Forests.org: Mining Links (XML/RSS)

provides access to a report entitled: "The In Situ Oil Sands Report Card" that discusses the environmental impacts of drilling for oil sands in Canada

a critical look at the environmental and social impacts of this large mine in Papua New Guinea's rainforests by "Save the Elbe" in Germany

from Indigenous Peoples - Issues and Answers, an article that describes the actions of the Papuan government that favors the dumping of mine wastes

presents an opportunity to sign a pledge to stop the tragic practice of mountaintop removal coal mining

introduces a movie called Yasuni Man that tells the story of Ecuadorian indigenous peoples whose land has been disrupted by oil exploration

an international network of citizen and indigenous groups that oppose the expansion of the Alberta Tar Sands and advocate for its cleanup

Trout Unlimited campaign to protect salmon fisheries in Alaska from proposed Pebble Mine and associated industrial development

a campaign to save a highly-regarded valley in New Zealand from the degradation resulting from a proposed coal mining operation

campaign against plans for a goldmine in the Lembeh-Pulisan-Bangka region of Sulawesi, Indonesia that is threatening an area of rainforest, a lagoon and large numbers of endemic species

a grassroots group of Finger Lakes residents who are concerned with protecting our communities and environment from exploitation by the energy industry with regards to drilling for natural gas in the Marcellus Shale

a pamphlet by a network of Finger Lakes residents who want to protect our communities, our local economies and the land, and water from possible degradation due to gas well operations (pdf)

organizing protests against the mining and transportation via pipeline of tar sands from Alberta

a report by a consortium of environmental organizations that discusses the dangers inherent in transporting the products of tar sand mining

opposes fracking in South Africa

from the UN Environment Programme, a report that describes the impact of petroleum development on the land and people of the Ogoniland region of Nigeria

looks at how destructive mining techniques are wreaking havoc on the Amazon rain forest, from the American University's Trade and Environment Database