Serve Communities
When the oil and gas or mining industry shows up in a community, citizens and local governments are often caught off guard.
In these hard economic times, promises of jobs, huge lease bonuses or taxes to fund local government coffers can sound extremely appealing.
But the reality of development is often quite different. And citizens and local governments are too often left wishing they had done more to protect their land, environment, health and communities -- starting from the moment the industry first arrived.
Earthworks works with citizens and communities to help them
- better understand the potential ramifications of mining oil and gas development,
- meaningfully engage in the permitting process,
- think about alternatives to mining or drilling, and
- generate citizen support to improve oil and gas and mining regulations and industry practices.
To find your local Earthworks contact click here, or email us at info@earthworksaction.org.
Earthworks initiatives to serve communities
Citizen Support
Earthworks Oil & Gas Accountability Project was founded to help citizens wrestling with the oil and gas production industry.
Regulatory Reform
Earthworks' Oil & Gas Accountability Project works with citizens to pass and implement oil and gas regulatory reform and best practices
Drilling Alternatives
Earthworks' Oil & Gas Accountability Project works with communities who refuse to accept drilling their communities, and to publicize the need for alternatives to drilling.
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