Events for December 2024

May 10, 2017

Victory for taxpayers and clean air!

Western Colorado residents cheer the survival of methane capture rule Grassroots power wins the day for taxpayers and clean air! Grand Junction— Western Colorado Congress and […]
February 6, 2017

The time is now: Stop Congress from gutting clean air rules

Congress moves to stop new rules that protect our air and our wallets “Repeal of BLM rule is short-sighted, method is extreme and undemocratic” – Durango Herald, […]
January 11, 2017

Westerners Welcome Key Report on Federal Coal Program

Reposted from the Western Organization of Resource Councils  BILLINGS, Mont. – Members of the Western Organization of Resource Councils (WORC) applauded the Bureau of Land Management’s […]
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 […]
February 16, 2016

Dear BLM, don’t waste our natural gas resources

Take action to protect air quality and reduce waste on public lands! The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) just released a draft rule aimed at curbing […]
January 22, 2016

WCC Applauds New BLM Methane Regs to Reduce Waste

Today, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released a new proposed rule to help prevent the waste of federal oil and gas resources. In the western […]
August 24, 2015

BLM to unveil long-awaited Uncompahgre plan

by Matt King, WCC Organizer This fall, the Bureau of Land Management’s Uncompahgre Field Office is expected to release the first draft of its new Resource […]
May 22, 2015

WCC joins BLM plan protests

76% of managed lands to remain open to oil & gas drilling by Emily Hornback, WCC Organizer In early May, Western Colorado Congress joined with two […]