Events for May 2024

November 10, 2015

Join WCC in Denver to Testify on New Oil and Gas Rules

Let’s Make it Clear: Drilling Rigs Do Not Belong in Neighborhoods! After almost two years of ballot initiatives, task force deliberations, and months of stakeholder meetings, […]
October 7, 2015

“Residential Drilling Rule” fails to protect impacted communities

Proposed new state rules that were supposed to give communities relief from oil and gas impacts have instead become a mechanism to ensure that industrial-scale operations […]
August 24, 2015

WCC weighs in on oil & gas rulemaking

by Emily Hornback, WCC Organizer In the wake of an unpopular compromise to keep a slew of oil and gas initiatives off of the November ballot, […]
July 26, 2015

Wednesday: Public meetings on proposed new oil & gas rules

Almost a year after the oil and gas ballot showdown that wasn’t, the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) is considering new rules governing drilling […]
May 22, 2015

Oil & gas proposals headed to rule-making

by Emily Hornback, WCC Organizer Bob Arrington called it. Writing in the Spring edition of WCC’s newsletter, the Clarion, he predicted that meaningful reform was unlikely […]
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 […]
May 14, 2014

Did legislature drill deep enough for solutions?

by Frank Smith, WCC Director of Organizing When it comes to oil & gas, the Colorado legislature sure was busy from January to May.  Over the […]
November 12, 2013

Move fracking away from Colorado’s water!

In the wake of two events, Coloradans across the state are calling for buffer zones between oil & gas and water. The tragic floods that surged […]
February 15, 2013

State moves drilling rigs back, just a little

by Frank Smith, WCC Director of Organizing Earlier this week, the Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) decided just how far oil & gas should […]