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Places and Projects

EARTHWORKS works directly with communities -- and with other groups supporting communities -- affected by mining, digging and drilling around the world.

On these pages you will find some of the communities, and extraction projects, on which EARTHWORKS is working.

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The Keystone XL pipeline

Community Voices

Esquel, Argentina

"This is the most 'undefined' EIA (Environmental Impact Assessment) I have reviewed in more than 30 years of hydrogeologic experience."

News

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