Project Underground is an environmental and human rights organization
that supports communities facing mining, oil and gas activities.
The creators of the site point out that: "The globalization
of industrial production and consumption patterns across the world
has led to a rapid increase in mineral, oil and gas extraction over
the last several decades. Multinational mining, oil and gas companies--predominantly
from Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and USA--have gone offshore
in search of new reserves in 'competitive' investment environments.
This has led to a boom in mining, oil and gas projects in the so-called
South--often supported and subsidized by home governments through
aid programs, tax incentives, free trade policies and liberalized
investment regimes and privatization."
The site focuses on both domestic and global issues and publishes
a newsletter called "Drillbits & Tailings" available
by listserv.