Oil & Gas

November 15, 2016

Western Slope residents applaud new BLM methane rules

BLM’s final rule will reduce oil & gas air pollution from industry development on public lands Today, the Obama Administration issued final standards to reduce flaring and […]
October 28, 2016

Act now to protect North Fork’s water and family farms!

  Comment on the BLM’s Uncompahgre Resource Management Plan by Nov. 1! Do you love drinking a hot cup of cider pressed from apples grown in […]
September 12, 2016

Residents call on the Governor to save Battlement Mesa

Today, Battlement Concerned Citizens decried the final decision from the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) on the second of two natural gas pads now […]
August 29, 2016

Residents ask oil & gas commission to “just say no”

by Doug Saxton, Co-chair of the Battlement Concerned Citizens Recent developments concerning well pads in and around Battlement Mesa have people here shaking their heads over […]
July 19, 2016

Battlement Mesa residents call on COGCC to protect drinking water

Residents of Battlement Mesa spoke before the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission today, decrying the recent approval of 28 natural gas wells inside their community […]
July 15, 2016

Oil and Gas Commision meeting comes to Glenwood Springs

Now is the time to speak up for Battlement Mesa   After years of traveling to Denver to speak before the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation […]
June 22, 2016

Battlement Mesa residents win right to speak at COGCC hearing 

Battlement Concerned Citizens and the Grand Valley Citizens Alliance have won the right to speak before the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission on two permits […]
June 4, 2016

2016 Legislative Session Wrap Up

2016 Legislative Wrap-up   Good News for Farmers, Eaters, Bakers and Home Canners In one fell swoop, Senate Bill 58 changed two Colorado laws and made […]
June 3, 2016

We must break impasse over siting of oil and gas production

by Rodger Steen, Chairperson of WCC Oil & Gas Committee Letter to the Editor in Grand Junction Sentinel, May 29, 2016 Regarding the impasse in Colorado […]