WORC welcomes proposed fracking rules

WORC issued a statement on the release of  draft rules by the Bureau of Land Management to provide more protections from fracking. Read statement.

Stop the Frack Attack! Join us at the U.S. Capitol July 28th

Join WORC, Dakota Resource Council, Northern Plains Resource Council, Powder River Basin Resource Council, and Western Colorado Congress in supporting this call to action to Stop the Frack Attack.

Western Organizing Review

In this issue of the Western Organizing Review - coal, clean water for Pavillion, fracking, Keystone XL, renewable energy standards, meat labeling, and a packer ban. Grassroots commentary. Cutting teeth on civil disobedience. A call for leadership on livestock market concentration.

Vote for WORC on the 2012 CREDO Ballot

The Western Organization of Resource Councils was selected as one of 40 organizations for the 2012 Working Assets/CREDO funding ballot. CREDO members and CREDO Action activists vote throughout 2012 on how to allocate the donations. In early 2013, WORC will receive a portion of the donation pool based on the percentage of votes that we receive.

Your votes can help WORC continue our mission of advancing a democratic, sustainable, and just society and promoting homegrown prosperity through community action in 2013.

Hydraulic Fracturing Photos

John Fenton and his
neigbors deal with the impacts of gas
drilling and hydraulic fracturing daily.
Click on Learn More to view photographs.
 
Who's Your Farmer?

Powder River member Audrey Malan gives thanks for local food and local producers in a High Plains News radio commentary.
 
 

 

Member Group News

Making connections in community agriculture - Article features local foods efforts of Dakota Rural Action. (The Brookings Register, May 15, 2012)

PRBRC Looks To Promote Renewable Energy In Wyo. - Powder River Basin Resource Council aims to attract small renewable energy businesses to diversify energy resources in state. (Sheridan Media, May 15, 2012)

Food, food everywhere, but how to get it onto my plate? - Oregon Rural Action promotes local food in eastern Oregon. (Baker City Herald, May 11, 2012)

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