Oil & Gas

May 6, 2017

Guest Blog: Save the BLM Methane Rule

Let’s not throw the baby out with the bathwater Tell Sen. Cory Gardner to support the BLM Methane Rule CALL NOW: 202-224-5941 By Kristin Winn In the ongoing […]
April 13, 2017

Senate committee rejects school setback rule

WCC and the Grand Valley Citizens Alliance are deeply disappointed with the Colorado Senate’s Agriculture, Natural Resources and Energy Committee‘s 6-5 vote along party lines against […]
April 11, 2017

Take action to get House Bill 1256 passed!

Bill to protect schoolchildren from oil and gas development faces state Senate hearing Wednesday Folks across Western Colorado cheered as House Bill 1256 passed the Colorado House last […]
March 16, 2017

Protect school kids – not just school buildings – from fracking

Ask your legislators to support House Bill 1256! Exciting news: a bill that we and our allies have been eagerly awaiting has finally dropped in the […]
March 15, 2017

Help us hold the line on clean air rules!

We’ve defended the BLM methane rule so far – help us hold the line Your efforts are having an effect! Keep the pressure on! We’ve been on […]
March 9, 2017

Proposed wastewater injection well reined in

By Emily Hornback, WCC Organizer After years of battling with oil and gas companies, Battlement Concerned Citizens (BCC) were encouraged in early February when Battlement Mesa […]
March 9, 2017

WCC’s 2017 Legislative Priorities

WCC has identified some top priorities for the 2017 state legislative session – here are the highlights: Gasfield justice Local Government Liable Fracking Ban Oil and […]
March 2, 2017

Small businesses: ‘We know not to waste’

This morning more than 60 small businesses across the Western Slope sent a letter to U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and Cory Gardner urging them to support […]
February 22, 2017

Act now to stop bad public lands, oil & gas bills!

This week, two bills that will negatively impact two of WCC’s biggest issues face their first test in the Colorado House this Wednesday, Feb. 22. Please contact your […]