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• - Technical information on mines, mining, and environmental geochemistry -- mining and the environment on land and underwater.
  
• - RCCAG educates the Rusk County Board, Wisconsin state legislators and the general public about the negative impacts of metallic sulfide mining.
  
• - An independent watchdog agency working towards an integrated and community based approach to environmental monitoring and management of the Diavik Diamond Mine.
  
• - Technical and advocacy information about threats to public health, water and air quality, fish and wildlife habitat and community interests posed by irresponsible mineral policies and practices in Canada and around the world.
  
• - Supporting communities threatened by the mining & oil industries.
  
• - Activist site discusses concerns about TVX Gold's cyanide-leaching projects in Greece.
  
• - Professional organization with a focus on mine drainage. Includes details of symposia, journal contents, and links.
  
• - Supports and promotes the mineral exploration community, promoting an environmentally responsible mining industry. History and technology of mining and prospecting in Canada, related internet links.
  
• - U.S. Dept. of Interior Office of Surface Mining. Implements SMCRA (Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act). Addresses coal mining (open pit and strip mines).
  
• - Designed to give community organizations the tools they need to take action around mining impacts. Web site offers extensive background information, maps, articles, and photos related to impacts of mineral developments from exploration to abandonment.
  
• - Research and education about social, economic and environmental impacts of metallic and nonmetallic mining around the world.
  
• - Environmental impacts of mining (acid mine drainage, and cyanide spills), reform of U.S. 1872 mining law. Focus on hard rock mining in the United States.
  
• - Information on inappropriate mining and its consequences. Includes a mining watch campaign, reports and Mining Monitor magazine, all with worldwide scope.
  
• - SCRA sponsors creek cleanups and educational activities to remedy pollution within the Shamokin Creek Watershed from acid mine drainage and other sources.
  
• - Research on mining and the environment, including abandoned mine lands. Emphasis on hard rock (metals) mining.
  
• - Supporting coalfield citizens in the United States. Organization information and fact sheets on mountaintop removal mining, pre-blast surveys, and other topics.
  
• - WRPC helps counter the lack of information about the effects of metallic sulfide mining on Wisconsin's water supplies, tourism and dairy industries, and upon Native American communities that are located near potential mine sites.