E-Clarion

February 27, 2025
West Slope Youth Voice students at work in a meeting

Not just learning civics, living it: West Slope Youth Voice heads to the Capitol

Our West Slope Youth Voice interns have met bi-weekly since early January to discuss bills introduced in the state legislature that could impact young people across Colorado.
February 27, 2025
Montrose County Commissioners

A bright light in Montrose County: Solar moratorium (hopefully) coming to an end

Thanks to our members’ direct involvement over the past few months where public comment was accepted, we have been able to persuade the commissioners to adopt several new policies that will make Montrose a discerning-but-welcoming partner in the clean energy transition.
February 27, 2025

Some changes in the Alliance’s offices

With the new year comes some staffing changes at Western Colorado Alliance!
February 26, 2025

Western Colorado Alliance demands air quality protections for entire state

In many ways, Colorado is leading the nation in rules to protect our air quality and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. However, more can be done.
February 26, 2025
Photo of the Colorado Capitol

Finding our path in a challenging budget landscape

The 2025 Colorado legislative session will go down in history as a year of budget cuts.
February 26, 2025
Two hands clasped in a gesture of solidarity

Solidarity is the answer

Thank goodness the 2024 election is history. Now the real work begins.
November 11, 2024

West End members tackle healthcare access

In the summer and fall of 2023, our Alliance led an issue identification process in Montrose County’s West End as part of our Homegrown Prosperity work. Many issues surfaced, and given that other groups were already working on housing and economic development, our leaders decided to tackle healthcare access.
November 11, 2024

State’s cumulative impacts and enhanced practices rulemaking falls flat

Despite significant community input, the ECMC's new requirements are largely procedural and miss substantive hooks to limit future impacts to communities.
November 11, 2024

What Grand Valley Power users really want

This year, our Alliance committed ourselves to learning more about the relationship between the Rural Electric Cooperatives that govern our energy systems in much of Western Colorado and the communities they serve.