John,

I’ll never forget the day Von Bortz called us—struggling to finish a sentence without coughing. Ever since Prospect Energy started drilling behind his home, he and neighbors were breathing toxic fumes, getting severe migraines and nausea. Everyone knew the source was Prospect Energy. But officials wouldn’t act without proof.

Earthworks grabbed our OGI cameras, went to Colorado, and captured illegal pollution that was making Von and his neighbors sick. For 36 months we investigated, documented, filed complaints, organized residents—and forced Prospect Energy to shut down.

But the fight is nowhere near over.

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Our investigators need to be in the field now to document the onslaught of violations in other communities across the U.S., expose Big Oil and Gas’s toxic pollution, and force regulators to act.

The Trump Administration is giving Big Oil and Gas a free pass to tear through public lands and communities with zero accountability. And every week, families like Von’s call us pleading for help.

We cannot turn them away.

Your support helps us gather undeniable OGI footage, deliver evidence to state and local officials, and even use data from satellites to expose methane leaks when Big Oil and Gas tries to deny their toxic pollution is harming our land and killing fish and wildlife.

Donate now! We need 82 people like you to help us reach our Giving Tuesday goal – a goal that helps put cameras on the ground helping communities and families like Von's. Every gift will be matched up to $22,000.

Thank you for your support. We can’t launch these critical investigations and save the environment without you.

In Solidarity,

Andrew Klooster
Colorado Field Advocate at Earthworks