❌️On Thursday April 11th, the Indigenous community of Peñas Negras, Argentina was attached by the Catamarca police under orders of the prosecutor of Belen, who, together with the Governor Raúl Jalil, was protecting the interests of the mining company Elevado Gold, which does…

HAPPENING NOW at #CERAWeek : people from Texas and Louisiana mourn the death and suffering caused by the fossil fuel industry's decades of treating communities as sacrifice zones.

Proud of my friends at WildEarth Guardians and of my friend Hop Hopkins for starting this next chapter together! Thank you for your years of leadership, John Horning!

“Certified gas” represents the “keystone” of the gas industry’s attempts to grow in a climate-constrained world. They need the social license, and I think that’s what’s driving a lot of this,” Josh Eisenfeld, Corporate Accountability Campaign Manager, Earthworks. “But there’s…

In South Dakota’s Black Hills, A Lithium Boom Promises More of the Same from Mining Industry earthisland.org/index.php/arti… Earth Island Journal Black Hills Clean Water Alliance Earthworks

Are all #mining audits the same? No, they are not.

We do not have to choose between electrifying transportation and protecting mining-affected communities and the environment. We have an opportunity to do both. #MiningReform
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New CalGEM supervisor Doug Ito and some of his team accepted invitations from EJ advocates and community members in LA, Ventura and Kern county to join them on “Toxic Tours” to witness firsthand the reality of neighborhood oil and gas drilling.

#NoDrillingWhereWereLiving

'A unique, dumpster fire of a law: the General Mining Act of 1872' threatens water, air, biodiversity, Indigenous rights and....satellites. Really. Mining also threatens satellites. washingtonmonthly.com/2024/01/11/sho…

Important thread from @Lead_the_Charge on mining impacts, and what can happen if purchasers don't have high standards.

Supreme Court Denies Alaska's Bid to Revive the Copper and Gold Pebble Mine Proposal in Bristol Bay Blocked by EPA #PebbleMine #MakeCleanEnergyClean usnews.com/news/politics/…

170 scientists urge President Biden to kill 'staggering' gas export buildout, citing extreme health & environmental risks:

'LNG plants and their associated infrastructure pose serious health harms to surrounding communities and worsen environmental injustice.'
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Impacts for half of the world’s mining areas are undocumented - and we are racing to extract more minerals and metals for clean-energy technologies nature.com/articles/d4158… #mining #makecleanenergyclean

The mining industry says 'no' to reforming a 151-year-old law. Voters disagree. And communities and clean water suffer across the western US, says Western Priorities westernpriorities.org/2023/12/bring-…

Environmental and economic risks from low producing and inactive wells in New Mexico - methane and other contamination earthworks.org/blog/environme…

The global mining industry is currently engaged in one of the boldest greenwashing efforts we’ve ever seen. A 🧵.

They want to create a new certification for ethical mining, to replace existing 3rd-party schemes with audits & external accountability. 1/8

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My blog on the EU’s Critical Raw Materials Act: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly — and Our Solutions. earthworks.org/blog/eu-takes-…

At #COP28UAE , we’ve already seen how extractive industries seek to co-opt the clean energy transition for their own gain.

Let’s not replace one form of harmful extraction with another.

A clean energy future cannot be built on dirty mining.

Grateful that U.S. EPA is taking landmark action to #cutmethane . Disappointed that #fossilfuels are expanding. US is largest producer and exporter of oil and gas; we can't achieve 1.5 C without a just transition John Kerry U.S. EPAMichaelRegan President Biden Vice President Kamala Harris #COP28 earthworks.org/blog/cop28-day…

Jean Su 蘇安君 Center for Biological Diversity President Biden .Jean Su 蘇安君’s closing remarks at our opening #EndFossilFuels press conference at #COP28 : “We need wealthy countries like the U.S. who have caused the most harm in fueling the climate emergency to pay up most and first.” #FastFairForever