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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
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Community Voices

Durango, CO

"The Long Road: lessons learned from more than two decades of dealing with the oil and gas industry" is Terry Fitzgerald's advice on what to when faced with oil and gas development on your land. Her story includes issues such as mineral rights and force pooling and whether or not to sign a surface use agreement.

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

Publications

EARTHWORKS Journal -- summer 2010

Oil and Gas at your door

Civil Society Letter to the Responsible Jewellery Council

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.