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Mining Reform Campaign

ECONOMIC RECOVERY BILLS CREATES JOBS THROUGH MINE CLEANUP

Feb 14 -- Thanks in part to your action the economic recovery plan contains as much as $1.5 billion dollars for abandoned mine cleanup throughout the United States. These projects will generate thousands of new jobs and improve public and community health around the country.

  • Read the press release here
  • Read a detailed summary of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act here.

Congressman Rahall reintroduces mining reform bill

Jan 27 -- Rep. Rahall (D-WV) has reintroduced the Hardrock Mining and Reclamation Act in the 111th Congress, paving the way for the modernization of the antiquated 1872 mining law.

  • Read our press release here.
  • Read the press release from the House Natural Resources Committee here.
  • Read about the 1872 Mining Law here.
  • Read EARTHWORKS' fact sheet for HR 699 here.

EARTHWORKS hopes for results from the Obama administration

Dec 18 --Environmental and public health groups from around the country have signed on to a letter to the Obama transition team, and specifically to incoming Energy and Climate Change Czar Carol Browner.

  • Read the memo to the transition team here

Mining: Public Land's Biggest Celebrity

How about a mine with that hamburger?
  • Click the pic to see how the 1872 Mining Law rolls out the red carpet.
  • Learn more about the absurd 1872 Mining Law.

Community Voices

Ray Copper Mine, AZ

ASARCO is verging on the edge of bankruptcy, which could leave the taxpayers with hundreds of millions of dollars in clean-up costs.

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.

Unchanged (for the Worse) Since 1872

A New York Times editorial making the case for reforming the 1872 Mining Law.

A High Regard for the Earth

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