The disproportionate impact of mineral extraction on Native lands and communities can’t be ignored. As we move toward a clean energy future, we must ensure that the same injustices aren’t repeated. It’s time for a just, sustainable transition that uplifts Indigenous voices. 🌍💚 #ClimateWeek2024 #IndigenousClimateJustice #CleanEnergyForAll
EARTHWORKS
Renewable Energy Semiconductor Manufacturing
Washington, DC 3,429 followers
Protecting communities and the environment from the adverse impacts of resource extraction.
About us
EARTHWORKS is a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting communities and the environment from the impacts of irresponsible mineral and energy development while seeking sustainable solutions. We fulfill our mission by working with communities and grassroots groups to reform government policies, improve corporate practices, influence investment decisions and encourage responsible materials sourcing and consumption. We expose the health, environmental, economic, social and cultural impacts of mining and energy extraction through work informed by sound science.
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http://earthworks.org
External link for EARTHWORKS
- Industry
- Renewable Energy Semiconductor Manufacturing
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Washington, DC
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 1988
- Specialties
- environment and conservation
Locations
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Primary
1612 K St., NW
Suite 904
Washington, DC 20006, US
Employees at EARTHWORKS
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Claire Hermann
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Ann Corbett
Philanthropy facilitator and advocate for human rights and the environment
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Kevin Bartlett
Retired civil engineer and EHS professional with deep knowledge of environmental sustainability and risk
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Paul Jolly
Philanthropy Manager at EARTHWORKS and fundraising consultant
Updates
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What a crucial discussion at #NYCClimateWeek! As Payal Sampat said, "We can address climate change while also centering human rights, Indigenous Peoples' rights, health, equity, and ecosystem protection. We have choices and a path forward that reduces the harms from mining. But we need to be intentional about it." That starts with conversations like this, and we were grateful to be there. 🙌
🤩 Great turnout - standing room only! - for our second event at #NYClimateWeek - a panel discussion on how to address the human & environmental costs of mining for #electricvehicles 🌎 💡 Krista Shennum of Climate Rights International kicked off the discussion with a moving video showing the environmental and human rights impacts of #nickel in Indonesia. 💡 Clemente Flores, a representative of 33 Indigenous communities in the water-scarce Salinas Grandes region of Argentina, explained that his home and livelihood is being gravely threatened by the mining of #lithium, which requires over 2 million liters of water to produce 1 ton of lithium. 😮 💡 Galina Angarova of SIRGE Coalition highlighted the disproportionate harm that the mining of transition minerals is causing on Indigenous communities around the world, and talked about how many of these minerals are being used to make weapons and other military technology in addition to electric vehicles. 💡 Payal Sampat of EARTHWORKS noted that while we must urgently address the climate crisis, "we cannot simply mine our way out of the climate crisis!" It must be done in an equitable manner that respects the right of Indigenous Peoples to free, prior, and informed consent. There must be no "sacrifice zones". 💡 And my SOMO colleague Alejandro Gonzalez brought the discussion home, using powerful data and clear visualizations to highlight how unsustainable consumption in the Global North is at the root of the problem and thus how demand reduction in the North must be part of the solution. ‼️Clean energy cannot be built on dirty mining! ⛔ 🙌 Thanks Climate Rights International, SIRGE Coalition, EARTHWORKS, and Lead The Charge for the great collaboration in organizing this important discussion!
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Related: Cultivando secures rare win for Commerce City, CO! ✊ But, it’s time for Colorado leadership to do its job without a fight. Read more about this major victory. ➡️ https://lnkd.in/gJwZvEBs
ICYMI: In Commerce City, CO, local organization Cultivando successfully campaigned to halt the expansion of a gasoline storage tank in a frontline community. However, critics argue that under CO's new Environmental Justice Act, the permits never should have been granted without community input in the first place. Read the Denver Post article about the betrayal: https://lnkd.in/eNYcS7bH
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ICYMI: In Commerce City, CO, local organization Cultivando successfully campaigned to halt the expansion of a gasoline storage tank in a frontline community. However, critics argue that under CO's new Environmental Justice Act, the permits never should have been granted without community input in the first place. Read the Denver Post article about the betrayal: https://lnkd.in/eNYcS7bH
Critics blast regulators over Colorado’s first use of new environmental justice law in fuel-storage controversy
https://www.denverpost.com
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Despite a suite of studies linking #fracking in Pennsylvania to a host of negative health outcomes, Governor Shapiro has failed to follow basic recommendations he himself put forth as Attorney General of the state. Advocates are demanding accountability: https://lnkd.in/gBG_FkNn
Residents say Pennsylvania has failed communities after state studies linked fracking to child cancer
ehn.org
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For too long, mining companies have sacrificed Native lands for profit, leaving behind toxic pollution. As we push for a cleaner future, Native voices must lead the charge in the clean energy transition. Let’s demand justice for the past and real solutions for the future. 🌍✨ #ClimateWeek2024 #IndigenousClimateAction #CleanEnergyNow
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🎬 NEW Documentary Release: "No Man's Land" 🌵 Today, Earthworks released a new short-form documentary that highlights the courageous Indigenous women of northwestern New Mexico fighting for the health and safety of their communities from the devastating impacts of oil and gas exploitation. 🚫🛢️ "No Man’s Land" shines a light on the challenges they face—from centuries of industrial harm to the complex 'checkerboard' of land ownership that makes accountability nearly impossible. Watch now as these fierce leaders, alongside tribal advocates like Samuel Sage, continue to push for a better future. 💪🏽🌍 📺➡️ https://lnkd.in/ermkfH57 #IndigenousLeadership #FightForJustice #NoMansLand
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Despite CO's new Environmental Justice Act, the neighborhood of Dupont in Commerce City was left out of the discussion to grant permits allowing the gasoline storage facility to expand. While we celebrate Cultivando's grassroots organizing that halted the expansion, it never should have been necessary in the first place. Read today's Denver Post article about the betrayal: https://lnkd.in/eNYcS7bH
🚨THIS JUST IN! Thanks to tireless grassroots efforts by Cultivando, the community of Commerce City, CO successfully organized to halt the planned expansion of an oil and gas facility directly across from an elementary school. Read about this rare win: https://lnkd.in/gJwZvEBs
A Victory for Public Health; A Failure of Leadership - Earthworks
https://earthworks.org
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🚨THIS JUST IN! Thanks to tireless grassroots efforts by Cultivando, the community of Commerce City, CO successfully organized to halt the planned expansion of an oil and gas facility directly across from an elementary school. Read about this rare win: https://lnkd.in/gJwZvEBs
A Victory for Public Health; A Failure of Leadership - Earthworks
https://earthworks.org
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Communities near fossil fuel and coal plants, especially those on or near tribal lands, are being hit hardest by toxic pollution in their air and water. It’s time to protect our planet and those most affected by harmful emissions. 🌍💨 #ClimateWeek #ProtectTribalLands #CleanEnergyNow