WCA Staff

April 8, 2022

New faces at our Alliance!

Western Colorado Alliance is very happy to announce Hanna Arauza, Tyler McDermott, and Bianca Diaz have joined our staff. Hanna joins us as our new Community […]
April 8, 2022

“The best Lobby Trip yet!”

In March, Western Colorado Alliance continued its tradition of conducting the “People’s Lobby Trip,” battling snow-packed highways and a very busy docket to bring a couple […]
March 2, 2022

Conservation groups react to COGCC vote

Updated Rules significantly reduce, but don’t eliminate future risk of orphaned oil & gas wells Today, members of the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) […]
December 20, 2021

State adopts stronger statewide emission rules for oil & gas

Air Quality Control Commission protects disproportionately impacted communities Western Slope community and conservation advocates today applauded the Colorado Air Quality Control Commission for adopting broad, statewide […]
November 29, 2021

Western Colorado Alliance applauds DOI oil and gas recommendations

The Department of the Interior issued a much anticipated report on the state of the federal oil & gas leasing and permitting practices on Friday, after […]
July 29, 2021

Candidate for Vice-President: Kevin Kuns

Kevin Kuns worked as an executive in the restaurant industry for 28 years. For the last 16 years, he has served as president and principal of […]
June 29, 2021

Western Colorado Alliance 2023 Platform

From 1983 through 2017, Alliance members adopted resolutions at our annual conference to shape the organization’s policy and issue work. While the resulting 100+ resolutions covered […]
April 16, 2021

Our letter to the Department of the Interior

Re: Comments on Comprehensive Review of Federal Fossil Fuel Programs Western Colorado Alliance is a grassroots organization dedicated to building and sustaining healthy, just, and self-reliant […]
March 10, 2021

RECLAIM Act & Abandoned Mine Land Fund Reauthorization Introduced

Ensures Coal Communities Are Part of America’s Economic Recovery  As coal communities grapple with existing economic decline and public health risks made significantly worse by the […]