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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 […]
September 22, 2020

Bennet introduces legislation aimed at orphaned wells

As oil and gas markets crash around the globe, Colorado and the United States are facing a looming crisis: thousands of oil and gas drilling sites […]
August 27, 2020

Michael Soule: A Major Passing

As many of you are now aware, on June 17, our dear friend and colleague Dr. Michael Soulé passed into the great unknown at age 84. […]
August 27, 2020

Remembering Walt Rule

Long-time Alliance member and former board president Walt Rule passed away on April 18 after a long illness. Walt was born May 30, 1931, in Plainfield, […]
August 27, 2020

Our Alliance Board candidates this year

Candidate for President: Andreya Krieves Andreya Krieves lives in Mesa County and has served on the Western Colorado Alliance board of directors since 2016. Her professional […]
August 27, 2020

An exhausting & unprecedented legislative session

In a daily evolving landscape at least one thing is certain, the 2020 Legislative Session is done. With a two and a half month recess from […]
August 27, 2020

Tri-State and new green legislation

On June 1, Tri-State filed its first Phase 1 documents for the historic Electric Resource Plan underway at the Colorado Public Utilities Commission. In 2019, both […]
August 27, 2020
Steve Allerton

Our certainty in an uncertain world

Uncertainty is a word I’ve heard many times during these months of COVID-19, as we live each moment not really knowing what the future may hold. […]
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 […]