Gold mining wreaks havoc on the health of the environment, workers, and local communities. Sign the No Dirty Gold pledge!
Date: 1/9/2006 2:38:40 AM ( 18 y ago)
Help Native Americans protect their land!
Join the No Dirty Gold Campaign, sponsored by Oxfam America and Earthworks, and tell mining companies and jewelers to ensure that the gold in their products was not mined at the expense of local communities, workers, and the environment. Sign the No Dirty Gold pledge here: http://www.nodirtygold.org/take_action.cfm
Oxfam is proud to stand up with our eCommunity to support those affected by poverty, hunger and social injustice. Thank you for joining with us. Together we are making a difference!
Sincerely,
Keith Slack
Extractive Industries Campaign Manager
Oxfam America is committed to creating lasting solutions to global poverty, hunger, and social injustice http://www.oxfamamerica.org/
Earthworks: Protecting Communities and the Environment from the impacts of mining, digging, and drilling http://www.earthworksaction.org/
New York Times Uncovers Real Cost of Gold October 25, 2005. The price of gold is higher than it's been in 17 years. But much of the gold left to be mined is microscopic and is being wrung from the earth at enormous environmental cost, often in some of the poorest corners of the world. In The Cost of Gold series, New York Times reporters describe gold mining's toll with stories from the western United States, Guatemala, Ghana, and Peru: http://www.nodirtygold.org/
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