevitable fall, of the coal industry. For a full review, see David Sicilia’s TV Moneyland.