Updates from our Alliance

July 30, 2020

Conservation, community groups hail ruling that protects clean air rules

Seven conservation and community groups with tens of thousands of members across Colorado hailed a court ruling yesterday dismissing a case by Weld County as a […]
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 […]
July 23, 2020

Western Colorado Alliance 2021 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 […]
July 2, 2020

RECLAIM Act Passes the House as part of H.R. 2, The Moving Forward Act

On Wednesday, July 1, the RECLAIM Act (HR 2156) passed the U.S. House of Representatives as part of The Moving Forward Act (H.R. 2), a bill […]
June 29, 2020

Ballot drop-off locations in Western Colorado

For your convenience, here are locations around Western Colorado where you can drop off your ballots. Please remember, ballots must be dropped off by no later […]
June 28, 2020

A change of date for the 2020 Annual Conference

We wanted to let you know right away that the date for our special 40th-anniversary Annual Conference this year has been changed. Originally, it was scheduled […]
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 […]
June 23, 2020

Wait, what just happened? A closer look at the last few days of Colorado’s legislature

The 2020 Colorado legislative session officially adjourned Sine Die on June 15. They won’t be back in session now until January 2021. 2020 will be a […]
June 11, 2020

Citizen and conservation groups applaud groundwater victory

This afternoon, Colorado passed a landmark set of rules that will help protect Coloradans from irresponsible oil and gas development. The rules, adopted by the Colorado […]