Conflict Minerals
Conflict minerals are resources that are mined and used to influence and finance armed conflict, human rights abuses, and violence. …
Issues
The Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance
IRMA is a multi-sector initiative that offers independent, third-party auditing and transparency at mine sites using its 400+ page standard.
1872 Mining Law – Reform Requirements
Principles of legitimate 1872 Mining Law reform should include meaningful Tribal consultation and Indigenous resource protections, protection of special places, stronger environmental standards, and fiscal reforms.
Contaminated Pathways
Oil and gas chemicals enter the environment via several pathways: Drilling, Hydraulic Fracturing, Waste Pits, Spills, Releases to Air.
1872 Mining Law – The Need for Reform
Modern mines are enormous operations that leave behind scarred landscapes, polluted water and damaged communities. Hardrock mining, the extraction of metals such as gold, silver and copper, can cause significant impacts on the environment, potentially affecting ground and surface waters, aquatic life, vegetation, soils, air, wildlife, and human health.
1872 Mining Law
The 1872 Mining Law, which governs hardrock mining on 350 million acres of federal public lands, is out of touch and out of scale with modern industrial mining, and desperately needs to be updated.
Abandoned Mines
Abandoned and inactive mines are one of the main contributors to mining pollution in the western United States.