"How The Caribbean's Charred Forests End Up Firing America's Barbecues"

"Lust for charcoal is leading to murders, political unrest and the chopping of prime forests on the most populous island in the Caribbean, and a portion of the bounty winds up used to fuel barbecue grills in the United States.

That's the conclusion of the directors of a new documentary called "Death by a Thousand Cuts" that will appear on TV networks this winter. It follows the repercussions of a murder, as well as the political and environmental toll of a little-known tragedy smoldering on the island of Hispaniola.

Hispaniola, one island east of Cuba, is a divided land with a tense border that sometimes erupts in violence. The western third is Haiti, a former French colony that speaks Creole, and the eastern two-thirds is the Spanish-speaking Dominican Republic."

David Ferris and Nate Gronewold report for EnergyWire June 24, 2016.