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A gold mine's impacts are felt long after they close -- in dollars alone, the US public spent $27 million in cleanup for mines in South Caroline. These costs are expected to rise.
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"A rare look at how corporations are leveraging 'dark money' nonprofits to influence politics like never before: How a secret donation by a billionaire’s Florida-based company helped tip a Wisconsin election and secure legislation that the company helped write."
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Unfortunately, bad news from the Grasberg mine in Indonesia never seems to stop coming.
In addition to a history of worker fatalities, Grasberg is featured prominently in our Troubled Waters report [http://www.earthworksaction.org/library/detail/troubled_waters] as a major mine that directly dumps toxic mine waste into water bodies.
In addition to a history of worker fatalities, Grasberg is featured prominently in our Troubled Waters report [http://www.earthworksaction.org/library/detail/troubled_waters] as a major mine that directly dumps toxic mine waste into water bodies.
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Here's some good news from Colombia for the weekend!
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Cell phones -- including the ones that will get tossed today for the new iPhones, contain gold. Recyle your phone here! http://rmcp.earthworksaction.org/
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This mining CEO believes so many places around the world have been mined for gold, there won't be much left to mine in the future.
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Check out this video about an "eco-warrior" working to document and stop illegal gold mining in Costa Rica, where it's destroying a protected area.
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'Dubbed terrorists and enemies of progress by the state, the Frente de Defensa Miguelense is one of several Mayan-led protest groups across Guatemala that are facing down assassinations, detention and intimidation to stop their land becoming part of a continent-wide rush for resources."
We didn't think we'd be writing about another mine spill so soon, but we are. The mining industry needs to clean up its act: http://bit.ly/1vSedO9
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Platinum mining is at the heart of this story about dealmaking between Wall Street and a brutal dictator.
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In the aftermath of the two mine spills in Canada and Mexico, we must also remember areas where mine waste is dumped into water bodies routinely -- not by accident, but by convenience: http://bit.ly/1sYRYEC
Just a week after the Mount Polley disaster, a copper mine in Mexico spilled 40,000 cubic meters of waste water into area rivers. This is what a nearby waterway looks like after the spill. http://bit.ly/1rrdLnl
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From our friends at MiningWatch Canada, here's a great primer on the Mount Polley mine disaster.
Here's a message of solidarity from Romania, to the people of British Columbia, where a dam failure resulted in the spill of 5 million cubic meters of toxic mine waste: http://bit.ly/1krc8re.
Around the world, people are challenging dirty gold.
Around the world, people are challenging dirty gold.
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Few words for this incredible footage of a mine waste spill in Canada, which sent 5 million cubic meters of toxic waste into two nearby lakes.
Earlier in 2014