Events for December 2024

June 3, 2024

Westerners applaud new oil & gas leasing rule

After decades of grassroots organizing, the Bureau of Land Managment (BLM)’s new oil and gas bonding standards will help ensure taxpayers and frontline communities no longer have to suffer from the environmental impacts of abandoned wells or pay for well cleanup.
March 20, 2024

What Lauren Boebert doesn’t understand

Rep. Boebert is trying to prevent the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) from finalizing long-overdue updates that would rightfully require oil and gas companies to pay the full costs to clean up wells they drill on public lands to ensure taxpayers aren't stuck with the billion-dollar bill. 
October 31, 2023

When communities speak

A transformative moment in land management It’s an amazing thing to witness communities making themselves heard. As you may know, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) […]
October 23, 2023

Urgent action needed: Stop Rep. Boebert’s attack on strong oil and gas protections!

We need your immediate help to protect our communities and our environment from potentially harmful legislation! A critical situation is unfolding, and your voice as a […]
September 21, 2023

Dr. Vasquez goes to Washington!

On Tuesday, September 19, our Alliance’s own Barbara Vasquez testified before the U.S. House of Representatives’ Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources in Washington regarding the Bureau of Land […]
September 18, 2023

The whys and hows of the proposed BLM leasing and bonding rule!

Your voice matters, and our moment to make a real change is now! We’re in the final week of the public comment period for the Bureau of […]
September 14, 2023

The people affected by the new bonding rule

Imagine you’re a farmer. Your family’s had your farm for generations. Years ago, like many, you saw an opportunity to support your family by leasing your surface […]
August 31, 2023

Ready to learn how oil and gas bonding reform can save taxpayers money?

We have some exciting breaking news — on September 12, at 6 pm, Western Colorado Alliance in conjunction with our friends at The Wilderness Society will host a one-hour webinar on the […]
August 16, 2023

The bond that breaks

The tortoise and the hare are meant to be parables, not working models. In the case federal rules governing oil and gas leasing on public lands, […]