Notice Issued on Proposed Authority to Construct Landfill

September 9, 2008

Earthworks Industries Inc. (the “Company”) is pleased to report that the Cortina Band of Wintun Indians’ Wintun Environmental Protection Agency (“WEPA”) has issued a proposed Authority to Construct (“ATC”), that would authorize the construction of the Cortina Landfill Project, by the Company’s subsidiary, Cortina Integrated Waste Management, Inc. (“CIWM”)

The ATC authorizing construction does not authorize operation of the Landfill Project and WEPA must issue an operating permit before operations may begin.

Notice of the proposed ATC was published on September 7, 2008 and the public comment period will end at 4:00 p.m. October 7, 2008.

WEPA has also approved CIWM’s site-specific flexibility requests for alternative daily cover and groundwater monitoring well location.