Emily Hornback

October 1, 2020

A victory 20 years in the making

This week, after 20 years of grassroots organizing with impacted landowners and everyday folks across Western Colorado, Western Colorado Alliance and our allies won precedent-setting rules […]
August 27, 2020

Good News in the Coalfields: Reclamation Jobs a step closer to reality

This summer, as fossil fuel markets around the globe crashed and left many a rural economy on shaky ground, work was a afoot in the Halls […]
July 24, 2020

Western Colorado Alliance supports effort to keep oil and gas initiatives off November ballot

DENVER — Today, Governor Jared Polis announced an agreement between environmental groups and the oil and gas industry to end the Colorado oil and gas ballot wars in 2020 […]
June 26, 2020

A path forward for the RECLAIM Act & coal communities

This week, the U.S. House Democrats introduced H.R.2, the Moving Forward Act, which calls for $1.5 trillion investment in transportation and infrastructure projects over the next five years. This […]
April 30, 2020

Western Slope residents and elected officials to COGCC: Keep rulemaking!

Western Slope residents joined with 63 local elected officials from across the state today to urge the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission to continue its […]
April 27, 2020

Tell Oil and Gas Commission we need strong protections NOW!

This Wednesday, the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) is meeting to decide how and when to proceed with a critical decision-making process for new […]
March 23, 2020

Coronavirus Update

UPDATE: Western Colorado Alliance’s Response to COVID 19: WE ARE HERE AND WE ARE ORGANIZING! Over the past week, the world has changed dramatically, and like […]
March 20, 2020

Tell the COGCC: We care about groundwater protection!

The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) is right now addressing a specific subset of these issues caused by wellbore integrity. SB181, last year’s groundbreaking […]
March 13, 2020
Hands being washed

Our Alliance’s response to coronavirus

After careful consideration of the current Center for Disease Control recommendations and out of an abundance of caution, our Alliance is adjusting our current work and activities to limit the […]