EARTHWORKS Library
Public Risk, Private Reward: An analysis of the Ortiz Gold Mine proposal
PUBLICATION DATE: January 16, 2014
AUTHOR: Pete Dronkers
Polluting the Future
PUBLICATION DATE: May 1, 2013
AUTHOR: Bonnie Gestring, Lisa Sumi
SUMMARY: How mining companies are polluting our nation’s waters in perpetuity
Troubled Waters
PUBLICATION DATE: February 28, 2012
AUTHOR: EARTHWORKS and MiningWatch Canada
SUMMARY: "Troubled Waters" summarizes the problems of submarine tailings disposal (STD) around the world, focusing on some of the areas most affected by this damaging practice.
Comments to the US Army Corps of Engineers regarding Montanore’s 404 permit application
PUBLICATION DATE: February 14, 2012
AUTHOR: Earthworks, Idaho Conservation League
SUMMARY: Earthworks and Idaho Conservation League request the Army Corps to deny the permit to fill wetlands and streams in Montana's Cabinet Mountains hundreds of feet deep with mine waste from the proposed Montanore mine.
Protecting Alaska’s Bristol Bay Key to Sustainable Salmon Programs
PUBLICATION DATE: November 21, 2011
AUTHOR: Bonnie Gestring
SUMMARY: Alaska’s Bristol Bay is the largest wild sockeye salmon fishery remaining in the world and the most valuable single salmon fishery in Alaska. Protecting the Bristol Bay fishery is an essential element to the future of any sustainable salmon program:
The Pebble Mine: An Unacceptable Risk to the Bristol Bay Wild Salmon Fishery
PUBLICATION DATE: November 21, 2011
AUTHOR: Bonnie Gestring
SUMMARY: The Bristol Bay wild salmon fishery is at risk from plans to develop a massive open pit copper and gold mine at its headwaters. The proposed Pebble mine straddles the headwaters of the Kvichak and Nushagak Rivers – the world’s two most productive wild sockeye salmon rivers.
Montanore Project Draft Environmental Statement: Comments on Water Quality Issues
PUBLICATION DATE: June 4, 2009
AUTHOR: Matthew Clifford
SUMMARY: These comments focus on the project's predicted impacts to water quality and its consistency with the federal Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) and the Montana Water Quality Act (Mont. Code Ann. 75-5-101 et seq.).
RCRA Violations at Mining Operations In Nevada
PUBLICATION DATE: December 17, 2008
AUTHOR: Dan Randolph Bonnie Gestring
Predicting Water Quality Problems at Hardrock Mines—an EARTHWORKS white paper
PUBLICATION DATE: December 8, 2006
AUTHOR: Alan Septoff
Predicting Water Quality at Hardrock Mines
PUBLICATION DATE: December 8, 2006
AUTHOR: Jim Kuipers, P.E., Ann Maest, PhD
Comparison of Predicted and Actual Water Quality at Hardrock Mines
PUBLICATION DATE: December 7, 2006
AUTHOR: Jim Kuipers, P.E., Ann Maest, PhD
Hells Canyon Preservation Council, EARTHWORKS, NW Environmental Defense Center v. USFS
PUBLICATION DATE: August 4, 2006
AUTHOR: Honorable Paul Papak
Leaders and Laggards
PUBLICATION DATE: February 13, 2006
AUTHOR: Earthworks
SUMMARY: For the first time ever, eight of the world's top jewelry retailers have pledged to move away from "dirty" gold sales and are calling on mining corporations to ensure that gold is produced in more socially and environmentally responsible ways.
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