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Cyanide-laced waste spilled into the surrounding watershed after this tailings dam spill at Cambior's gold mine in Guyana.  Credit: Earthworks
The full story of mining's environmental, economic, social, and cultural impacts has not been told to the public.  When the public is made aware of mining impacts, over 70% support stronger protections. 

The EARTHWORKS media program is designed to put a spotlight on what's wrong with mining in an effort to create pressure for better standards and practice.  It profiles impacted communities, reports on mine accidents and spill, and reports on reforms and necessary changes.

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Community Voices

Powder River Basin, WY

"One Ranch Family's Struggle with Coalbed Methane" documents Nancy and Robert Sorensen's unsuccessful attempts at negotiating a satisfactory Surface Use Agreement. The company got the Sorensens to sign a weak agreement and still ended up violating many of its provisions.

News

Halliburton's Interests Assisted by White House

LA Times: Vice President Dick Cheney's office has backed measures favoring hydraulic fracturing, a technique developed by Halliburton Co., Cheney's former employer.

Behind Gold's Glitter: Torn Lands and Pointed Questions

There has always been an element of madness to gold's allure.

Golden Gamble in Grass Valley: A Legacy of Risk

At the Idaho-Maryland Mine, up to four tons of ore would have to be processed to produce one ounce of gold. But the steps taken to scrape together that ounce pose what scientists call two of the mining industry's biggest environmental risks: cyanide contamination and acid mine drainage.

A High Regard for the Earth

David Maisel's Aerial Photos Re-Survey the Boundaries Between Ugly and Beautiful

Publications

Predicting Water Quality Problems at Hardrock Mines -- an EARTHWORKS white paper

A Failure of Science, Oversight, and Good Practice

Our Drinking Water at Risk

What EPA and the Oil and Gas Industry Don't Want Us to Know About Hydraulic Fracturing. (Full Report)

Oil and Gas at Your Door? (2005 Edition)

A landowner's guide to oil and gas development.

Preserving our Public Lands

A citizen's guide to understanding and participating in oil and gas decisions affecting public lands.