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Obama2Canada editor's pick

http://www.obama2canada.org/

advocates action to prevent Canadian tar sand development from being sheltered from the greenhouse gas emission reductions to which other energy production are subjected
Added: Feb. 11, 2009 | Rate It

Oil Sand Watch editor's pick

http://www.oilsandswatch.org/

the Pembina Institute works to address the environmental issues arising from environmentally damaging oil sands development in Canada
Added: Feb. 11, 2009 | Rate It

Save Happy Valley! new

http://www.savehappyvalley.org.nz/

a campaign to save a highly-regarded valley in New Zealand from the degradation resulting from a proposed coal mining operation
Added: May. 11, 2009 | Rate It

Brazil Gold Mining and Environment popular

http://www1.american.edu/TED/bragold.htm

4 out of 10 stars (10 votes)

a case study which investigates the environmental and social impacts of gold production in the Amazon region, from the American University's Trade and Environment Database
Added: Feb. 12, 2001 | Rate It

Mining popular

http://www.wrm.org.uy/deforestation/mining.html

4 out of 10 stars (4 votes)

articles published in the World Rainforest Movement bulletin that highlight mining as a major cause of deforestation
Added: Feb. 24, 2001 | Rate It

700 Mountains

http://www.700mountains.org/

campaign to stop destructive "mountain top removal" coal mining
Added: Oct. 13, 2007 | Rate It

Curse of Copper, The updated

http://foecanada.org/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=244&Itemid=113

Friends of the Earth Canada presents a video about attempts by Ascendant Copper to build a strip mine in the cloud forests of Ecuador against the wishes of the inhabitants
Added: May. 21, 2006 | Rate It

Defensa y Conservacion Ecolgica de Intag (DECOIN)

http://www.decoin.org/

7 out of 10 stars (3 votes)

battles what they see as the greatest threat to the forests in Ecuador: mining companies that have thousands of acres of government-granted concessions
Added: Feb. 06, 2001 | Rate It

Earthworks

http://www.earthworksaction.org/

protecting communities and the environment from the impacts of mining, digging and drilling
Added: Aug. 26, 2004 | Rate It

End Mountaintop Removal

http://www.ilovemountains.org/

encourages action to stop the radical form of coal mining that involves mountaintop removal in Appalachia
Added: Feb. 14, 2008 | Rate It

GoldBusters

http://www.rainforestinfo.org.au/gold/

1 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

Rainforest Information Centre's campaign to call attention to the destructive impacts of gold mining, particularly in the World's rainforests
Added: Mar. 12, 2001 | Rate It

Mineral Policy Institute

http://www.mpi.org.au/

1 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

undertakes research and advocacy for better social and environmental practice in the minerals industry, and for mineral use efficiency and conservation
Added: Feb. 12, 2001 | Rate It

Mining in Papua New Guinea

http://www1.american.edu/projects/mandala/TED/papua.htm

5 out of 10 stars (2 votes)

an investigation of the impacts of multi-national company's exploitation of the country's extensive silver and copper deposits; including toxic waste, habitat destruction and inequitable benefit sharing
Added: Feb. 12, 2001 | Rate It

No Dirty Energy

http://www.nodirtyenergy.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=103&Itemid=149

a campaign of Earthworks to inform the public about dirty energy, to assure public representation in making energy policy and to block the irresponsible development of fossil fuels
Added: Feb. 19, 2009 | Rate It

No Dirty Gold

http://www.nodirtygold.org/

provides an overview of the major social, environmental, and economic impacts of gold mining
Added: Feb. 14, 2005 | Rate It

Oil Sands Truth

http://oilsandstruth.org/

aims to disseminate information regarding the environmental, social and economic impacts of tar sands development projects
Added: Aug. 22, 2008 | Rate It

Ok Tedi Page, The

http://www.rettet-die-elbe.de/oktedi/

1 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

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
Added: Mar. 23, 2001 | Rate It

Save Lembeh

http://www.save-lembeh.info/

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
Added: Jan. 06, 2007 | Rate It

Venezuelan Gold Mining updated

http://www1.american.edu/ted/VENGOLD.HTM

1 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

looks at how destructive mining techniques are wreaking havoc on the Amazon rain forest, from the American University's Trade and Environment Database
Added: Mar. 12, 2001 | Rate It

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