Oil & Gas

July 24, 2020

Western Colorado Alliance supports effort to keep oil and gas initiatives off November ballot

DENVER — Today, Governor Jared Polis announced an agreement between environmental groups and the oil and gas industry to end the Colorado oil and gas ballot wars in 2020 […]
June 11, 2020

Citizen and conservation groups applaud groundwater victory

This afternoon, Colorado passed a landmark set of rules that will help protect Coloradans from irresponsible oil and gas development. The rules, adopted by the Colorado […]
May 29, 2020

Conservation groups move to defend air quality protections

Seven conservation groups with thousands of members across Colorado have jointly filed motions to intervene in two lawsuits that are challenging recently adopted air quality protections […]
April 30, 2020

Western Slope residents and elected officials to COGCC: Keep rulemaking!

Western Slope residents joined with 63 local elected officials from across the state today to urge the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission to continue its […]
April 27, 2020

Tell Oil and Gas Commission we need strong protections NOW!

This Wednesday, the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) is meeting to decide how and when to proceed with a critical decision-making process for new […]
March 20, 2020

Tell the COGCC: We care about groundwater protection!

The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) is right now addressing a specific subset of these issues caused by wellbore integrity. SB181, last year’s groundbreaking […]
March 17, 2020

Conservation and community organizations respond to COGCC’s new draft rules to put health and safety first

DENVER – Today, the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) released new draft rules to implement SB19-181, Protect Public Welfare Oil and Gas Operations. These rules are a critical […]
February 17, 2020

A big win for clean air in Western Colorado

The Alliance secured an important win with the Air Quality Control Commission (AQCC) last December. New rules were adopted during the last AQCC rulemaking process which […]
February 12, 2020

Protecting your voice

Yesterday, dozens of people testified in Denver before the White House Council on Environmental Quality regarding the Trump administration’s proposal that would weaken National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) […]