

Most mines in the U.S. are established and operated under the grossly outdated regulations of the 1872 Mining Law. The groups that follow are working to revise that law, stop the growth of mining operations, clean up the pollution created by mines and develop new sources of energy to replace the environmentally damaging ones upon which we currently depend.
Grants given to groups in this category totaled $79,000.

info@advocateswest.org
P.O. Box 1612
Boise,
ID
83701-1612
United States
T:
2083427024
www.advocateswest.org
Grant Amount:$8,000.00
Advocates for the West uses law, science and advocacy to restore streams and watersheds, protect public lands and wildlife, and ensure clean and sustainable communities in the West.


kelly@akmarine.org
P.O. Box 101145
Anchorage,
AK
99510-1145
United States
T:
9072775357
http://www.akmarine.org
Grant Amount:$6,000.00
The Alaska Marine Conservation Council seeks to protect the health and diversity of Alaska�s marine ecosystems by working with coastal communities whose well-being depends on healthy oceans.


cpedler@alleghenydefense.org
117 West Wood Lane
Kane,
PA
16735
United States
T:
8144547523
www.alleghenydefense.org
Grant Amount:$12,000.00
Allegheny Defense Project works to defend the forests and watersheds of the Allegheny Plateau from commercial logging, oil and gas drilling, and other extractive industries.


outreach@appvoices.org
191 Howard St.
Boone,
NC
28607
United States
T:
8282621500
www.AppalachianVoices.org
Grant Amount:$6,500.00
Appalachian Voices brings people together to solve the environmental problems having the greatest impact on the central and southern Appalachian Mountains.

Category
Alternative Energy
Biodiversity
Forests
Resource Extraction
Social Activism
Sustainable Agriculture
Toxics/Nuclear
Water/Marine

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