E-Clarion

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.
November 11, 2024

Farm Tour Wrap Up

With visits to seven farms across four counties and more than 150 attendees, Family To Farm, our Alliance’s 2024 farm tour series, has successfully concluded. And what a series it was!
July 31, 2024

The importance of rural electric cooperatives

As we approach November’s critically important General Election, we should take a moment to appreciate another set of consequential elections that take place this summer — rural electric cooperative board elections.
July 30, 2024

Holding oil and gas operators accountable for impacts

The Colorado Energy and Carbon Management Commission (ECMC) released a new version of the cumulative impacts proposed rule in June.
July 30, 2024

The Uncompahgre Valley Alliance is hitting the road!

At the wheel, we have newly elected affiliate leadership!
July 25, 2024

Passing the baton

The privilege of serving on the Western Colorado Alliance Board of Directors has been an incredible journey.
June 3, 2024

Westerners applaud new oil & gas leasing rule

After decades of grassroots organizing, the Bureau of Land Managment (BLM)’s new oil and gas bonding standards will help ensure taxpayers and frontline communities no longer have to suffer from the environmental impacts of abandoned wells or pay for well cleanup.