Oil & Gas

January 22, 2015

146 gas wells proposed near McClure Pass

by Emily Hornback, WCC Organizer On January 16, the Bureau of Land Manaagement (BLM) published a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on the proposed Bull Mountain […]
January 22, 2015

Update to Cottage Foods Law tops WCC legislative agenda

by Rachel Zatterstrom, WCC Organizer The 2015 Legislative Session is in full swing in Denver and WCC is organizing grassroots voices to participate in the state […]
November 24, 2014

Blue Ribbon team tackles oil & gas

by Frank Smith, WCC Director of Organizing Shortly before the November elections, Governor John Hickenlooper tasked a panel of experts to consider updates to Colorado’s laws […]
September 18, 2014

Forum examines Grand Valley air quality

You are invited to attend a panel discussion on air quality in the Grand Valley, including information on current conditions, the future of citizen-based air pollution […]
August 27, 2014

Respond to oil & gas tirade!

Earlier this month, Western Colorado Congress was sucker-punched by the fracking industry. We shouldn’t have been surprised, but a Western Slope Colorado Oil & Gas Association […]
August 6, 2014

Deal struck on O&G ballot measures

Big News This Week: Ballot measures related to oil & gas will not be on the Colorado ticket this November. On the day petitions were to […]
August 1, 2014

WCC gathers signatures for oil & gas initiatives

by Frank Smith, WCC Director of Organizing Coloradans could get the chance to vote on two or more ballot initiatives this fall related to oil & […]
July 30, 2014

River Watch, GVCA partner on water monitoring

by Joyce Wizer and Lisa Bracken, Grand Valley Citizens Alliance The River Watch program started in 1989 with six schools on the Yampa River in northwest […]
June 10, 2014

O&G Health Impacts Forum in Parachute

There has been cumulative scientific studies and increased concerns that chemicals used in drilling and fracking of natural gas wells have adverse effects on people living […]