International Media

EARTHWORKS in the News

2008

• Clean Campaign Gathers Traction, 11/8/08 - Financial Times
• Companies Scramble for Ever-Scarcer Resources, 10/1/2008 - IPS
• Walmart's Eco-Gold Tarnished, Say Enviros, 9/20/08 - New West
• 6,000 Signatures Against Mining Concession, 9/19/08 - Public Agenda
• Green Gold?, 9/3/08 - Fortune Magazine
• Ghana: Proposed Gold Mine, 8/14/08 - AllAfrica
• Update: Earthworks Responds to WMT's New Jewelry, 7/25/08 - Washington Post
• Cleaning up Dirty Gold, 7/17/08 - Washington Post
• Mexicans Protest Canadian Mining Company, 6/28/08 - IPS
• Shiny and new in gem industry: Fair-trade jewels, 5/10/08 - The Journal Times
• 'Gold teeth are a safe way to store one's savings,' 5/4/08 - Sunday Times (South Africa)
• An Inside Job: Social Intrapreneurs Promote Sustainability From Within, 4/29/08 - Corporate Social Responsibility Newswire
• Altar-native Energy: How to green your wedding, 4/29/08 - Grist
• Worth its weight: as gold prices rise, so does our desire for jewelry with the precious metal, 4/20/08 - WDVT
• Green Scene: Greener Gold, 3/28/08 - CBS3
• A Wedding Ring Produces 20 Tones of Waste, 3/24/08 - Spiegal Online
• Invest in gold with a clean conscious?, 3/24/08 - Christian Science Monitor
• Sustainable Jewelry, 3/08 - Martha Stewart
• Leading Jewelry Retailers Support Ecological Protection, 2/19/08 - Israeli Diamond Industry Portal
• "No Dirty Gold" campaign gains retail support, 2/14/08 - Metal Markets
• Go Green Next Time You Buy Gold, 2/13/08 - WDVT
• Valentine's Pledge from Jewelry Sellers, 2/13/08 - One World US
• Tiffany, Fortunoff and Others Fight "Dirty Gold," 2/12/08 - The Daily Green
• Retailers to hold mine to higher gold standards, 2/12/08 - LA Times
• Common-Sense Mining Reform Protects Nature, Consumers, 1/31/08 - The Seattle Times
• The Afterlife of Cellphones , 1/13/08 - New York Times Magazine

2007

• Green Gold Helps Reduce Impact on Earth, 12/04/07 - CBS
• Costa Rican gold mine suspended over pollution risks, 09/28/07 - Mining Weekly
• No Dirty Gold: A Campaign for an Alternative Solution, 09/09/07 - IDEX Magazine
• Amor, compromiso y destrucción, 02/14/07 - La Opinion
• Campaign Reveals Dark Side of Gold Jewelry, 02/13/07 - CBS
• Class ring co. voices support for cleaner gold mining tactics, 02/12/07 - UT Austin Daily Texan
• Retailers Sign On to 'No Dirty Gold' Campaign, 02/08/07 - JCKonline.com
• No Dirty Gold names new retail leaders, laggards, 02/08/07 - National Jeweler
• Birks signs on to forest protection campaign, 02/08/07 - CTV
• Jewelers of America speaks out on responsible mining , 01/10/07 - National Jeweler

2006

• Socially responsible gold mining urged , 08/15/06 - Washington Times
• The Good Shopper, 09/06 - O The Oprah Magazine
• Future mining execs debate community rights, 06/09/06 - Mining Quarterly, Elko Daily Free Press

2005

• Newmont wants World Bank Funds, 01/30/05 - Denver Business Journal
• Jewellers throw weight behind mining bill protest, 11/17/05 - Financial Times
• Commentary: Gold industry must address criticism, 11/14/05 -The Northern Miner
• Gold industry far from golden, 11/10/05 - Tufts Daily
• Advice to guys is worth its weight in gold, 11/1/05 - Herald-Mail
• Behind Gold's Glitter: Torn Lands and Pointed Questions, 10/24/05 - New York Times
• Golden Star, Ghanaian Mining Targeted by NGOs, 10/21/05 - Mineweb.com
• Tragedy Strikes At Newmont, 10/20/05 - allAfrica.com / Ghanian Chronicle
• Playing by new golden rules opens up golden opportunity, 10/18/05 - The Age
• Activists Target Retailers In New 'Dirty Gold' Campaign, 10/12/05 - Dow Jones Newswires
• Earthworks, Oxfam launch print ad blitz, 10/12/05 - Mineweb
• Firm's quest for gold touches off land mine: Chilean activists struggle to halt plan to excavate glaciers, 10/5/05 - San Francisco Chronicle
• Placer gets slammed in decade-old Marcopper disaster, 10/5/05 - Mineweb.com
• Keys Gold Ad Controversy, 9/29/05 - contactmusic.com
• No Dirty Gold campaign targets singer, 9/28/05 - National Jeweler

2007 Press Releases

• Costa Rican Gold Mine Suspended Due to Pollution Risks, 09/11/2007
• Groups Urge World Bank to Strengthen Guidelines for Controversial Mining Projects, 09/06/2007
• Opposition Surges to Romanian Gold Project Propaganda, 01/23/2007

2006 Press Releases

• Eight of the World's Leading Jewelry Retailers Urge Mining Industry To Clean Up "Dirty" Gold, 02/13/2006
• Groups Urge Jewelers, Miners to Provide Consumers with a Certified Alternative to "Blood Diamonds" & "Dirty Gold", 12/06/2006
• World Bank Criticized over Approval of Controversial Gold Mine in Ghana, 02/02/2006
• World Bank urged to Postpone Loan for Controversial Gold Mine in Ghana, 01/30/2006 

2005 Press Releases

• Groups Urge Ghana Government to Audit North American Mining Company, 10/18/2005
• Fans Urge Alicia Keys to Say No to Dirty Gold Mining, 9/27/2005
• Romanian Gold Mining Activist Wins Prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize, 4/18/2005
• Groups Call on Jewelry Industry to Combat Conflict Diamonds and Dirty Gold, 3/4/2005
• Valentine's Gold Jewelry Sales Generate 34 Million Tons of Mine Waste, 2/11/2005

2004 Press Releases

• Expert Study Shows Buyat Bay, Indonesia, Polluted; Newmont at Center of Public Health Controversy, 11/10/2004
• Consumer Campaign Says, "If You Love Mom, Do Something that Will Make Her Proud this Mother's Day", 5/5/2004
• Communities Hurt by Newmont Seek Compensation, 4/28/2004
• No Dirty Gold Campaign Launch, 2/11/2004

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