Earthworks
For The Oil And Gas Accountability Project
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Amount$100,000
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Program
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Date Awarded8/16/2013
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Term12.0 Months
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Type of SupportProject
Strategies
Overview
We recommend a project grant to Earthworks, an organization dedicated to protecting communities and the environment from the impacts of mining and drilling in the United States The objective of the grant is to identify new potential policy opportunities to regulate tight oil production, specifically its fugitive methane emissions, in the Eagle Ford, Bakken and Monterey shales, in Texas, North Dakota and California, respectively.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.earthworksaction.org
Address
1612 K Street, N.W. Suite 808, Washington, DC, 20006-2809, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for strengthening leadership and management capacity
Earthworks is committed to improve and grow their effectiveness and impact on the ground. This proposed grant will allow them to develop a roadmap for the organization’s future, the plan will focus on the organization’s structure, processes and culture.
for the Oil and Gas Accountability Project
Earthworks protects communities and the environment from the adverse impacts of mineral and energy development in the United States, while promoting sustainable solutions. With this renewed support, Earthworks would concentrate in North Dakota, Montana, Texas, and California to identify opportunities; educate; and advocate for regulations and policies to reduce the health impacts from unconventional oil development on communities and environmental impacts on water, land, and air.
