Media Releases

Background: Yesterday, the Senate voted to begin debate on a bipartisan infrastructure bill. The bill, the result of negotiations between a bipartisan group of Senators and the White House, falls well short in funding the essential infrastructure necessary to confront… More »

Background: Today the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report surveying stakeholders affected by federal public lands mining policy.  At the highest level, GAO found that industry wants certainty; public interest and tribal groups want to see mining equitably balanced with other… More »

Background: On Wednesday, the Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources voted to establish the first ever dedicated program to clean up abandoned hardrock mines. This new program, proposed by Senators Heinrich (D-NM), Daines (R-MT) and Kelly (D-AZ), authorizes and… More »

Perpetua Resources, formerly Midas Gold, announced today that the U.S. Forest Service will be initiating another environmental review of the proposed Stibnite Gold Project after the mining company submitted a new mine plan (ModPRO2) in January 2021–after the public review period ended… More »

Background: On June 30, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) announced the hire of former Earthworks Colorado and New Mexico Field Advocate Nathalie Eddy to the role of Air Quality Environmental Justice Liaison in the state agency’s… More »

Stronger oil & gas methane rules are step two for Biden EPA Background: Today the US House of Representatives voted 229-191 to pass a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution that, along with the companion Senate resolution passed earlier this year, will… More »

Today Earthworks published a new report outlining how current federal minerals policy conflicts with the Biden administration’s clean energy and environmental justice agendas, and how those policies must change to ensure minerals are sourced in a way that better protects… More »

Certified Thermographer back on the beat to monitor oil and gas pollution in PA Philadelphia, PA — Today, Earthworks announces the hire of a new Pennsylvania Field Advocate, Melissa Ostroff. Melissa is working with communities across the Commonwealth to help protect… More »